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Hi, talleyrand. Thanks for your post. I want to compare just 2 files right now. You mentioned "regular expressions", so I'll assume you know something about unix. One of the core ideas behind most of the commands in unix is that you read stuff in and you spit it out, possibly transformed in some ...

Hi, MudGuard. Thanks for creatingthe png. I did get a better idea of what ExamDiff will do. I am interested in getting an ascii result file. Perhaps EDPro will produce that, although my short exposure to EDP suggests that it is aimed more at displaying the results on a monitor. Let me give you an ...

Hi, Ed. Thanks for the pointer. Examdiff looks like a very useful tool for many situations. I looked over the features list and the wish list there, but did not see change-bars. The developer (Gregory) and I exchanged a few emails. Examdiff can highlight with color, but does not provide change-bars ...

Hi. First a definition: "A change bar is a vertical line (usually in the margin) that visually identifies new or revised text." -- FrameMaker 6.0, p391 I want to compare 2 files, and get a single file that identifies changed lines. I saw that Compare lists differences in a fashion similar to unix ...

Hi. Thank you for your quick reply. Executive summary: I had trouble when following the posted suggestion. Details: I was reluctant to follow this advice for these reasons: 1. Installation instructions direct us to install over the previous version. 2. I have never seen this message on other ...

Hi. The install of 4.7.2 failed to install over 4.6. The process did not get very far before the message below was displayed. Error 1327.Invalid drive:\I There is no drive currently at I. However, I mounted a network drive and unmounted it just to make sure that the slot was clean. Still failed. I ...