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by slipaway1973
Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:37 pm
Forum: Enhancement Suggestions
Topic: Highlight changes/differences between two open documents
Replies: 8
Views: 594

ah, ok. I was thrown off by the whole line being highlighted, that I didn't even notice that the words were actually a different color as well. I wish it would just highlight the background of the text that changed ONLY (and not the whole line like that). Similar to how Wikipedia does it. I'll need ...
by slipaway1973
Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:24 pm
Forum: Enhancement Suggestions
Topic: Highlight changes/differences between two open documents
Replies: 8
Views: 594

In my version changed words appear as red text in the highlighted line. Very easy to see the specific changes from that. The colours are also customisable. Thanks! I'll go back and give it another look. I just noticed it only highlighted lines for me, not the individual words. I'll go back and take...
by slipaway1973
Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:39 pm
Forum: Enhancement Suggestions
Topic: Highlight changes/differences between two open documents
Replies: 8
Views: 594

Hmm, yeah... same problem with "Compare More" (by Beyond Compare). Same thing. Doesn't work very well, and it highlights the whole line (in a red background). It doesn't specifically show the actual changes. http://www.scootersoftware.com/moreinfo.php?zz=screenshot&shot=TextCompare I w...
by slipaway1973
Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:29 pm
Forum: Enhancement Suggestions
Topic: Highlight changes/differences between two open documents
Replies: 8
Views: 594

I tried running Textpad's built in file comparison to see how this differed from what you are after. Unfortunately the application crashes each time I try to view the Tool Outputs window. Wow, never noticed that feature before. Well, it's a very good start. I mean I did open up two text files. I di...
by slipaway1973
Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:57 am
Forum: Enhancement Suggestions
Topic: Highlight changes/differences between two open documents
Replies: 8
Views: 594

Highlight changes/differences between two open documents

I do a lot of programming, and I use TextPad for the majority of my programming, but I need a "COMPARE" option. So I can select the "Compare" option from the menu bar and be able to open two documents in TextPad, and TextPad will highlight the differences between both documents i...