[REQ] compare by contents - allow user to set bg color

[ggiunta]

It would be nice to set the background color for differences in the compared files. The standard white background is not enough of an indicator for me.

PS: Is it already possible? I have missed quite a few options in the past...

[Sheepdog]

That must Christian have had foreseen :

Configuration->options->Color:Combox "others": Compare by Content:
"Differences - text mode"
"Differences - text mode (selected)"
"Differences - binary mode"
"Differences - binary mode (selected)"

sheepdog

[ggiunta]

Yes, but I cannot use that dialog to pick a background color.

There could also be an option for 'new text' (lines only appearing in one of the 2 files) as opposed to 'changed text' - I am not sure if the integrated diff viewer can handle that, though.

[Sheepdog]

sorry, apparently I did not read carefully enough.

For the Backgroud color is no way to change AFAIK.

sheepdog

[leedlt]

Hi All,

I am color-challenged and really need to have a different background color for the "differences" text. That can't really be very hard to do.

Maybe somebody knows a "hack" to "fix" this?

Greetings

Thom

[icfu]

Yep, there is a hack, it's called WinMerge:
http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/

You can integrate it as a compare tool in TC, by creating a button or by editing wincmd.ini:

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[Configuration]
CompareTool="%programfiles%\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe" /x /s /r /e

Other workarounds aren't available.

Icfu

[leedlt]

Hi ICFU,

thanks, that's a big help. I can't get the two files to be displayed one over the other, but at least I can SEE the differences now.

Greetings

Thom

[icfu]

I can't get the two files to be displayed one over the other

Well, you can display the differences vertically:
Menu => View => Diff Pane

Then jump with Alt+Down/Up to the differences.

Icfu

[sas2000]

 

Yep, there is a hack, it's called WinMerge:
http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/

Do you know if is it possible to redefine hotkeys in WinMerge ?, thanks.
 

[icfu]

Not that I know of. But you can, as always, use AHK and create own hotkeys.

This would send Ctrl+f when Alt+F7 is pressed and Ctrl+Y when Ctrl+Shift+Z is pressed:

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#IfWinActive, ahk_class Afx:00400000:8:00010011:00000000:001C06E3
!f7::SendInput, ^f
^+z::SendInput, ^y

Icfu

[StatusQuo]

It would be nice to set the background color for differences in the compared files.

Support++.

If, in case of tabs, only the real character is marked (not the expanded additional tabs),
this would help to see these white space differences, too.

[menet]

It would be nice to set the background color for differences in the compared files.

Support++.

If, in case of tabs, only the real character is marked (not the expanded additional tabs),
this would help to see these white space differences, too.

+1

I have also requested to give color to background in file compare function in the past HERE but never received a reply from Christian

Best regards

[Charla]

Unfortunately I am semi colour-blindness. I can't see compaction when only text colour change. I really need to set bg colour, because it helps me to see differences.
Thanks for understanding.

[Stance]

Thanks for using the search before posting - but this topic is from 2005: 6.5 years old. Even the last posting is nearly 4 years old.
That must be a world record for bumping the oldest topic.

Link: Style of cursor and selection - why they are exclusive??
Here I have made the suggestion that TC needs a color-selection-tool with two panels. A lot of problems could be solved with that.
It gives you a "on the fly-overview" for the active and the inactive panel. You can show your support in this topic.

I don't believe that you are the only color-blind person who need a color-theme for the "file compare tool".
Just open another topic and ask other colorblind users to share their color-settings with you.

[HackerTradition]

Unfortunately I am semi colour-blindness. I can't see compaction when only text colour change. I really need to set bg colour, because it helps me to see differences.
Thanks for understanding.

You can try out TC UP (Total Commander Ultima Prime), which employs TC as its core program but with additional features.

Check out the screen shots
http://tcup.pl/index.php?l=en&s=screeny&akcja=pokaz
It has got what you want.