Compare Contents Edit Mode persistency

[SanskritFritz]

Compare contents window does not remember the Edit Mode setting. I use only this mode, so pressing Alt-M everytime is annoying, writing an AHK script is also annoying...
Or, am I wrong, is there an ini setting for this?

[ghisler(Author)]

This is for security reasons, so you don't modify compared files by mistake. You can easily activate it with F6.

[Flint]

You can easily activate it with F6.

Wow! And such a feature remained absolutely undocumented!

[ghisler(Author)]

It's actually the same shortcut as in lister to show/hide the cursor.

[Flint]

ghisler(Author)
Yes, I noticed. It makes it easier to remember but does not make it easier to guess its very existence. It should definitely be mentioned in help.

[wanderer]

It's actually the same shortcut as in lister to show/hide the cursor.

F6 seems to do nothing in lister. Should it?

[Hacker]

It (de)activates the cursor.

Roman

[Hacker]

[mod]Moved to TC 7 beta discussion forum.

Hacker (Moderator)[/mod]

[ghisler(Author)]

I will add it to the help.

[SanskritFritz]

This is for security reasons, so you don't modify compared files by mistake.

Hmm, I reckon you will not be willing to change this, so I will have to write an AHK script for that

PS. Apart from the fact that I find this reasoning ridiculous... TC prompts me for save on change, so I will be able to determine that i mistakenly edited the file.


PS 2: here is the script for those interested, simply put it into a Timer subroutine:

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; Enable Edit Mode in TC Compare Contents window
if WinActive( "ahk_class TFileCompForm" )
{
   ControlGet bEnabled, Enabled,, Copy -&>
   if (not bEnabled)
      Send {F6}
}