Linux GUI diff utilities a visual tour

Mar 02, 2009, 22:33 (0 Talkback[s])

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"gvimdiff
There's also gvim this is a gui version of vi which sports a file menu and other gui options. And so there's also gvimdiff, which is a gui version of vimdiff. Gvimdiff can be started from the command line just like vimdiff by entering

"#gvimdiff file1 file2

"gvim is a great tool in itself and if you need to learn vi it helps you a lot by giving lists of commands and other helpful info.

"In gvim you can open multiple files in split screens, this is normal mode. You can also start a diff from the menu file--split diff with, this gives you a split screen with all settings like in vimdiff. Code is folded where it's not different, just unfold by clicking the + in the sideline."

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