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Ignore | Enters the Ignore control dialog for choosing to ignore case or whitespace differences during compares and/or merges. Also, blank lines (inserted or deleted) can be ignored. Plus, another Ignore option specifies to ignore fields (columns A - B and X - Y) during compares. And, Regular Expression can be used to ignore lines changed, inserted, or deleted matching a Regular Expression. See Controlling Compare for additional information. |
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Show | Enters the Show control dialog for choosing Tab Size, display of entire files or only differences or differences within a context (When files are > specified size), display InLine differences - highlighting a single string or character-by-character, and displaying line numbers(default) during compares. See Controlling Compare and Folded Compare/Merge Views for additional information. |
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Folder Ignore | Enters the Folder Compare Ignore Options dialog for selecting Ignore these SubFolders, Ignore these files -or- Ignore All files Except these, Ignore these FileTypes -or- Ignore All FileTypes Except these, Ignore Symbolic Links, Ignore Modified Date and Time, Ignore File Size, and Verify files Match(Byte-by-Byte or with Text compare) during Folder Compares. See Controlling Compare for additional information. |
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Folder Show | Enters the Folder Compare Show Options dialog for selecting Show SubFolders (Recursively), Show Details (Size and Modified Date), Show Matching files, Show files Added, Show files Deleted, and Show files changed. See Controlling Compare for additional information. |
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Compare/Merges | Enters the Compare/Merge Bifocal "Shades" dialog for selecting which type of compare alogrithm to apply for file compares and 2-way merges. Plus, the Attention Focus Expander allows you to expand the attention(conflict) area for 3-way SureMerges. See Controlling Compare for additional information. |
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Font | Enters the Fonts control dialog for selecting fonts. A font can be selected for All types of text and different fonts can be selected for matching, deleted, inserted, line numbers or folded marker text. The font, italics, and bold can be set for each type of text. The font size is applied for all types of text. See Choosing View Attributes for additional information. |
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Color | Enters the Colors control dialog for selecting different colors for matching, deleted, inserted, line numbers and folded markers text. Background colors are also selectable for changes and each type of text. Plus, foreground and background colors for selected text can be defined. See Choosing View Attributes for additional information. |
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Styles | Enters the Style Options dialog for selecting built-in Font and Color options. See Choosing View Attributes for additional information. |
Write EOLs |
Enters the Write EOLs Options dialog for selecting End-Of-Line(EOL) format for Saved files.
By default, Guiffy writes EOLs in the format for the platform its running on. You can
use this option to Save files with EOLs in the format of your server's Operating System.
![]() Auto mode detects the EOL format of the 1st and 2nd files. Then, uses the detected EOL fomat when saving 1st or 2nd files. The 1st file's EOL format is used for all other file saves. |
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Encoding |
Enters the Encoding (Charsets) dialog for selecting Encoding of Compare and
Parent files and/or Saved(Dif, RCS, HTML, and MergeResults) files.
A choice list of Encoding charsets is built into the dialog.
Pressing OK verfiies the selected Encoding(s) availability on the system.
Auto mode detects the Encoding of the 1st, 2nd, and parent files. Then, uses the detected Encoding format when saving 1st or 2nd files. The 1st file's Encoding format is used for all other file saves. The detection is based upon: Byte Order Marks, XML Declaration "encoding=" attribute, or HTML meta "charset=" attribute. The user selected Encoding formats are used when auto detection isn't possible. |
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File Types | Enters the File Types dialog for selecting and adding addional File Types. File Types are the filters which can be selected in File Dialogs to limit the files displayed. Pressing Select sets the File Type displayed as the default. Pressing New creates an additional user defined File Type with a Description and list of extensions. | |
Reset Settings | Resets all settings to defaults, and optionally will redo file or folder compare or file 2-way or 3-way merge. | |
Load Saved Settings | Loads the current Settings from the file selected, and optionally will redo file or folder compare or file 2-way or 3-way merge. The specified file will also be updated on susbsequent Save Settings which may be automatic on exits based upon the Save Settings Controls. These settings will be restored for subsequent Guiffy sessions. Settings include: Ignore and Show Options, Folder Compare Options, Font and Color Options, View selections, the window dimensions and location, File Type definitions, Compare/Merge Controls, Encoding selections, Auto Save Settings, and the File Type selected. | |
Save Settings Controls | Saves the current Settings to be restored for subsequent Guiffy sessions. Settings may be Saved automatically on exit (with or without a confirmation dialog) or only saved when the user manually chooses to save them. Settings saved include: Ignore and Show Options, Folder Compare Options, Font and Color Options, View selections, the window dimensions and location, File Type definitions, Compare/Merge Controls, Encoding selections, Auto Save Settings, and the File Type selected. | |
Save Settings As | Saves the current Settings to the file selected. The specified file will also be updated on susbsequent Save Settings which may be automatic on exits based upon the Save Settings Controls. These settings will be restored for subsequent Guiffy sessions. Settings saved include: Ignore and Show Options, Folder Compare Options, Font and Color Options, View selections, the window dimensions and location, File Type definitions, Compare/Merge Controls, Encoding selections, Auto Save Settings, and the File Type selected. |
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