What's Guiffy?
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Guiffy (pronounced like Goofy, for those of you wondering) is a visual source file
compare/merge (dIFF-like) tool.
Guiffy is implemented
entirely in Java with the latest Swing GUI components.
Since Guiffy is a Java application, its available for
all Java enabled platforms(Including:Windows(9x,NT,2000,XP), MacOS(9 and X), Unix, Linux, OpenVMS, OS/2 and others).
Guiffy can be used to compare/merge text files of any sort(over 100 file encoding formats
and character sets supported).
Guiffy also compares folders and file trees.
And, a command line interface is included for automation and integration
with CM/SCM systems. Plus, an API is provided for seamless integrations
with other applications/products.
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Key Features:
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- Choice of Merge interfaces: 2-way Interactive or 3-way SureMerge
- Integrated Folder/File Tree compare and synchronize capabilities
- Choice of compare algorithms: Minimize Lines of Difference or Minimize Blocks of Difference
- UNICODE Support including over 100 Encoding formats such as UTF8, UTF16,
ISO8859, EBCDIC(Cp500), Big5, JIS, and SJIS and TrueType MultiLingual Fonts such as Arial Unicode MS and
Bitstream Cyberbit
- InLine difference highlighting as a single string or character by character
- ComparEdit functions for quick selection and copy of changes - makes picking up bug fixes a breeze
- SureMerge's Attention Auto Focus goes beyond conflicts
- Expandable Attention Focus(conflict area) in 3-way SureMerge
- Edit while merging - insert/delete text, select/copy/paste, Undo/Redo
- Merge Undo function to change/correct which changes to keep
- Merge process automatically advances through changes left to resolve while supporting navigation and resolution of change merges in any order
- Command Line interface enables automation and "external" integrations - fully supports control of all options and operations
- API package (guiffy.inside) included for integrating Guiffy as a component (GuiffyFrame or GuiffyPanel) within your application/product. Non-GUI diff and merge components also provided
- Folder Compare FileTree view with ClickOn file to perform compare
- Folder Compare "Explore" FileTrees with [+] and [-]
- Folder Compare options to Ignore Date & Time or Size and verify file matches with a quick byte-by-byte compare
- German, Spanish, French, Italian,and Swedish User Interface translations
- User [Cancel]s provided to abort any file or folder compare/merge process
- Flexible Style controls for colors and fonts of matching and difference(deleted or inserted) text
- 3 Difference Views: Together, Side-by-Side, or Split Horizontally
- Synchronized vertical scrolling with visual "change area" scroll meters
- Synchronized horizontal scrolling
- Powerful difference expression choices: Entire files with differences, Only the differences, OR diffferences within the context of N lines
- Ease of use features including Menu accelerators, Toolbar, Recent files lists, and File Type controls
- Can ignore case and/or whitespace differences
- Can ignore differences in Fields(Columns X through Y)
- Ignore Regular Expressions support
- Ignores End-Of-Line differences
- Supports saving files with End-Of-Line format choices(DOS, Unix, or MacOS)
- Differences can be generated with or without line numbers
- Search tool and Goto next/previous difference included
- Changes choice list - for navigating directly to a change
- Selects and Copy to clipboard supported
- Ability to save(persist) your options and style choices
- Full featured Help facility AND "fly over" Tips
- Supports Saving and Printing Differences
- Plus, the option to Save only the differences as an "RCS Difference"
- AND, the ability to generate and Save your differences as HTML
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