<!-- ********************************************************************** copyright : (C) 2000-2018 Rafi Yanai, Shie Erlich, Frank Schoolmeesters & the Krusader Krew e-mail : krusader-devel@googlegroups.com web site : https://krusader.org description : a Krusader Documentation File *************************************************************************** * Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this * * document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, * * Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software * * Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and * * no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is available on the * * GNU site http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html or by writing to: * * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, * * MA 02111-1307, USA. * *********************************************************************** --> <sect1 id="compare"> <title>Compare</title> <para>&krusader; contains several compare functions: <guimenuitem>Compare by Content</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Compare Directories</guimenuitem> and the <link linkend="synchronizer">Synchronizer</link> compare function.</para> <sect2 id="compare-content"> <title>Compare by Content</title> <indexterm> <primary>Compare</primary> <secondary>Content</secondary> </indexterm> <para>Select one file in each panel and use <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Compare by content</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. &krusader; will open an external graphical difference tool that is <link linkend="konfig-dependencies">configured</link>. &kompare;, <ulink url="http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net"><application>KDiff3</application></ulink> and <ulink url="http://furius.ca/xxdiff/"><application>xxdiff</application></ulink> are supported.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="compare-dir"> <title>Compare Directories</title> <indexterm> <primary>Compare</primary> <secondary>Directories</secondary> </indexterm> <para>Compare the files of each panel by using <menuchoice> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Compare Directories</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. By default newer and single files will be selected in each panel, this behaviour can be changed in the <guimenuitem>Compare Setup</guimenuitem> menu. <note> <para>The files are not compared by content but by their names and dates only.</para> </note></para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <menuchoice> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Compare Setup</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> </term> <listitem> <para>Configures the <guimenuitem>Compare Directories</guimenuitem> function.</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> <guimenuitem>Select Newer and Single</guimenuitem> (default)</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> <guimenuitem>Select Single</guimenuitem> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> <guimenuitem>Select Newer</guimenuitem> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> <guimenuitem>Select Different and Single</guimenuitem> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> <guimenuitem>Select Different</guimenuitem> </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> </sect1>