Warning, /utilities/krusader/doc/handbook/compare.docbook is written in an unsupported language. File is not indexed.

0001 <!--
0002     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2000-2003 Shie Erlich <erlich@users.sourceforge.net>
0003     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2000-2003 Rafi Yanai <yanai@users.sourceforge.net>
0004     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2004-2010 Frank Schoolmeesters <codeknight@users.sourceforge.net>
0005     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2000-2022 Krusader Krew <https://krusader.org>
0006 -->
0007 <sect1 id="compare">
0008   <title>Compare</title>
0009   <para>&krusader; contains several compare functions: 
0010   <guimenuitem>Compare by Content</guimenuitem>, 
0011   <guimenuitem>Compare Folders</guimenuitem> and the 
0012   <link linkend="synchronizer">Synchronizer</link> compare
0013   function.</para>
0014   <sect2 id="compare-content">
0015     <title>Compare by Content</title>
0016     <indexterm>
0017       <primary>Compare</primary>
0018       <secondary>Content</secondary>
0019     </indexterm>
0020     <para>Select one file in each panel and use 
0021       <menuchoice>
0022         <guimenu>File</guimenu>
0023         <guimenuitem>Compare by content...</guimenuitem>
0024       </menuchoice>.
0025     &krusader; will open an external
0026     graphical difference tool that is 
0027     <link linkend="konfig-dependencies">configured</link>.
0028     &kompare;, <ulink url="https://www.kde.org/applications/development/kdiff3/"><application>KDiff3</application></ulink> and
0029     <ulink url="http://furius.ca/xxdiff/"><application>xxdiff</application></ulink> are supported.</para>
0030   </sect2>
0031   <sect2 id="compare-dir">
0032     <title>Compare Folders</title>
0033     <indexterm>
0034       <primary>Compare</primary>
0035       <secondary>Folders</secondary>
0036     </indexterm>
0037     <para>Compare the files of each panel by using 
0038       <menuchoice>
0039         <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
0040         <guimenuitem>Compare Folders</guimenuitem>
0041       </menuchoice>.
0042     By default newer and single files will be selected
0043     in each panel, this behaviour can be changed in the 
0044     <guimenuitem>Compare Setup</guimenuitem> menu. 
0045     <note>
0046       <para>The files are not compared by content but by their
0047       names and dates only.</para>
0048     </note></para>
0049     <variablelist>
0050       <varlistentry>
0051         <term>
0052           <menuchoice>
0053             <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
0054             <guimenuitem>Compare Setup</guimenuitem>
0055           </menuchoice>
0056         </term>
0057         <listitem>
0058           <para>Configures the 
0059           <guimenuitem>Compare
0060           Folders</guimenuitem> function.</para>
0061           <itemizedlist>
0062             <listitem>
0063               <para>
0064               <guimenuitem>Select Newer and
0065               Single</guimenuitem> (default)</para>
0066             </listitem>
0067             <listitem>
0068               <para>
0069                 <guimenuitem>Select Single</guimenuitem>
0070               </para>
0071             </listitem>
0072             <listitem>
0073               <para>
0074                 <guimenuitem>Select Newer</guimenuitem>
0075               </para>
0076             </listitem>
0077             <listitem>
0078               <para>
0079                 <guimenuitem>Select Different and
0080                 Single</guimenuitem>
0081               </para>
0082             </listitem>
0083             <listitem>
0084               <para>
0085                 <guimenuitem>Select Different</guimenuitem>
0086               </para>
0087             </listitem>
0088           </itemizedlist>
0089         </listitem>
0090       </varlistentry>
0091     </variablelist>
0092   </sect2>
0093 </sect1>