WinMerge 2.16 Help
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WinMerge 2.16 Help

Kimmo Varis

Denis Bradford

Dean Grimm

Laurent Ganier

Tim Gerundt

Perry Rapp

Christian List

and all others who helped with this.

Revision 1.7.13

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Table of Contents

About WinMerge Help

1. Audience and scope
2. How to access Help
3. How to use Help
4. Documentation conventions

Quick start

1. Selecting files and folders to compare
2. Comparing folders
3. Comparing files

Introduction to WinMerge

1. WinMerge versions
2. Getting support and reporting bugs
3. WinMerge source code and development

Getting and installing WinMerge

1. Getting files
2. Compatibility
3. Using the installer (recommended)
4. Installing from an archive
5. Enabling Windows Explorer shell integration without the installer

Overview of file comparing and merging

1. Comparing files
2. Merging files

Opening files and folders

1. Select Files or Folders dialog
2. Launching WinMerge operations in Windows Explorer
3. Using Drag and drop
4. Project files

Comparing and merging folders

1. Starting a folder compare operation
2. Folder Compare window
3. File operations in Folder Compare
4. Browsing folders in the Folder Compare window
5. Customizing the Folder Compare window
6. Using Windows shell commands from the Folder Compare window

Comparing and merging text files

1. Starting a file compare operation
2. File Compare window
3. Navigating differences
4. Syncronization points
5. Merging differences

Comparing in hexadecimal format

Comparing in table format

1. Comparing in table format
2. Table format settings
3. Table format-specific operations

Comparing image files

1. Starting a image compare operation
2. Image Compare window

Comparing Web pages

1. Starting a webpage compare operation
2. Webpage Compare window

Options and configuration

1. Importing and Exporting options
2. General page
3. Compare > General page
4. Compare > Folder page
5. Compare > Table page
6. Compare > Binary page
7. Compare > Image page
8. Compare > Webpage page
9. Message Boxes page
10. Editor > General page
11. Editor > Compare/Merge page
12. Editor > Syntax page
13. Colors > Color Schemes page
14. Colors > Differences page
15. Colors > Syntax page
16. Colors > Text page
17. Colors > Markers page
18. Colors > Folder Compare page
19. Archive Support page
20. Project page
21. System page
22. Backup Files page
23. Codepage page
24. Shell Integration page

Locale support

1. Configuring the localization
2. Changing the WinMerge interface language
3. Available WinMerge localizations
4. Reporting errors in translation
5. Submitting a new translation

Plugins

1. Plugin Types
2. Suggested plugins and automatic modes
3. Applying plugins
4. Available plugins
5. Requirements

Using Filters

1. Using file masks
2. Using file filters
3. Using line filters
4. Using substitution filters
5. Using the Filters dialog
6. Getting help with regular expressions

Command line

Using WinMerge with other tools

1. Using the command-line interface (CLI)
2. Using WinMerge with version control systems

Frequently asked questions

1. General questions
2. File comparing
3. Questions about editor
4. WinMerge as external compare or diff-tool
5. Archive support
6. Text encoding (codepages)
7. Patch files

A. Shortcut keys

Index