Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:21:01 -0600 From: Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> Subject: Re: looking for a merge tool. Message-ID: <20041215222101.GF53203@luke.immure.com> In-Reply-To: <41C0B685.6050203@elischer.org> References: <41BF6D42.7040508@elischer.org> <m3hdmo4g7z.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> <41C0B685.6050203@elischer.org>
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On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 02:11:17PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > And the winner is: > > a tool Bob Willcox wrote called "tkmerge" > > Absolutly the EXACT right tool for the job. > Two panes for sources, a 3rd for the output and a 4th for control and > additional > change editing that you might need to tailor teh diff you have selected. > > Bob, A port of this app would be brilliant! maybe one of the ports > guru's can > help you knock up a small port for the ports/packages collection. I would be happy to help with this. Having never done a port, however, I'm sure I will require some guidance. > > > Matthias Andree wrote: > > >Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> writes: > > > > > > > >>I'm doing a bit of merging fromthe NetBSD USB code to -current, > >>but I'm wonderring if anyone can point me to a good merge tool. > >> > >>I'm currently using mgdiff which shows the two files in > >>adjoing panes with the differences coloured and allows you to > >>select the diffs from the left or right windows. quite good until > >>you need the third option, which is "both" or "the left, but with > >>a small edit" > >> > >>does anyone know of a tool that gives 3 panes and allows manual > >>editing of the merged product > >> > > bob's email: > > >>Hi Julian, > >> > >>Here is a tk based program (two files attached) that I wrote a few years > >>back that might do what you want. It is similar to your description of > >>mgdiff but includes a "Both" and "Editor" button to let you select both > >>or to edit both with your favorite editor. You may need to edit the > >>third line of tkmerge, depending on which version of wish you have. It > >>should work with any recent (in the past 5 years) version. > >> > >>Let me know how it works for you... > >> > >>Bob > >> > >> -- Bob Willcox We may not return the affection of those who like bob@immure.com us, but we always respect their good judgement. Austin, TX
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