In this example I would expect both comments be ignored. But only the first comment is ignored, while the second one is shown as a different line. I think this is not what should be.
Of course, if I don't use ignoring options, the result is shown properly. But this example is only part of a task from real life, and in that task I had to use ignoring options, so I reduced the case to the example, which is described above.
The second comment is also ignored but since some lines is ignored, EDP first compares files without the ignored lines, then puts the ignored lines back into the files. When the second comment is merged back into the files, it becomes a part of the changed blocks that span 3 lines. You can still see that the line is ignored if you set the following option: Options | Misc | "Use Ignored color in diff blocks"
psguru wrote:The second comment is also ignored but since some lines is ignored, EDP first compares files without the ignored lines, then puts the ignored lines back into the files. When the second comment is merged back into the files, it becomes a part of the changed blocks that span 3 lines. You can still see that the line is ignored if you set the following option: Options | Misc | "Use Ignored color in diff blocks"
Thank you, this works.
May I ask, why this option exists, and why it is not on by default?
Having ignored lines highlighted in diff blocks tends to annoy more than help (this is based on the comments from our users). You can try using the setting and see what I mean. Generally, once you learn that lines you set to be ignored are indeed ignored, you don't want to use this setting anymore.
In the moment I am evaluating Built 3.5.1.5.
I have the same problems and it worked as you discribed to highlight all the ignored comment lines.
But if I use the "View Filter" function to hide the identical segments, I will still see some of the ignored lines which has been deletet in the second file.
Is there a possibility to get a compare result without any ignored comment line and then to create a HTML Diff report? I haven't found anything till now.
First at all: I am a newbie regarding forums, so I hope the links below are working. In addition my English is not the best. Sorry for that.
Are ignored lines included in a difference
Yes!
I defined a new category of comments with the expression ;.*?\n and file extension .ASM. With that, all characters beginning with a ; up to the end off the line should be ignored. This is working for most of the comments.
See: http://www.bilder-speicher.de/071101114 ... -page.html.
The line numbers 1234 to 1240 have been marked as ignored correctly. Even the lines 1252 to 1260.
If I switch on the view filter (View identical segments disabled and number of identical context lines = 0). The lines 1234 to 1240 are not displayed any more. That's correct. But the lines 1252 to 1260 are still displayed although they are comments or blank lines. Why?
See: http://www.bilder-speicher.de/071101107 ... -page.html
I want to get a comparison result without the ignored lines and comments and without the identical segments. Only the added, changed and deleted lines should be displayed. Is this possible?
Thanks, I see what you both (I hope) mean now. What happens here is that lines 1252 to 1260, while ignored (and thus identical), are enclosed in a diff block (you can see the yellow rectangle that shows where the current diff block is). This is how our diff algorithm works, and one of its goals is to minimize the number of differences.
When you use the view filter, it can only deal with blocks (identical, added, etc.) but not with individual lines. That's why you can still see lines 1252 to 1260 when the view filter is used.
I can imagine, that you need to include again the ignored lines into the blocks (identical, added, etc.) to display the complete text. But for my understanding the ignored lines/parts are no more a part of these blocks, because the ignored parts was not considered for the comparison.
It would be excellent, if there is a possibility to switch of the ignored lines or text parts in the Display options or View filter options. Perhaps in a future version.
All in all ExamDiffPro seems to be a helpful tool but it cannot be used with us with this difficulty . Sorry
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