Add RESET (or force SYNC) point in file comparison
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:47 am
Hello.
Many of us have often met such situation that some minor or bigger difference in 2 files (even only one difference) resulted in further total dissynchronization of Examdiff Pro panels, and you could not compare the significant rest of files.
Though I think that wish of ignoring fragments can make such problem more easy (I saw such wish in wish-list), I'd like to suggest the following feature: setting so called RESET (or SYNCHRONIZATION, or some other term) points in file comparison panels. Seems synchronization term is not so good here, because I do not mean copying fragments. I mean that I want to tell Examdiff Pro that from "this point" in text file it should begin to compare again, without relation to all text lines above "this point". And "this point" should be common for both panels (but not on the same line number of left and right panels). Currently I don't know how to organize such user interface, that a user will be able to specify a SYNC point, say, on line 2000/2200 in the left/right panel accordingly. Maybe set it on first panel (left or right - depends where user clicked) using right-click, and then automatically prompt to set its pair on the second panel?.. Probably even possibility to drag this point upper/lower in the text.
Currently I insert such points using some workaround: I insert large portions of some identical text (say, 50 lines "---") into that place in both files, and save files, followed by recompare. But everybody understands that such approach is bad. And sometimes even this way does not help.
I don't mean to save these points in Examdiff Pro usual settings. Maybe it is needed to save them in settings of comparing sets/schemes; maybe not.
This thing will probably solve problems for many users.
Thank you.
Many of us have often met such situation that some minor or bigger difference in 2 files (even only one difference) resulted in further total dissynchronization of Examdiff Pro panels, and you could not compare the significant rest of files.
Though I think that wish of ignoring fragments can make such problem more easy (I saw such wish in wish-list), I'd like to suggest the following feature: setting so called RESET (or SYNCHRONIZATION, or some other term) points in file comparison panels. Seems synchronization term is not so good here, because I do not mean copying fragments. I mean that I want to tell Examdiff Pro that from "this point" in text file it should begin to compare again, without relation to all text lines above "this point". And "this point" should be common for both panels (but not on the same line number of left and right panels). Currently I don't know how to organize such user interface, that a user will be able to specify a SYNC point, say, on line 2000/2200 in the left/right panel accordingly. Maybe set it on first panel (left or right - depends where user clicked) using right-click, and then automatically prompt to set its pair on the second panel?.. Probably even possibility to drag this point upper/lower in the text.
Currently I insert such points using some workaround: I insert large portions of some identical text (say, 50 lines "---") into that place in both files, and save files, followed by recompare. But everybody understands that such approach is bad. And sometimes even this way does not help.
I don't mean to save these points in Examdiff Pro usual settings. Maybe it is needed to save them in settings of comparing sets/schemes; maybe not.
This thing will probably solve problems for many users.
Thank you.