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VisualDiffer 1.2 beta 1

I spent the Christmas holidays working on VisualDiffer, the Komodo visual folders/files comparison extension.

Now I want to migrate VisualDiffer from extension to standalone application using XULRunner because the folders comparison feature is mature and using it from an extension can be a bit complicated.

The migration requires some intermediate steps

• Remove dependencies from Komodo code (especially the unified diff algorithm)
• Remove dependencies from unified diff algorithm!!
• Complete the file comparison feature allowing in-place editing using Bespin.
  Bespin can greatly simplify syntax highlight for different languages, search in file and so on
  Honestly I’m considering also to stay with Scintilla (actually used by Komodo) but I love Bespin
  
• Use a cool graphic layout, especially toolbar icons
  I’m not a GIMP guru so if somebody would to help me he/she would be welcomed 🙂
• Allow user defined fonts and colors (low priority task)

I hope to release the VisualDiffer V1.2 for Komodo in a couple of weeks but also not Komodo aficionados can take a look to it installing the beta version on Firefox 3.5.x (also 3.6b5) and SeaMonkey 2.x.

Under Firefox and SeaMonkey the “files differ” feature isn’t implemented (Komodo dependencies) but you can test the folders differ feature that is totally based on standard Gecko interfaces, you can find the VisualDiffer item under the Tools menu.

Obviously VisualDiffer on Firefox is a nonsense because it isn’t a browser oriented extension I distribute this version with Firefox support with the hope a larger community can try it and give me feedback before I jump on the XULRunner world.

The V1.2 beta 1 can be downloaded from here.

VisualDiffer is inspired by the fantastic Beyond Compare but this isn’t a mystery 😉

At a Glance

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Our Verdict

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There are times when you need to find which of your files have changed in a folder full of sub-folders and files; this is especially useful for developers looking to see which files have changed in a project, or for web designers needing to find which files have been updated. With files, you may want to look at changes in source code, HTML code, or other data.

A set of different colors will clue you in to folders that are different; you can then expand folders to see which files are not the same. You can delete any item, or copy them to the other folder. The program also offers a number of file exclusions; I chose to exclude certain types of music files when scanning my iTunes Music folder, for example. A web designer could choose to exclude HTML files if she is only looking at a folder of uploaded images. Or if you’re checking files on a network, you might want to exclude invisible .DS_Store files.

VisualDiffer also lets you compare files, such as backups. I found that the program couldn’t handle large files, such as two versions of my 110 MB iTunes Library.xml file; I had to force quit the program after several minutes. It was able to compare two backups of my blog’s database—a 37MB SQL file—though it took about 45 seconds to do so.

When comparing files, VisualDiffer uses the standard Unix diff command, and shows you each line that has differences. You can step through differences, or choose to only display differences, but you can’t make changes directly in the files, as you can with, say, BBEdit. This works on all types of files, but if you compare two Word files (for example), the extraneous data that is not text will make it hard to really compare them. Depending on what the file contains—whether it only contains text, or whether there are graphics, tables and charts—you may have some luck, but it’s best to use Word’s built-in comparison feature.

For developers and designers, or for anyone who needs to compare the contents of folders, VisualDiffer is a practical tool that will save time.

[Senior contributor Kirk McElhearn (Twitter: @mcelhearn) writes about more than just Macs on his blog Kirkville. Kirk is the author of Take Control of Scrivener 2.]

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