WinMerge 2.2 Manual

Revision 0.4

Table of Contents
1. About this document
2. Quick start
2.1. Opening files and directories
2.2. Comparing directories
2.3. Comparing files
3. Introduction to WinMerge
4. What's new in 2.2
4.1. Unicode support
4.2. Archive support
4.3. Shell integration
4.4. Selecting filter from commandline
4.5. Project files
4.6. Generating patches
4.7. Plugins
4.8. Improved directory compare
4.9. Improved file compare
5. Getting and installing WinMerge
5.1. Getting files
5.2. Running install program
5.3. Shell integration
5.4. 7-Zip and archive support
6. Differences in files and how WinMerge handles them
6.1. What is a difference?
6.2. Missing lines
6.3. Merging difference
7. Opening files and directories
7.1. Open-dialog
7.2. Shell Extension
7.3. Drag and Drop
7.4. Project file
8. Comparing directories
8.1. Directory compare statepane
8.2. Compare results
8.3. Selecting files to show
8.4. Columns in directory compare
8.5. Browsing folders
8.6. Navigation in directory compare
8.7. File operations in directory compare
8.8. Copying path- or filenames
8.9. Customising directory compare
8.10. Protecting directories / read-only directories
9. Comparing files
9.1. Showing the differences
9.2. File headerbar
9.3. Statusbar
9.4. Difference navigation
9.5. Merging differences
9.6. Refreshing
9.7. View whitespaces
9.8. Editing files
9.9. Difference inside line
9.10. Context menu
9.11. Fonts
10. Options & configuration
10.1. General options
10.2. Compare options
10.3. Editor options
10.4. System options
10.5. Codepage options
11. Text Encoding (codepages)
11.1. Common scenarios
11.2. Explanation
12. Locale support
12.1. Configuration
13. Plugins
13.1. Three categories of plugins
13.2. Select and apply a plugin
13.3. Plugin details
13.4. Windows Script Host
14. Filters
14.1. Regular expressions
14.2. File filters
14.3. Line filters
15. Version control integration
15.1. Visual SourceSafe
16. Commandline
17. Frequently asked questions
17.1. General questions
17.2. Questions about binary files
17.3. Questions about editor
17.4. WinMerge as external compare or diff-tool
17.5. Archive support
17.6. Text encoding (codepages)
A. Shortcut keys