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- From: mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers)
- Subject: Re: Wanted: Supported equivalent of FileMerge
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.054149.27595@netcom.com>
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- References: <19921118.105028.391@almaden.ibm.com> <1992Nov20.015605.10416@spectrum.xerox.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 05:41:49 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.015605.10416@spectrum.xerox.com> leisner@eso.mc.xerox.com writes:
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- >Doug Valkenaar (dougv@vnet.ibm.com) wrote:
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- >: Does anyone know of a "FileMerge" type program which allows you to visually
- >: merge two files into a third one with selected parts from each of the
- >: originals? SUN used to distribute such a program, but it's only SunView
- >: (I'd like OpenLook), and it's no longer supported.
-
- >GNU diff is quite impressive and has excellent and extensive documentation!!
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- I haven't seen GNU diff, but the mere fact that is needs extensive
- documentation implies that it's inconsistent with Scott McGregor's
- stated objective for programming tools, that a tool ought to be easy
- to install, easy to learn and easy to use. His company's Mergeahead
- comes with a one-page installation sheet and online help, and that's
- it (and that's enough).
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