Comparing Files Feature Matrix

Feature Description Std Oro
Two-way comparison Fine-tuned differencing engine shows added and removed blocks of text as well as inline changes.
Yes
Yes
Editing Full-featured text editor.
Yes
Yes
Find/replace Regular expressions powered Find/Replace.
Yes
Yes
Incremental find Searches for a word as you type it in the editor (a.k.a. "vi style find").
Yes
Yes
Instant re-comparison As you are editing a file, comparison is performed discreetly in the background, ensuring changes are shown as soon as they are made.
Yes
Yes
Character encoding Full support for Unicode and MBCS. Choice to work with languages or character sets.
Yes
Yes
Encoding auto-detection Upon opening a text file DeltaWalker will automatically attemp to deduce its encoding.
Yes
Yes
Undo/redo Unlimited undo/redo spanning the files participating in a comparison.
Yes
Yes
Bird's-eye view Thin vertical stripe showing at a glance the extent and the location of differences between the compared files.
Yes
Yes
QuickDiffs Show what and how has changed during editing. Hover over the colored QuickDiff area to see a tooltip with the original text.
Yes
Yes
Automatic merging

Automatic merging of non-conflicting differences from two versions of a file into an ancestor. Conflicting changes are highlighted and left for review and resolution.

Yes
Yes
Three-way comparison Allows for comparing two versions of a file against a common ancestor. Full merge and editing capabilities available. Supported layouts:
  • Three-way vertical, ancestor in the middle
  • Three-way horizontal
  • Three-way vertical, ancestor on top
Yes
Yes
XML structure comparison XML files are compared both as text and as structures (technology preview).
Yes
Yes
One-click merge

Fly-by arrows appear when the cursor is over a change and allow for a single-click merge. Holding down Ctrl or Ctrl+Shift offers additional options.

Yes
Yes
Change notification On by default, it prompts you when a file or a folder being compared has been changed on the file system.
Yes
Yes
Print and print preview WYSIWYG print and print preview accurately prints and previews all the information shown on the screen.
Yes
Yes
Page setup Interactive page margins, header & footer setup allows for including file names, page numbers, date/time, or other advanced tags.
Yes
Yes
Regular expression filters Allow you to specify keywords or symbols to be ignored during file comparison.
Yes
Yes

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