What's Guiffy?
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Guiffy (pronounced like Goofy, for those of you wondering) is a visual source file
compare/merge (dIFF-like) tool.
Guiffy is implemented
entirely in Java with the latest Swing GUI components.
Since Guiffy is a Java application, its available for
all Java enabled platforms(Including:Windows, MacOS, Unix, Linux, and OS/2).
Guiffy can be used to compare/merge text files of any sort and has
virtually no file size limits. Guiffy also compares folders and file trees.
Plus, a command line interface is included for use in scripts and integration
with CM/SCM systems.
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Key Features:
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- Choice of Merge interfaces: 2-way Interactive or 3-way SureMerge
- Edit while merging - insert/delete text, select/copy/paste, Undo/Redo
- Merge Undo function to change/correct which changes to keep
- Merge process automatically advances through changes left to resolve while supporting navigation and resolution of change merges in any order
- API package (guiffy.inside) included for integration of Guiffy as a component (GuiffyFrame) within Java applications
- Folder Compare FileTree view with ClickOn file to perform compare
- Folder Compare options to Ignore Date & Time or Size and verify file matches with a quick byte-by-byte compare
- German and Spanish User Interface translations.
- Flexible Style controls for colors and fonts of matching and difference(deleted or inserted) text
- 3 Difference Views: Together, Side-by-Side, or Split Horizontally
- Synchronized vertical scrolling with visual "change area" scroll meters
- Synchronized horizontal scrolling
- Powerful difference expression choices: Entire files with differences, Only the differences, OR diffferences within the context of N lines
- Ease of use features including Menu accelerators, Toolbar, Recent files lists, and File Type controls
- Can ignore case and/or whitespace differences
- Can ignore differences in a Field(Columns X through Y)
- Ignores End-Of-Line differences
- Supports saving files with End-Of-Line format choices(DOS, Unix, or MacOS)
- Line-by-Line file compare view shows current line of each file (1st above 2nd) with tabs and end-of-line markers.
- Differences can be generated with or without line numbers
- Search tool and Goto next/previous difference included
- Changes choice list - for navigating directly to a change
- Selects and Copy to clipboard supported
- Ability to save(persist) your options and style choices
- Full featured Help facility AND "fly over" Tips
- Supports Saving and Printing Differences
- Plus, the option to Save only the differences as an "RCS Difference"
- AND, the ability to generate and Save your differences as HTML
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