On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:23:59 -0600, "piyushpandey" <82952@embeddedrelated> wrote:>I tried with each individual files in the Beyond Compare but it is a very >big and tiredsome process comparing this way.There's a good directory compare in BeyondCompare. BeyondCompare is now available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Whatever diff/merge tool you use, you will always find a few situations in which a different tool has the edge. However, BeyondCompare is the tool I'm prepared to spend money for. Stephen -- Stephen Pelc, stephenXXX@mpeforth.com MicroProcessor Engineering Ltd - More Real, Less Time 133 Hill Lane, Southampton SO15 5AF, England tel: +44 (0)23 8063 1441, fax: +44 (0)23 8033 9691 web: http://www.mpeforth.com - free VFX Forth downloads
Best tool to compare two linux source codes
Started by ●March 1, 2014
Reply by ●March 4, 20142014-03-04
Reply by ●March 4, 20142014-03-04
In my opinion the Beyond Compare does not stnad upto that mark which I neeeded. Yeah I tried the beyond compare but unfortunately it sucks.... Instead of that another open source comparing software which I found useful and with which I compared the linu source of 2.6.32 original and a customized one, and the result was awesome after few minutes of wait. --------------------------------------- Posted through http://www.EmbeddedRelated.com
Reply by ●March 4, 20142014-03-04
On 2014-03-04, piyushpandey <82952@embeddedrelated> wrote:> In my opinion the Beyond Compare does not stnad upto that mark which I > neeeded. > > Yeah I tried the beyond compare but unfortunately it sucks.... > > Instead of that another open source comparing software which I found > useful and with which I compared the linu source of 2.6.32 original > and a customized one, and the result was awesome after few minutes of > wait.Can you tell us what open source comparing software that was? -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! ... I have read the at INSTRUCTIONS ... gmail.com
Reply by ●March 5, 20142014-03-05
> >Can you tell us what open source comparing software that was? >WinMerge Actually it works on Windows only , but it is open source. and I found it very useful. --------------------------------------- Posted through http://www.EmbeddedRelated.com
Reply by ●March 5, 20142014-03-05
"piyushpandey" wrote:>WinMerge > >Actually it works on Windows only , but it is open source. > >and I found it very useful.would you mind explaining the pros over Beyond Compare and where BC "sucks"? As I wrote, I'm in the situation to decide whether to buy a BC license. TIA, Oliver -- Oliver Betz, Munich http://oliverbetz.de/
Reply by ●March 5, 20142014-03-05
On 05/03/14 07:45, Oliver Betz wrote:> "piyushpandey" wrote: > >> WinMerge >> >> Actually it works on Windows only , but it is open source. >> >> and I found it very useful. > > would you mind explaining the pros over Beyond Compare and where BC > "sucks"? As I wrote, I'm in the situation to decide whether to buy a > BC license. > > TIA, > > Oliver >Google is your friend... <http://www.scootersoftware.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=4776> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_comparison_tools> I have never used Beyond Compare, but it looks like it has lots more features - some of which look useful, and some of which are definitely off-topic for a comparison tool. So my guess is that the benefit of WinMerge (or Meld), other than the price and the convenience of not having to track licenses (such tracking can easily cost a company more than the license cost itself), is that these tools are clear and simple - they do one useful job easily and efficiently. Without having tried BC, I can't say if it is slow or hard to navigate, but that is definitely the risk.
Reply by ●March 5, 20142014-03-05
David Brown wrote:>Google is your friend... > ><http://www.scootersoftware.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=4776> ><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_comparison_tools> > > >I have never used Beyond Compare, but it looks like it has lots moreThanks David, I'm aware of these pages. I wanted to get a reply from piyushpandey, who wrote that "Beyound Compare sucks" and why _he_ likes WinMerge more. piyushpandey obviously tried both BC and WinMerge, and he seems to have an opinion. I want to get him to confirm his statement with details, facts. Oliver -- Oliver Betz, Munich despammed.com is broken, use Reply-To:
Reply by ●March 6, 20142014-03-06
On 05/03/14 20:22, Oliver Betz wrote:> David Brown wrote: > >> Google is your friend... >> >> <http://www.scootersoftware.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=4776> >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_comparison_tools> >> >> >> I have never used Beyond Compare, but it looks like it has lots more > > Thanks David, I'm aware of these pages.I hope I didn't come across as too sarcastic in my post - I was trying to be helpful, and had been looking at these pages myself, as this thread had inspired me to look at alternative tools. I know you wanted a personal opinion from piyushpandey, and perhaps others who have tried both tools, but I can't help there. David> > I wanted to get a reply from piyushpandey, who wrote that "Beyound > Compare sucks" and why _he_ likes WinMerge more. > > piyushpandey obviously tried both BC and WinMerge, and he seems to > have an opinion. I want to get him to confirm his statement with > details, facts. > > Oliver >
Reply by ●March 6, 20142014-03-06
David Brown wrote:>> Thanks David, I'm aware of these pages. > >I hope I didn't come across as too sarcastic in my post - I was tryingno, and no offense meant to you. If piyushpandey doesn't reply: I consider "fire and forget" criticism rather bad habit. Rob Gaddi's post would also be much more useful if he told us which tools he compared and _what_ he liked/disliked. I will look for my notices when I compared comparison tools and post them here. It may take a day or two. Oliver -- Oliver Betz, Munich http://oliverbetz.de/
Reply by ●March 10, 20142014-03-10
On Thu, 06 Mar 2014 10:23:46 +0100 Oliver Betz <OBetz@despammed.com> wrote:> David Brown wrote: > > >> Thanks David, I'm aware of these pages. > > > >I hope I didn't come across as too sarcastic in my post - I was trying > > no, and no offense meant to you. > > If piyushpandey doesn't reply: I consider "fire and forget" criticism > rather bad habit. > > Rob Gaddi's post would also be much more useful if he told us which > tools he compared and _what_ he liked/disliked. > > I will look for my notices when I compared comparison tools and post > them here. It may take a day or two. > > Oliver > -- > Oliver Betz, Munich http://oliverbetz.de/Oliver, I'd have loved to, but somehow eternal-september was lunched and I couldn't get my post out before leaving for a wedding. At this point, I don't recall. vimdiff, a couple others, free stuff only though. Back when I ran Windows I tended to use WinMerge, and gave a shot when I switched over to using WinMerge through Wine, but it was flaky. Mostly, what I liked about meld is that the interface is clean; the learning curve is about 10 seconds. I haven't tried Beyond Compare, which looks interesting. The ability to do binary diffs alone might be worth the price. -- Rob Gaddi, Highland Technology -- www.highlandtechnology.com Email address domain is currently out of order. See above to fix.
