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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta name="copyright" content=
"Copyright (c) IBM Corporation and others 2000, 2011. This page is made available under license. For full details see the LEGAL in the documentation book that contains this page.">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
<title>Compare/Patch</title>
<link rel="STYLESHEET" href="../book.css" charset="ISO-8859-1" type="text/css">
<script language="JavaScript" src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/livehelp.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<h1 class="Head">Compare/Patch</h1>
<p>The following preferences can be changed on the <a class="command-link" href=
'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.compare.internal.ComparePreferencePage)")'>
<img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <strong>General >
Compare/Patch</strong></a> preference page.</p>
<h2>General options</h2>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th width="25%">
<div class="Para">
Option
</div>
</th>
<th>
<div class="Para">
Description
</div>
</th>
<th>
<div class="Para">
Default
</div>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="25%">
<div class="Para">
Open structure compare automatically
</div>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<div class="Para">
<div class="Para">
This option controls whether a structure compare is automatically performed whenever a content compare is
done. Turn this option off if you don't want to see the structural differences.
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<div class="Para">
On
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">Show structure compare in Outline view when possible</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">If this option is on, structure compare will be displayed in the Outline view
whenever it is possible.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Off</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">Show additional compare information in the status line</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">If this option is on, additional information about a change is shown in the
status line. Turn this option on if you are interested in additional information about a change.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Off</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">Ignore white space</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">This option controls whether or not whitespace change are shown in the compare
viewer. Turn this option on if you want to see changes in whitespace.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Off</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">Automatically save dirty editors before browsing patches</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">This option controls whether any unsaved changes are automatically saved
before a patch is applied. Turn this option on if you want to save changes automatically.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Off</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">Added/Removed lines</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">These options control which lines should be counted as added and removed lines
when applying a patch. Both options are based on regular expressions.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"><br></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">Filtered Members</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">
<p>This option allows you to filter members that should be excluded from 'Compare With Each Other'.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> The names in the list must be separated by a comma.</p>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;"><br></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2>Text Compare options</h2>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th width="25%">
<div class="Para">
Option
</div>
</th>
<th>
<div class="Para">
Description
</div>
</th>
<th>
<div class="Para">
Default
</div>
</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="25%">
<div class="Para">
Synchronize scrolling between panes in compare viewers
</div>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<div class="Para">
<div class="Para">
The two comparison viewers will "lock scroll" along with one another in order to keep identical and
corresponding portions of the code in each pane side-by-side. Turn this option off if you do not want the
compare viewers to lock scroll.
</div>
</div>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<div class="Para">
On
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">Initially show ancestor pane</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Sometimes you want to compare two versions of a resource with the previous
version from which they were both derived. This is called their <i>common ancestor</i>, and it appears in its
own comparison pane during a three way compare. Turn this option on if you want the ancestor pane to always
appear at the start of a comparison.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Off</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">Show pseudo conflicts</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Displays pseudo conflicts, which occur when two developers make the same
change (for example, both add or remove the exact same line of code or comment). Turn this option on if you
want pseudo conflicts to appear in compare browsers.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Off</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">Connect ranges with single line</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Controls whether differing ranges are visually connected by a single line or a
range delimited by two lines.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">On</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">Highlight individual changes</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Controls whether the individual changes inside conflicts are highlighted.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">On</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">Disable capping when comparing large documents</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">The capping mechanism is used to speed up finding differences in large files.
In case where the capping happens the result can either be correct or it can display too many changes, but it
never misses any change. Turn this option on, if you prefer a precise result in favour of possibly longer
calculation time.</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Off</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%;">When the end/beginning is reached while navigating an element</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">
Use this option to configure what occurs when the end/beginning is reached while navigating an element.
<ul>
<li><strong>Prompt:</strong> If this option is on and you selected to compare a single element you will be
asked whether you want to go to the beginning/end of the element after the end/beginning is reached. If you
are comparing two or more elements you will be asked whether you want to go to the beginning/end of the
current element or to go to the next/previous element. Moreover, if you choose to remember your decision,
this option will be changed to one of the below respectively.</li>
<li><strong>Loop back to the beginning/end:</strong> When this option is on, the selection will me moved
back to the beginning/end after you reach the end/beginning of an element.</li>
<li><strong>Go to the next/previous element:</strong> If you are comparing two or more elements and this
option is on after you reach the end/beginning of an element the next/previous element will be opened.</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top;">Prompt</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3 class="related">Related reference</h3><a href="ref-25.htm">Compare Editor</a><br>
<a href="ref-33.htm">CVS Synchronization View</a>
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