This is a manual for WinMerge 2.6.
This manual is recommended reading for experienced and new users of
WinMerge 2.6. Reading this manual will help ensure the user knows about the
various functions available in WinMerge, and various limitations.
Please read at least the following chapters:
- The Quick start chapter will
get you quickly started with WinMerge. After reading this chapter you
will know the basic usage of WinMerge.
- The Comparing Folders
chapter explains folder comparison, ways to change the results display,
and operations available in the folder comparison window.
- The Comparing Files chapter
explains the file comparison/merge window, its various panes, and
methods of navigation, modes, and operations available in this
window.
- The Options and
Configuration chapter helps to customize WinMerge to your needs,
including things such as whitespace handling, colors, and handling text
encoding.
The following chapters are suggested reading for more efficient use of
WinMerge:
- The Opening Files and Folders
chapter introduces several ways (there are many!) to open files and
folders to WinMerge. For example, do you know how to use the Shell
Extension context menu in advanced mode?
- The Plugins chapter introduces
plugins.
- The Filters chapter explains the
use of both file filters and line filters.
- The Commandline chapter
lists commandline parameters for WinMerge (for using with other tools,
or from a script).
- The FAQ chapter contains answers to
many common questions asked of developers. Please check first if your
question is answered there before submitting questions to SourceForge.net.