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#1692 Commandline: /dl and /dr don't work for folders

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nobody
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2008-03-31
2008-03-24
elsapo
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Hey, I want to try out your shiny new version, so I can enjoy what all great stuff you have done. So I downloaded the 2.8RC version, which seems to be 2.7.8 in disguise.

Apparently the left & right description don't work the way they used to -- did you change the arguments for them? I pressed F1 and looked in the help, but it still says /dl and /dr, and those are what my script uses. They work fine with WinMergeX, and I would have assumed that was just WinMerge code -- but maybe something is out-of-date?

Example invocation:

"WinMerge.exe" /r /ub /dl "LeftDescription" /dr "RightDescription" /ignorews:0 /ignoreeol:1 /ignoreblanklines:1 /showIdentical:0 /showSkipped:0 /f ExcVss /noprefs testfolder1 testfolder2

The tab says "testfolder1\ - testfolder2\", where I assume it was meant to say "LeftDescription" and "RightDescription".

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  • Kimmo Varis

    Kimmo Varis - 2008-03-24

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    Hm? I use /dl and /dr with TortoiseSVN and they've been working for me. Just checked and got descriptions right for SVN files.

    But I haven't used them for folders.

     
  • Kimmo Varis

    Kimmo Varis - 2008-03-30

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    I just tested with folders:
    G:\WinMerge>"C:\Program Files\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe" WinMerge_28Branch WinMerge_SVN -dl "WinMerge 2.8" -dr "WinMerge SVN"

    The description was shown in header line, but not in tab text or program caption. So there is something buggy or unexpected. However these descriptions have been a bit fuzzy for folders always and I think never have worked properly. And I know as I implemented them.

    We've had this discussion in several bug/patch/rfe items already. E.g. what happens when user browses to subfolder - should we show that same description (and user won't see current folder) or forget the description as it was given for just two original folders...

     
  • Kimmo Varis

    Kimmo Varis - 2008-03-30
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    • priority: 5 --> 3
     
  • Kimmo Varis

    Kimmo Varis - 2008-03-31

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    Clarifying summary.

     
  • Kimmo Varis

    Kimmo Varis - 2008-03-31
    • summary: /dl and /dr still in help manual, but 2.7.8 doesn't use? --> Commandline: /dl and /dr don't work for folders
     

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