 | Welcome to Compare It! |
 | About Compare It! |
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| Installing and Removing Compare It! |
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| What's New in This release? |
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| Quick Start |
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| User Interface Basics |
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| Application Window Illustration |
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| Using Compare It! |
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| Comparing files |
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| Merging Files |
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| Editing Files |
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| Setting Options |
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| General |
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| File Filters |
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| Comparison |
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| Advanced Comparison |
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| Editor |
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| Colors |
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| Language |
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| Keyboard |
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| Converters |
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| Viewers |
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| Printing and Reporting |
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| Print options |
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| Print Options: Margins |
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| Print Options: Advanced |
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| Comparison report |
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| Comparison statistics |
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| Keyboard Shortcuts, Toolbar Buttons, Menu Commands |
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| Advanced Functions |
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| Adding Shortcuts to External Applications |
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| Adaptive comparison |
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| Auto Backup |
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| Automatch rules |
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| Command Line Usage |
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| Configuration File |
 | Changes Only Mode |
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| Custom Syntax Files |
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| Defining Column Ranges |
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| Enhanced Open File |
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| File lists support |
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| Folders comparison |
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| Ignore Difference |
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| Manual Matching |
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| Merged Report |
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| Moved Sections |
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| Partial matching |
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| Profiles |
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| Result File Support |
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| Separate |
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| Unicode Support |
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| Using Compare It! with File Manager |
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| Using fixed/alternative font |
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| Using Regular Expressions |
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| Using RegExps substrings |
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| Word files comparison |
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| Excel files comparison |
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| Other file formats support |
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| Zip File Support |
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| General Information |
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| What is Shareware? |
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| How To Register |
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| Warranty and License |
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| Future Releases |
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| Other Products |
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| Frequently Asked Questions |
 | Updates and Support |
| Custom Syntax Files |
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Compare It! can use syntax highlighting to simplify reading of comparison results for source code files. Syntaxes for C++, C#, Java, Delphi and HTML are supported internally, but you can add your own syntax files for other languages. The default extension for these files is chl. The format of the language files is compatible with files used by the ConTEXT editor.
To use a custom syntax file:
- Create a custom language definition file.
- Place the file (with a .chl extension) in a new "Syntax" folder.
- Follow the instructions in Options dialog box: File Filters to add the custom syntax file.
Custom Syntax File Format
A syntax file is a simple text file with key/value pairs, delimited with a colon (:). Here is a typical example:
Language: CSharp Filter: CSharp files (*.cs)|*.cs CaseSensitive: 1 LineComment: // BlockCommentBeg: /* BlockCommentEnd: */
This format is compatible with files used by the ConTEXT editor (freeware). If you need a syntax file for an additional language, be sure to check the their site, it already has a collection of dozens of languages.
Currently, only a limited set of keys is supported. This list will grow in the future:
- CaseSensitive - whether keywords are case-sensitive (1/0)
- LineComment - sequence to begin comment, which ends with line
- BlockCommentBeg/BlockCommentEnd, BlockCommentBeg2/BlockCommentEnd2 - block comments
- KeyWords1, KeyWords2, KeyWords3 - list of keywords, delimited with spaces, may continue on several lines:
KeyWords1: as new break switch finally case fixed throw catch for try checked foreach typeof goto lock - StringBegChar - character to limit strings
- CharSymbol - character to limit single character
- UsePreprocessor - whether to use preprocessor (1/0)
- IdentifierBegChars - which symbols can start identifier
- IdentifierChars - which characters can be in identifier
- EscapeChar - symbol for inserting other special symbols into text as is
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