Kdiff3 - compare folders and files

[teobromina]

To compare bit to bit, if necessary, two folders or two files

http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/

I made it portable by installing first and copying folder later; Universal Extractor yields a confusing folders structure in the present case.

May be added to list?

*JT.

[AlephX]

Hi!
This application is very interesting!

Unfortunately I guess that it writes settings partially in the registry, and in some directory inside the Windows folder too.

[webfork]

Initial testing makes this program look like a strong alternative to the also-excellent WinMerge.

X-KDiff3 0.9.97 [rev3] http://www.winpenpack.com/en/download.php?view.1246

I deal with a LOT of document change work so although this is text-only, I might find a way to use it.

Screenshot.

[Ruby]

I deal with a LOT of document change work

While not free, Beyond Compare certainly is the best I've come across and they have a free 30 day trial.
Beyond Compare: http://www.scootersoftware.com/index.php

Among some of the more notable features is the 'Specialized Viewers', e.g. comparing delimited data files cell-by-cell, binary content (byte-by-byte), mp3 tag info, various image files, i.e. image.jpg <=> image.gif, etc...
Specialized Viewers: http://www.scootersoftware.com/moreinfo ... fo_viewers

You can register shell extensions (32bit and 64bit); left-click file/folder (choose left side), left-click 2nd file/folder (compare to left); if both files/folders are in the same directory, then 2nd left-click ("Compare")

Give it a shot, you won't be disappointed and you have nothing to lose.

Oh, and it's fully portable: http://www.scootersoftware.com/support. ... ablemedia3

~Ruby

[Midas]

KDiff3 (http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/) is a differencing utility based on the latest Qt framework (v5.3) with a slew of interesting features -- and the major plus of being available for all mainstream platforms (Linux, MacOS and both 32 and 64-bit Windows).

Windows downloads can be easily (Uni)extracted. Pay attention, though, that the '$_OUTDIR\plugins' folder needs to be moved into the 'bin' subfolder, while the remaining two ('doc' and 'translations') need to go to the top level, alongside 'kdiff3.exe'; after that, all folders whose names begin with '$' can be deleted...

The only thing impeding KDiff3 full portability is the fact that it stores its settings in '%USERPROFILE%\.kdiff3rc'.

• KDiff3 is a graphical text difference analyzer for up to 3 input files, provides character-by-character analysis and a text merge tool with integrated editor. It can also compare and merge directories. Platform-independent.

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Changelog and downloads for KDiff3 latest release (currently v0.9.98) are at http://sourceforge.net/projects/kdiff3/ ... f3/0.9.98/.

[Midas]

Let's see what the community thinks of my portabilization strategy for KDiff3 (tested under Windows XP SP3 and 7 x64 SP1)...

Firstly, here's the list of files differing in the 32 and 64-bit versions:

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  kdiff3.exe
  kdiff3.exe.manifest
  bin\bin.Manifest
  bin\libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll <- 32-bit only
  bin\libgcc_s_seh-1.dll <- 64-bit only
  bin\libstdc++-6.dll
  bin\libwinpthread-1.dll
  bin\Qt5Core.dll
  bin\Qt5Gui.dll
  bin\Qt5PrintSupport.dll
  bin\Qt5Widgets.dll
  bin\README-Qt.txt
  bin\plugins\accessible\qtaccessiblewidgets.dll
  bin\plugins\codecs\qcncodecs4.dll
  bin\plugins\codecs\qjpcodecs4.dll
  bin\plugins\codecs\qkrcodecs4.dll
  bin\plugins\codecs\qtwcodecs4.dll
  bin\plugins\platforms\qwindows.dll
  bin\plugins\printsupportwindowsprintersupport.dll

Place common folders/files in 'App'. Place exclusive 32-bit folders/files in 'Data\x32' and exclusive 64-bit folders/files in 'Data\x64' (compressing with UPX is optional). Run a yaP launcher v0.65 Beta 293 (latest beta) with the following config:

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  ; configuration file for yaP v0.65.293B (http://rolandtoth.hu/yaP/)
  ; application name: KDiff3
  ; version: v0.9.98
  ; website: http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/
  
  [GENERAL]
  application = App\kdiff3.exe :: App\kdiff3.exe
  ; commandline = 
  ; workdir = 
  
  [BEFORE]
  file = %USERPROFILE%\.kdiff3rc :: Data\kdiff3rc.txt
  ->dirX86 = Data\x32\ :: {EXEPATH}
  ->dirX64 = Data\x64\ :: {EXEPATH}
  delay = 250
  [...]
  

Profit.