Re: Bug/Feature Request for TortoiseMerge

Randall Campbell wrote:
> Not sure that this is really a bug, probably more of a feature request.
> I am using the latest release.
>
> I have two XML files and TortoiseMerge shows the first lines as being
> different even though they appear identical. Ignoring white space does
> not cause them to be shown as identical. Ignoring line feed differences
> does not show them as being identical either.
>
> It turns out that there were three unprintable characters at the
> beginning of the line. It would be very handy if there were a way to

Those unprintable characters, are those maybe UTF8 BOM (hex: ef bb ef)?
In that case, TortoiseMerge just 'ignores' them when showing the
contents of the file but uses them to find out the encoding of the file.

Maybe we should show somewhere if a file has a BOM or not...

> flag unprintable characters so that we can see that they are there.
> Another very useful option would be able to display a hex view of the
> file with the diffs highlighted. In this way, we could actually see the
> hex character differences.

Now that would be a huge new feature (hex view). What do others think?
Would that be a feature that others might need too? How often would you
need it really?

Stefan

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