Options Tab

Always perform merge interactively

Select this option to make the saving of the target file compulsory. When you exit the Merge Tool you will be prompted to save the target.

This option is the default.

Perform a diff interactively

Select this option to make the saving of the target file optional. When you exit the Merge Tool you will not be prompted to save the target.

Number of bytes to read

The number of bytes of a file to process before deciding whether it is text or binary. If none the characters processed are binary, the merge tool will assume the file is text, otherwise it will assume it is binary.

Disabled if you have selected Text or Binary below.

Text

Always treat files as text.

Binary

Always treat files as binary.

Detect

Detect whether a files are text or binary from the content.

Used in conjunction with Number of bytes to read above.

Case

Select this option if you want to ignore case when comparing text between files

This is unselected as default.

Treat Ctrl-Z (0x1A) as a whitespace

Select this option to treat the character Ctrl-z as if it where whitespace

This is unselected as default.

Whitespace - Changes in amount

Select this option if you want to ignore the amount of whitespace when comparing lines of text.

This is unselected as default.

All

Select this option if you want to ignore all spaces and tabs when comparing lines of text.

None

Select this option if you want to include all spaces and tabs when comparing lines of text.

This is the default.

From column 1 to

Enter a value to specify the end column position of a line sequence number or comment field at the beginning of the lines.

Default is zero, meaning there is no line sequence number.

Onwards from column

Enter a value to specify start column position of a line sequence number or comment field at the end of the lines.

Default is zero, meaning there is no line sequence number.

Number of lines displayed above and below in the global comparison window

Enter the number of lines to be displayed above and below the selected line in the global comparison window. Note that this includes the selected line.

The default is 2, i.e. 3 lines from each file are displayed.

Number of derivatives per frame

Enter the number of derivatives to be displayed in the Derivative frame. If there are more than this number extra Derivative frames will be displayed for them.

The default is 3.

Tab width

Enter the number of characters displayed for a tab in the text lines.

The default is 4.