The Kompare Handbook
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The Kompare Handbook

Sean Wheller

Revision 3.4 (2007-01-20)

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Kompare is a GUI front-end program that enables differences between source files to be viewed and merged. Kompare can be used to compare differences on files or the contents of folders. Kompare supports a variety of diff formats and provide many options to customize the information level displayed.

This document describes Kompare version 3.4.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Using Kompare
Getting Started
Starting Kompare
The Main Interface
Viewing Differences
Managing Screen Real-Estate
Switching Source and Destination Views
Displaying Difference Statistics
Navigating the Difference View
Merging Differences
Applying a Difference
Unapplying a Difference
Applying All Differences
Unapplying All Differences
Saving Changes
Working with Diff Files
Creating a Diff
Displaying a Diff
Applying Differences in a Diff File
Blending a URL with a Diff
3. Configuring Preferences
View Settings
Appearance
Fonts
Diff Settings
Diff
Format
Options
Exclude
4. Command Reference
The File Menu
The Difference Menu
The Settings Menu
The Help Menu
5. Credits and License
A. Installation
How to obtain Kompare
Compilation and Installation
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