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Hi. There should be an option in the compare view which initiates a source code format with the actual preference definitions - BEFORE - the comparison. This helps in the case when there has been some source code format definition changes beween the two file revisions and the compare view will not display "changes" because only the file source code format has changed. Cheers - Marcel.
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Have you tried the "Ignore Whitespace" option? There is a button for it in the toolbar if the compare editor is active.
(In reply to comment #2) > Have you tried the "Ignore Whitespace" option? > There is a button for it in the toolbar if the compare editor is active. > Yep, but whitespaces are not the problem, the problem is for example the wrap lines definition : in old files 80, newer files 120 (maybe because of my great new 19" tft :-).
At least in structure compare mode the line length is ignored, so formatting should not have an influence.
(In reply to comment #4) > At least in structure compare mode the line length is ignored, so formatting > should not have an influence. True, but that doesn't help when in a method there is mixed formatting and real change. Regarding this wish and also the "ignore whitespace" option: It would be nice if those could be switched on and off with a button in the compare window and having instant effect on what is show, rather than having them in preferences and with the need to restart the comparison.
There is a button for ignore whitespace. It appears in the main toolbar when a compare editor is open. The ability to format code would need to be provided by the Java Merge Viewer. At some point, we are hoping to find the cycles to push a bunch of Java editor funtionality into the Compare viewer. Once this happens, you should just be able to perform the format manually as a Java operation.
There are much more settings you can configure in the format preferences, than the things discussed here. It would make Format-Guidelines in a group of developers useless.
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