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1.1     ! root        1: Sample: Windiff
        !             2: 
        !             3: Summary:
        !             4: 
        !             5: Windiff compares directories or files giving a graphic comparison.
        !             6: 
        !             7: Full command line syntax:
        !             8: 
        !             9: WINDIFF [paths] [saveoption]
        !            10: 
        !            11: paths
        !            12: 
        !            13:    path
        !            14:        to compare what's at path with what's in the current directory
        !            15:     
        !            16:    path1 path2
        !            17:        to compare what's at path1 with what's at path2
        !            18: 
        !            19:    Note: path can always be relative or absolute, net or local, file or 
        !            20:    directory.
        !            21: 
        !            22: 
        !            23: saveoption = -slrd savefile
        !            24: 
        !            25:    where slrd is any combination of these four letters to write the
        !            26:    names of files that are
        !            27: 
        !            28:        s the same in both paths
        !            29:        l only in the left hand path
        !            30:        r only in the right hand path
        !            31:        d in both paths, but the two files are different
        !            32: 
        !            33: More Information:
        !            34: 
        !            35: Colors
        !            36: 
        !            37:     RED background designates text from LEFT FILE
        !            38:     YELLOW background designates text from RIGHT FILE
        !            39:     BLUE text designates a moved line
        !            40:     BLACK text is used for everything else
        !            41: 
        !            42: 
        !            43: File menu
        !            44: 
        !            45:     Compare files...
        !            46:         Uses the File Open dialog for each of two files to be compared.
        !            47:     Compare directories
        !            48:         Opens a to dialog to allow entry of two directory names for comparison.
        !            49:     Close
        !            50:         Closes the current files.
        !            51:     Abort
        !            52:         Will be greyed unless an operation is in progress.  Then allows
        !            53:         that operation to be terminated before completion.
        !            54:     Save File List
        !            55:         Allows the list of files which are (the same, different, only in left
        !            56:         or only in right) to be saved.
        !            57:     Copy Files...
        !            58:         Opens a dialog allowing you to write the files to a disk.
        !            59:     Print
        !            60:         Prints out the results of the compare.
        !            61: 
        !            62: View menu
        !            63: 
        !            64:     Outline
        !            65:         Show lists of files.
        !            66:     Expand
        !            67:         Show comparison of selected files.
        !            68:     Picture
        !            69:         Show picture as well as selected files.
        !            70:     Previous Change (F7)
        !            71:         Skip to previous point of difference in the file.
        !            72:     Next change (F8)
        !            73:         Skip to next point of difference in the file.
        !            74: 
        !            75: Expand menu
        !            76: 
        !            77:     Left file only
        !            78:         Show only lines from left hand file (but coloured so as to highlight
        !            79:         changed lines).
        !            80:     Right file only
        !            81:         Show only lines from right hand file (but coloured so as to highlight
        !            82:         changed lines).
        !            83:     Both files (default)
        !            84:         Show a merge of both files. All the lines in the left hand file are
        !            85:         shown in the order in which they occur in that file, likewise for
        !            86:         the right hand file.  Lines which are ONLY in the left hand file
        !            87:         are shown in red.  Lines which are ONLY in the right hand file
        !            88:         are shown in yellow.
        !            89:     Left line numbers
        !            90:         Line numbers are shown, based on the left hand file.
        !            91:     Right line numbers
        !            92:         Line numbers are shown, based on the right hand file.
        !            93:     Right line numbers
        !            94:         Line numbers are shown, based on the right hand file.
        !            95:     No line numbers
        !            96:         Line numbers are turned off.
        !            97: 
        !            98: Options menu
        !            99: 
        !           100:     Ignore blanks
        !           101:         Blanks are ignored in the expanded view, so that lines which
        !           102:         differ only in white space are shjown as identical.
        !           103:     Show Identical Files
        !           104:         Include files which are identical in each path in outline mode.
        !           105:     Show Left-Only Files
        !           106:         Include files which occur only in the left hand path in outline mode.
        !           107:     Show Right-Only Files
        !           108:         Include files which occur only in the right hand path in outline mode.
        !           109:     Show Different Files
        !           110:         Include files which occur in both paths, but which are not the same
        !           111:         in outline mode.
        !           112: 
        !           113: Help
        !           114: 
        !           115:     About
        !           116:         Displays version information about WINDIFF.
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