RE: Text Editors and Text Diff/Merge

  • From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:17:19 -0400

Hi Sauro,
For my lack of money, Jamal's EdSharp has replaced what I used to say was the 
greatest editor on earth. Grab it at 
http://www.empowermentzone.com/edsetup.exe/. Here is a paragraph from the 
documentation. Maybe it will help you.

Two commands produce text in a new window after comparing sets of lines. Lines 
above the cursor are considered the first set, and the rest are considered
the second. Use the List Different Items command, Alt+Shift+L, to get lines 
that are in the first set but not the second. Use the Query Common Items 
command,
Alt+Shift+Q, to get lines that are in both. These commands ignore blank lines 
but are case sensitive.

If that won't help you, maybe there would be a way to run the DOS fc utility 
and bring the output into the editor. I think that could be done with all the 
facilities at your disposal with EdSharp.

Thanks.
J
im
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Jim Homme
Usability Services
412-544-1810
james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx

"You can do anything you want to if you put your mind to it" -- Jim Homme Sr.


-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of R. Haynie
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 12:26 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Text Editors and Text Diff/Merge

Ok, this is something that has troubled me on and off for a while now.

I am looking for a real good text editor preferably one a integrated
diff (file compare) utility.  And it would be great if the diff had a
merge functionality.
I have been using UltraEdit for 6 or so years now.  Occasionally the
editor will crash.  I could not make a nice reproduceable situation of
when it crashes.  The latest version of UE is no different.

I took another look at Komodo Edit, but versin 5 does not seem to be any
more accessible with JAWS.

Editor:
I use the editor for writing sql, php, python, csv files, viewing logs,
etc.  I like code folding and function lists to quickly move around in
longer files.

So I need sort of an Accessible Power Text Editor.  I would not mind
paying for it, but it shouldn't crash on me like UE doing on both of my
boxes.


I'll be doing file comparisons and merging of changes over the next few
weeks.  Other than that, I probably compare files once a month.  I am
going to try out WinMerge, but Tuesday SourceForge would not allow any
downloads of that package (500 error), so I'll try Wednesday.  If that
package is accessible, ten I  the file compare be satisfied


Sina had a couple ideas, but he also suggested to hit the list up with
the question.

-Rodney

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