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 ---------- 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 __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind This e-mail and any attachments to it are confidential and are intended solely for use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not keep, use, disclose, copy or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. The views expressed in this e-mail message do not necessarily represent the views of Highmark Inc., its subsidiaries, or affiliates. __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind