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- CMP V1.4
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- This program is Freeware. That means that you may copy it as long as you
- do not change anything on the documentation and the code.
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- This program needs at least OS 2.04 to run.
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- CMP is a useful tool to compare 2 files and display the differents between
- them. I often needed such a tool but I couldn`t find one. Thats why I wrote
- this utility.
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- How to use ?
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- To start CMP type "CMP [file1] [file2]" in the Shell or simply doubleclick
- its icon from workbench.
- Click the "load 1" and "load 2" gadgets to load 2 files and compare them
- by pressing the the "compare" gadget. After a short time the files are
- compared and now you can watch the differents by clicking the scrollbar or
- the "Next Ln" , "Prev Ln" , "Next Pg" , "Prev Pg" , "Next Dif" , "Prev Dif"
- gadgets.
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- NextLn - Jump to the next line.
- Prev Ln - Jump to previous line.
- Next Pg - Jump to next page.
- Prev Pg - Jump to previous page.
- Next Dif - Jump to next different.
- Prev Dif - Jump to previous different.
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- If there is a differnt between two bytes of the files the backround is
- marked blue.
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- To look for version-strings click the "Version" gadget. CMP will now
- search for a string in the format "$VER: xxx ,0".
- Please notice that if the "0" at the end of the string is not found the
- string won`t be displayed. This often happens if you search in text or
- AmigaGuide files.
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- If you click the "Info" gadget some informations about the size of the
- files, their names, the number of differents and free memory will be given.
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- To quit CMP press the closegadget.
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- If you want to, you can use the menu and the keyboard instead of clicking
- the gadgets.
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- Key functions are :
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- 1 .................................. load file 1
- 2 ................................... load file 2
- c ................................... compare the files
- i ................................... informations
- v ................................... search for version-strings
- a ................................... about
- cursor down ......................... next line
- cursor up ........................... previous line
- cursor right ........................ next byte
- cursor left ......................... previous byte
- shift cursor down ................... next page
- shift cursor up ..................... previous page
- ctrl cursor down .................... bottom
- ctrl cursor up ...................... top
- n ................................... next different
- p ................................... previous different
- escape .............................. quit
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- CMP makes use of the "reqtools.library" by Nico François. So make sure
- you have installed it in your LIBS: Directory.
- Simply doubleclick the "InstallRT"-Icon to install reqtools.library.
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- Do not hesitate to contact me if you find bugs or if you have ideas for
- improving CMP.
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- Hope you`ll find this program useful.
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- My adress:
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- Andreas Wiencke
- Hamburger Allee 98
- 19063 Schwerin
- Germany
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- Phone: 0385/215778
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- Many thanx to Crazy Copper/DFT for his endless bugreports and suggestions.
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- History:
- V1.0 * First official release.
- V1.01 * CMP crashed when comparing very small files, bug removed.
- V1.1 * CMP now sets topaz 8 font.
- V1.2 * Info now showes the filenames, too.
- * Changed the functions of some keys.
- * Now its possible to jump to the next/previous byte.
- * Looking for a version-string is now possible without comparing
- the files. Its possible to look in one file only.
- * Its easier to use the scrollbar now.
- * CMP sometimes displayed wrong adresses, when the scrollbar was
- used. Bug removed.
- V1.3 * Files are now readed correctly even if the user does not select a
- drawer in the filerequester.
- * CMP looped endless when scrollbar was clicked once. Bug removed.
- * Added a script to install reqtools.library.
- V1.4 * CMP used to crash on some machines, fixed.
- * Scrollbar now looks 3.0-alike.
- * Menus now look 3.0-alike.
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