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HELP DIFF J. Cunningham Updated A.Sloman June 1991 <ENTER> diff or ved_diff(); This procedure searches down the file in the current window and that in the 'other' window, starting in both cases from the current line, comparing lines until either a pair of differing lines is found or the end_of_file is reached. A message is displayed, announcing whether a difference has been found or not. If a difference is found, then the command 'nextsame' is put on the command line. If this command is then obeyed (e.g. by pressing the REDO key) it finds the next line where the two files are the same. For details see HELP * VED_NEXTSAME. The command <ENTER> nextdiff is similar to DIFF, but before beginning steps each file down one line. <ENTER> cdiff Is like DIFF, but ignores 'white space' that is spaces, tabs and newlines. It is somewhat slower than DIFF See also HELP * VED_NEXTSAME HELP * DIRED - for browsing files matching a pattern. HELP *SYSDIRECTORY - to return the name of, or update, the current directory HELP *PURGE - a file-purging facility in VED HELP *CD - a POP-11 macro for changing directories HELP *DIR - for listing the current directory within VED HELP *CMP - also compares files (currently local to Sussex) --- C.all/help/diff --- Copyright University of Sussex 1991. All rights reserved. ----------