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| <h1>Understanding the comparison</h1> |
| <p class="Head">Comparing file1.txt and file2.txt resulted in the following compare editor. The left side shows the |
| contents of file1.txt and the right side shows the contents of file2.txt. The lines connecting the left and right |
| panes indicate the differences between the files.</p> |
| <p class="Head">If more room is needed to look at the comparison, the editor tab can be double clicked to maximize |
| the editor.</p> |
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| <p class="Head">The numbered changes on the left side of the difference editor are as follows:</p> |
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| <li>Starting with the top line (in the left pane) the difference bar indicates something is missing from the very |
| top of the left file. Follow the difference band (see #1) to the right file. It contains "This is line 1" .</li> |
| <li>The next line "This is line 2." is white indicating it matches the right file.</li> |
| <li>Moving onto the next line, see that the left file and right file have different contents for this line (see |
| #2).</li> |
| <li>The next line (This is line 4) is once again in white, so it can be skipped.</li> |
| <li>The next line exists in the left file but since it is in the background color its difference bar can be |
| followed to the right (see #3) and notice that the right file does not contain the line.</li> |
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| <p class="Head">Initially the compare editor might seem a bit daunting but when simply working down the left side and |
| focusing on the items marked as gray, and those items missing from the left side, it turns out not to be as tricky as |
| it first seems.</p> |
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