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dxdiff(1X)
NAME
dxdiff - Motif visual differences program
SYNOPSIS
dxdiff [options] [file1 file2]
OPTIONS
-bd color
Specifies the color of the window's border (color displays only). The
default is black.
-bg color
Specifies the color of the window's background (color displays only).
The default is white.
-d dispname
Specifies the display screen where dxdiff displays its window. If the
display option is not specified, dxdiff uses the display screen
specified by your DISPLAY environment variable. The display option has
the format hostname:number. Using two colons (::) instead of one (:)
indicates that DECnet is to be used for transport. The default is :0.
For more information, see X(1X).
-display dispname
This option is the same as the -d option.
-fg color
Specifies the color of the text (color displays only). The default is
black.
-fn font
Specifies the font used as the output font. The default font is
times_bold12.
-geometry
Specifies the width, length, and location of the dxdiff window. If the
geometry option is not specified, dxdiff uses default values. The
geometry option has the format [widthxlength][{+-}x{+-}y]. For more
information about the screen coordinate system, see X(1X).
-sv Disables linked vertical scrolling.
+sv Enables linked vertical scrolling. This is the default.
-sh Disables linked horizontal scrolling
+sh Enables linked horizontal scrolling. This is the default.
-dl Enables the display of filled polygons to connect areas of different
text. This is the default.
+dl Enables the display of lines to connect areas of different text.
-ln Disables the display of line numbers in the difference region.
+ln Enables the display of line numbers in the difference region. This is
the default.
-lnfg color
Specifies the foreground color for the line numbers in the difference
box. The default is black.
OPERANDS
file
Specifies the two files that are to be opened at startup. If you do
not specify any file names, dxdiff lets you specify files after it has
started up.
DESCRIPTION
The dxdiff application does a line-by-line comparison of two files and
displays the differences between them. The contents of the two files are
displayed in two text regions on either side of a central difference
region. The differences between the files are displayed as highlighted
text. The differences are connected by lines or filled polygons across the
central difference region. Line numbers are optionally displayed at each
end of the difference lines, to show where the differences occur within the
files. Note that the files must be ASCII text files.
MENUS
The dxdiff window contains the following menus:
· File
· Options
· Differences
· Help
File Menu
The dxdiff File menu contains the following menu items:
Open...
Calls up two Open... dialog boxes, to allow you to specify the two
files that you want to compare. The dialog boxes are labeled Left File
and Right File. You must select one file from each dialog box.
Exit
Exits the current dxdiff session. If the session is the original one,
all other dxdiff sessions and windows are closed.
Options Menu
The Options menu contains the following menu items:
Linked Vertical Scrolling On/Off
The default is linked vertical scrolling. When linked vertical
scrolling is on and you scroll one of the files, the other file is
scrolled with it line for line. When linked vertical scrolling is off,
one file can be scrolled independently of the other one.
Linked Horizontal Scrolling On/Off
The default is linked horizontal scrolling. When linked horizontal
scrolling is on and you scroll one of the files, the other file is
scrolled with it. When linked horizontal scrolling is off, one file
can be scrolled independently of the other one.
Render Diffs As Lines/Render Diffs As Filled Polygons
Displays either lines or filled polygons to connect the differences
across the difference box. The default on startup is for filled
polygons to be displayed.
Display Diff Line Numbers/No Diff Line Numbers
Displays line numbers at each end of the lines that connect the
differences. The default is to display line numbers. If dxdiff cannot
find a suitable font size for displaying the line numbers, this item is
disabled.
Differences Menu
The Differences menu contains the following items:
Do Differences
Displays the differences between the two currently selected files.
Do Differences In New
Opens a new dxdiff window to display the differences between the two
currently selected files. The existing dxdiff window remains on the
screen for reference.
Help Menu
The Help Menu button invokes a help window that provides information on
dxdiff.
X DEFAULTS
The dxdiff application uses the values in the .Xdefaults file when you
logged in and uses the appropriate resource specification to customize the
appearance or characteristics of its displayed dxdiff window. The format
for a resource specification in the .Xdefaults file is:
[*name*]resource: value
name
Specifies the application name or the name string that restricts the
resource assignment to that application or to a component of an
application. If this argument is not specified, the resource
assignment is globally available to all X applications.
resource
Specifies the resource.
value
Specifies the value that is to be assigned to the resource.
For more information, see X(1X).
Because each toolkit-based application can consist of a combination of
widgets (for example, push buttons and a scroll bar), you can form the name
string by adding widget class and name identifiers to the string. For
further information about adding class and name identifiers, see X(1X).
For dxdiff, the available class identifiers are:
· XmLabel
· XmPushButton
· XmRowColumn
· XmScrollbar
· XmText
For dxdiff, the available name identifiers are:
DxDiff
The application class name
dxdiff
The application name
dxdiffmaindisplay
The entire display, which includes all of the components of the window
mainmenu
The main menu bar, which includes the pull-down menus
leftfileselector
The file selection dialog box for selecting a file to be displayed in
the left text display region
rightfileselector
The file selection dialog box for selecting a file to be displayed in
the right text display region
filespulldown
The File pull-down menu
openfiles
The Open button on the File menu
quit
The Exit button on the File menu
optionspulldown
The Options pull-down menu
slavevertical
The Linked Vertical Scrolling On/Off button on the Options menu
slavehorizontal
The Linked Horizontal Scrolling On/Off button on the Options menu
drawdiffs
The Display Diffs As Lines/Filled Polygons button on the Options menu
drawlinenumbers
The Display Line Numbers button on the Options menu
differencespulldown
The Differences pull-down menu
dodifferences
The Do Differences button on the Differences menu
dodifferencesinnew
The Do Differences In New button on the Differences menu
textregiondisplay
The text region display, which includes both the left and the right
text display regions, each of which include the file name bars, the
vertical scroll bars, the push button region and the text panes
diffregion
The region where the lines connecting the differences are displayed
filenamebar
The file name bars at the top of each text region
vscroll
The vertical scroll bars
textdisplay
The region where the file contents are displayed
displaymenu
The push button region at the bottom of each text display region
nextdiff
The Next Diff push button
prevdiff
The Prev Diff push button
In addition to the general resources listed in X(1X), the resources
available for dxdiff are:
slaveVerticalScrolling
Enable or disable linked vertical scrolling. The default is on.
slaveHorizontalScrolling
Enable or disable linked horizontal scrolling. The default is on.
displayLineNumbers
Enable or disable display of line numbers in the difference region. The
default is on.
drawDiffsAsLines
Enable or disable use of lines to connect areas of different text. The
default is off. If drawing of lines is disabled, filled polygons are
used.
lineNumberForeground
Specify the foreground color for line numbers in the difference box.
EXAMPLES
1. To change the background color of the dxdiff text regions, add the
following entry to your .Xdefaults file:
dxdiff*textdisplay*background: blue
2. To change the background color of the push button region at the bottom
of the window, add the following entry to your .Xdefaults file:
dxdiff*displaymenu*background: red
FILES
~/.Xdefaults
/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/DxDiff
~/DxDiff
SEE ALSO
diff(1), mwm(1X), X(1X)
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