Preferences - Compare

Use this preference page to specify criteria used by the editor compare operation.

Option

Description

Default

Ignore case If selected, differences in character case are ignored for comparison purposes. Off
Ignore leading blanks If selected, white space at the start of a line is ignored for comparison purposes. Off
Ignore trailing blanks If selected, white space at the end of a line is ignored for comparison purposes. Off
Ignore all blanks If selected, all white space in the line is ignored for comparison purposes. Off
Ignore sequence numbers If selected, sequence numbers are ignored for comparison purposes. Off
Ignore comments If selected, comments and white space are ignored for comparison purposes.  This option is in effect only when certain document parsers are active. Off
Column restricted comparison If selected, restricts the scope of compare operations to certain columns.  To set the column boundaries for compare operations, enter a value for the following fields:
  • Start column:  The first column to which compare operations apply
  • End column:  The last column to which compare operations apply.
Off,
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