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WINMERGE
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WinMerge is an Open Source comparing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can
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compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format
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that is easy to understand and handle. WinMerge can be used as an external
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differencing/merging tool or as a standalone application.
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WinMerge has many helpful supporting features to make comparing, synchronising,
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and merging as easy and useful as possible. Several programming languages and
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other file formats are syntax-highlighted.
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The latest WinMerge version and WinMerge information is available at
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http://winmerge.org/.
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Quick start
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To learn how to perform basic operations after installing WinMerge, click
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Help>WinMerge Help and navigate to the Quick start topic. Or, go to the Web
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version at http://manual.winmerge.org/QuickStart.html.
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WinMerge Help
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WinMerge Help is installed locally as a Microsoft HTML Help file, WinMerge.chm,
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when you install WinMerge. To open Help, click Help>WinMerge Help or press F1 in
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the WinMerge window. On the command line, run the WinMerge executable with the
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/? help switch.
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You can also browse the HTML version of WinMerge Help at
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http://manual.winmerge.org/.
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Archive Support
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WinMerge uses the 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org) Open Source archive tool for
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archive file support. We recommended installing the 7-Zip application by
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downloading and running the 7-Zip plugin installer from
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http://winmerge.org/downloads/.
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If you cannot install the 7-Zip tool for any reason, you can use the 7-zip
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plugin installer to install only the files required for archive file
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support. See the Help topic, "7-Zip and archive support" for details.
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WinMerge Support
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Questions or suggestions about WinMerge? A good place to start is the WinMerge
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community bulletin board at http://forums.winmerge.org/. Developers frequently
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read and respond to questions in both forums. Use the Open Discussion forum for
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general WinMerge issues, such as questions about usage. Use the Developers forum
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for WinMerge development issues.
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Bugs and feature requests
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If an issue is not resolved in the the WinMerge forums, check the project
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trackers: go to http://project.winmerge.org/, and click a link in the Trackers
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menu, like Bugs and Feature Requests, where you can browse or submit items.
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If you submit a bug, please include the WinMerge version number in your
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report. You can generate a configuration log by clicking Help>Configuration.
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Please attach the configuration log to the bug report; it has lots of useful
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information for developers.
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- The WinMerge Developers
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