Re: External diff program and Program used to open files.

I just upgraded my OS to Vista. I tto have this problem with Grig
Software's CompareIt!.

Greg
--- In cvsgui%40yahoogroups.com">cvsguiyahoogroups.com, prane... wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am using winmerge as an external diff
> program. (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/8632/)
> But it doesn't seem to work. When I select two versions of a file from
> the graph window and do diff. It launches winmerge but then winmerge
> says files are identical. Any idea? Do I need to pass any special
> parameters to winmerge like $filename?
>
>
> Also, I am using gvim.exe as my external file open program. But It
> also doesn't seem to work. Double clicking on a file, opens it in the
> default application for that file in windows. Any idea?
>
> Thanks,
> Prashant
>

I figured out that it was my fault. I needed to check the option on
the diff dialog to use the previously-configured diff utility.

Greg
--- In cvsgui%40yahoogroups.com">cvsguiyahoogroups.com, "Rex Uzelac&quot; <guzelac...> wrote:
&gt;
> I just upgraded my OS to Vista. I tto have this problem with Grig
>; Software's CompareIt!.
>
> Greg
>; --- In cvsgui%40yahoogroups.com">cvsguiyahoogroups.com, prane wrote:
&gt; >
>; >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using winmerge as an external diff
> > program. (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/8632/)
> > But it doesn't seem to work. When I select two versions of a file
from
> > the graph window and do diff. It launches winmerge but then winmerge
> > says files are identical. Any idea? Do I need to pass any special
> > parameters to winmerge like $filename?
> >
> >
> > Also, I am using gvim.exe as my external file open program. But It
> > also doesn't seem to work. Double clicking on a file, opens it in the
> > default application for that file in windows. Any idea?
&gt; >
> > Thanks,
> > Prashant
> >
>;

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