Preferences - Compare

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

Option

Description

Default

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 case If selected, differences in character case 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
Ignore sequence numbers If selected, sequence numbers are ignored for comparison purposes. Off
Column restricted comparison If selected, restricts the scope of compare operations to the columns set in the Start column and End column fields. Off,
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