On Feb 17, 2005, at 16:43, Fred B. wrote:
Actually, I use TextMate for everything text-related except one thing: comparing two document(Diff). Unfortunately I need this feature a lot. For me, this is "The Last Big Thing" that TM misses.
[...] So, my question is: Do you plan to implement this in TM, Allan? If the answer is yes, any idea when we might expect this?
I must confess that I do not fully understand why a diff tool needs to be built into a text editor. Was it the missing ability to edit the merged file in File Merge that made this tool unusable?
At present time I have no plans of adding this feature mainly because a) I haven't fully understood the need to have it built in (i.e. a third party could write the tool if e.g. File Merge isn't sufficient) and b) there are many pending things that needs to built in (i.e. a third party cannot supply these things), so these have higher priority.
But I do see several people mention the diff thing, so it's not out of the question that I may see the advantages of having it built in, but then we're talking 1.3.