[kde-doc-english] KDiff3 - help with pasting three files into the GUI

[Burkhard Lück]

Am Donnerstag, 18. April 2013, 15:52:46 schrieb Neil Thomas:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just have KDiff3 recommended to me, using 0.9.92 under Win XP. Loving
> it. However there is one feature I tried to use, expecting it to be there,
> but could not find out how.
> 
> I wanted to compare three text files in very different and deep locations,
> which I already had visible in various explorer windows. Rather than
> navigate to each one (again, sigh!) with the default file dialog that is
> visible when the program starts, I wanted to CTRL-drag the files into each
> of three compare columns. However, KDiff3 starts up with only two columns
> visible.
> 
> Under the window menu, there is a 'show window C' item, but it is greyed
> out. I was not able to find anything under settings or configuration like
> 'start with 3 columns', or 'show 3 columns'. There doesn't appear to be any
> button on the initial file find dialog that allows the C window to open
> without a file being selected, or any way to spoof the dialog to get this
> to happen. I can't find anything in the documentation that helps with this,
> or anything through Google.
> 
> Is it possible to start up with 3 blank windows?
> Is it possible to open an empty C window?
> Is it possible to use command line options to start up like this?
> 
Afaik this is not possible.

Please file a wish at bugs.kde.org for product kdiff3

Thanks

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Burkhard Lück