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JMeld - A visual diff and merge tool

October 4th, 2008 · Posted by Toor · 2 Comments

JMeld is a visual diff and merge tool. JMeld is similar to Meld, but it is written in Java.

Currently, JMeld has the following features:

  • Fast diff/merge of large files.
  • Directory diff.
  • Incremental search.
  • Show linenumbers in textarea’s.
  • Javahelp.
  • Keyboard shortcuts for fast merging.
  • No menubar!
  • Diffs updates when editing.
  • Diffs inside diffs!
  • Tabbed interface.

For more information, go JMeld website.

Installing JMeld

You don’t need to install JMeld. You can run JMeld with the following steps:

  1. Download JMled from here.
  2. Run this command:
    java -jar JMeld-*.jar

JMeld screenshot:

JMeld

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Tags: Cool Apps

2 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Dr. Azrael Tod // Oct 6, 2008 at 11:39 pm

    why are people using Java for day2day tools?
    RAM is cheap but still limited… at least i dont want to wast it without ANY reason.

  • 2 flip9 // Jun 3, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    i’d prefer using DiffMerge from Sourcegear..

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