dxdiff(1X)																dxdiff(1X)

NAME

       dxdiff - Motif visual differences program

SYNOPSIS

       dxdiff [options] [file1 file2]

OPTIONS

       Specifies  the  color  of  the window's border (color displays only). The default is black.  Specifies the color of the window's background
       (color displays only). The default is white.  Specifies the display screen where dxdiff displays its window.  If the display option is  not
       specified,  dxdiff  uses the display screen specified by your DISPLAY environment variable. The display option has the format hostname:num-
       ber.  Using two colons (::) instead of one (:) indicates that DECnet is to be used for transport.  The default is :0. For more information,
       see X(1X).  This option is the same as the -d option.  Specifies the color of the text (color displays only).  The default is black.  Spec-
       ifies the font used as the output font.	The default font is times_bold12.  Specifies the width, length, and location of the dxdiff window.
       If  the	geometry  option  is not specified, dxdiff uses default values. The geometry option has the format [widthxlength][{+-}x{+-}y]. For
       more information about the screen coordinate system, see X(1X).	Disables linked vertical scrolling.  Enables  linked  vertical	scrolling.
       This  is  the default.  Disables linked horizontal scrolling Enables linked horizontal scrolling. This is the default.  Enables the display
       of filled polygons to connect areas of different text. This is the default.  Enables the display of lines to  connect  areas  of  different
       text.   Disables the display of line numbers in the difference region.  Enables the display of line numbers in the difference region.  This
       is the default.	Specifies the foreground color for the line numbers in the difference box. The default is black.

OPERANDS

       Specifies the two files that are to be opened at startup.  If you do not specify any file names, dxdiff lets you specify files after it has
       started up.

DESCRIPTION

       The dxdiff application does a line-by-line comparison of two files and displays the differences between them. The contents of the two files
       are displayed in two text regions on either side of a central difference region. The differences between the files are displayed  as  high-
       lighted	text.  The differences are connected by lines or filled polygons across the central difference region. Line numbers are optionally
       displayed at each end of the difference lines, to show where the differences occur within the files. Note that the files must be ASCII text
       files.

MENUS

       The dxdiff window contains the following menus: File Options Differences Help

   File Menu
       The  dxdiff  File menu contains the following menu items: Calls up two Open... dialog boxes, to allow you to specify the two files that you
       want to compare. The dialog boxes are labeled Left File and Right File. You must select one file from each dialog box.  Exits  the  current
       dxdiff session.	If the session is the original one, all other dxdiff sessions and windows are closed.

   Options Menu
       The Options menu contains the following menu items: The default is linked vertical scrolling.  When linked vertical scrolling is on and you
       scroll one of the files, the other file is scrolled with it line for line.  When linked vertical scrolling is off, one file can be scrolled
       independently  of the other one.  The default is linked horizontal scrolling.  When linked horizontal scrolling is on and you scroll one of
       the files, the other file is scrolled with it.  When linked horizontal scrolling is off, one file can  be  scrolled  independently  of  the
       other  one.   Displays  either lines or filled polygons to connect the differences across the difference box. The default on startup is for
       filled polygons to be displayed.  Displays line numbers at each end of the lines that connect the differences. The default  is  to  display
       line numbers.  If dxdiff cannot find a suitable font size for displaying the line numbers, this item is disabled.

   Differences Menu
       The  Differences  menu contains the following items: Displays the differences between the two currently selected files.	Opens a new dxdiff
       window to display the differences between the two currently selected files.  The existing dxdiff window remains on the  screen  for  refer-
       ence.

   Help Menu
       The Help Menu button invokes a help window that provides information on dxdiff.

X DEFAULTS

       The  dxdiff  application  uses  the  values in the file when you logged in and uses the appropriate resource specification to customize the
       appearance or characteristics of its displayed dxdiff window.  The format for a resource specification in the file is:

       [*name*]resource:  value

       Specifies the application name or the name string that restricts the resource assignment to that application or to a component of an appli-
       cation.	 If  this argument is not specified, the resource assignment is globally available to all X applications.  Specifies the resource.
       Specifies the value that is to be assigned to the resource.

       For more information, see X(1X).

       Because each toolkit-based application can consist of a combination of widgets (for example, push buttons and a scroll bar), you  can  form
       the name string by adding widget class and name identifiers to the string. For further information about adding class and name identifiers,
       see X(1X).

       For dxdiff, the available class identifiers are: XmLabel XmPushButton XmRowColumn XmScrollbar XmText

       For dxdiff, the available name identifiers are: The application class name The application name The entire display, which includes  all	of
       the components of the window The main menu bar, which includes the pull-down menus The file selection dialog box for selecting a file to be
       displayed in the left text display region The file selection dialog box for selecting a file to be displayed  in  the  right  text  display
       region The File pull-down menu The Open button on the File menu The Exit button on the File menu The Options pull-down menu The Linked Ver-
       tical Scrolling On/Off button on the Options menu The Linked Horizontal Scrolling On/Off button on the Options menu The	Display  Diffs	As
       Lines/Filled  Polygons button on the Options menu The Display Line Numbers button on the Options menu The Differences pull-down menu The Do
       Differences button on the Differences menu The Do Differences In New button on the Differences menu The text region display, which includes
       both  the  left	and  the  right  text display regions, each of which include the file name bars, the vertical scroll bars, the push button
       region and the text panes The region where the lines connecting the differences are displayed The file name bars at the top  of	each  text
       region  The vertical scroll bars The region where the file contents are displayed The push button region at the bottom of each text display
       region The Next Diff push button The Prev Diff push button

       In addition to the general resources listed in X(1X), the resources available for dxdiff are: Enable or disable linked vertical	scrolling.
       The  default  is  on.  Enable or disable linked horizontal scrolling.  The default is on.  Enable or disable display of line numbers in the
       difference region. The default is on.  Enable or disable use of lines to connect areas of different text. The default is off. If drawing of
       lines is disabled, filled polygons are used.  Specify the foreground color for line numbers in the difference box.

EXAMPLES

       To change the background color of the dxdiff text regions, add the following entry to your file:

	      dxdiff*textdisplay*background:   blue  To change the background color of the push button region at the bottom of the window, add the
	      following entry to your file:

	      dxdiff*displaymenu*background:   red

FILES

SEE ALSO

       diff(1), mwm(1X), X(1X)

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