284710 – compare: "ignore whitespace" should ignore linebreaks, too

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Bug 284710 - compare: "ignore whitespace" should ignore linebreaks, too

Summary: compare: "ignore whitespace" should ignore linebreaks, too

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 28714

Alias:	None

Product:	Platform
Classification:	Eclipse Project
Component:	Compare (show other bugs)
Version:	3.5
Hardware:	PC Linux

Importance:	P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Platform-Compare-Inbox
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Reported:	2009-07-27 06:25 EDT by arne anka
Modified:	2009-07-27 10:17 EDT (History)
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Description arne anka

2009-07-27 06:25:35 EDT

i rather often have to compare files with different formatting, which means a lot of the differences are just linebreaks.
it would be a great help if compare could ignore these breaks, too, since they are not really interesting but rather confusing with relevant differences being hard to find.

Comment 1 Szymon Brandys

2009-07-27 10:15:55 EDT

Duplicate of bug 28714?

Comment 2 Szymon Brandys

2009-07-27 10:17:10 EDT


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 28714 ***