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3. Screen
3.1 Menubar
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Title File
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Open left Opens the left file. This is the
first argument to diff
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Open right Opens then right file. This file is the
second argument to diff
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Quit Exit the
kdiff-application
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Title Difference
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Do
After loading the left and right file you have to start the diff-program
with "Do"
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Previous Shows the previous difference
at the top of the diff-display
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Next Shows the
next difference at the top of the diff-display
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Title Options
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Font Allows the
user to choose the font which KDiff uses to display the text
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Colors Popup a dialog where
the user can choose the various background colors
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Show Lines Shows the line numbers in the displayed
text.
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Save Options Save the current option settings to application
config file
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Title Help
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Contents Starts the KDE-Help-System
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About Shows a dialog
with version and author information
3.2 Toolbar
The Toolbar contain buttons for quick function access. Currently it
contain the following buttons ( left to right )
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Open left
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Open right
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Do
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Previous
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Next
For detailed description have a look at Menubar
3.3 DisplayArea
The display area consist of two main areas. The left area shows the left
file and the right part the right file, after "do"-diff is done.
The left and right area are dropable. This means that a file can be drag
from kfm to kdiff. Dropping down the file in the left or right area loads
the file for the corresponding area.
3.4 Statusbar
Processing messages will be displayed in the middle status field. In
the right field the number of differences is shown.
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