5 messages in com.perforce.perforce-userMore than one diff tool
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Ole ...@scanmar.no20 May 1999 07:06 
Paul...@baltimore.com20 May 1999 07:56 
Dave...@vignette.com20 May 1999 08:06 
Greg...@acm.org20 May 1999 08:26 
Greg...@acm.org20 May 1999 08:49 
Subject:More than one diff tool
From:Dave...@vignette.com (Dave@vignette.com)
Date:05/20/1999 08:06:06 AM
List:com.perforce.perforce-user

Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 15:56:22 +0100

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KAA15162 > > I don't think it can. > > - I'd like to have the same sort of funtionality > for MS-Word documents (word can do the diffs). > > Actually there are a whole host of things I'd like > to change depending on the file type and/or location > in the depot. > > For example, diffs, default file types when added > (defaulting to ktext instead of text for ".cpp" files, > etc.) > > It's the sort of thing some other systems permit via > command specific triggers. But Perforce doesn't > have those....

couldn't you set up p4config files in various parts of the depot to set the proper diff programs? I'm not sure if this would really work, but it might...

dave