I am using Eclipse Kepler and want to:
- Quickly compare two files (key binding would be great)
- ...with identical names
- ...in different projects
- ...within the same workspace
Now, the process I know consists in:
- Selecting both files in the file explorer
Right-clicking one of them"Compare with...""Each other"
(See also here).
This works fine, of course.
However, it's also incredibly tedious when you're dealing with large projects - essentially you get to scroll up and down the package list until you find the right files.
It helps to link the editor with the file explorer, and Ctrl-Shift-R both files before, so the package trees are open and one of the file's already selected, but that's not nearly quick enough.
I also tried to "select" those files by Ctrl-Shift-Clicking the tabs in the editor, hoping it would select both in the file explorer, but no luck.
Is there any feature or workaround I don't know about, to help speed this up?
If the files have the same name, you could search for the files (Search -> File...). Leave the 'Containing Text' blank and specify (part of) the name of the files. Both files will appear in the Search View where you can select and right-click them and select Compare with -> Each other.
Not sure whether this is as fast as you'd like it to be, but its certainly faster than manually looking for the files in the Package Explorer view.