Questions tagged [meld]
Meld is a tool to view the differences between text files.
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Dealing with new config files during a system update: right way to use meld?
I thought about when, during a system update, there is a new config file; let's take this as example (I installed Ubuntu recently, so I didn't still get this prompt):
Configuration file `/etc/nscd....
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Integrating Meld with nautilus on 22.10
Some time ago, it was possible to get meld integrated with nautilus in that one could select two files in nautilus, right-click to get the context menu which included the command Compare with meld. ...
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Meld window is stuck maximized in GNOME. How to restore?
Somehow I maximized meld in GNOME and now it is stuck in full screen and I can't change the size.
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it fails to change anything.
I will try to purge meld and ...
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git difftool with meld broken after update to 22.04: fatal: external diff died
After updating to 22.04 recently, this command has stopped working:
git difftool --tool=meld -y HEAD~1
Viewing (1/15): 'file.txt'
Launch 'meld' [Y/n]? y
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
fatal: ...
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Meld - Failed To Register
I use Meld very frequently and it just started bailing on me today. When I try to run meld from commandline, it stalls for some time and then exits with Failed to register: Timeout was reached.
I did ...
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Modern versions of Meld can't compare local folder with remote folder (in /run/user/1000/gvfs/) - can we fix it?
When I use Meld 3.20.4-1 on Ubuntu MATE 21.10 I can't compare local and remote folders using below steps:
Connect to some share with Caja - press Ctrl+L, enter sftp://[email protected] in the ...
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MELD > How to compare a .img with a .iso disk image file
I archived a lot of files and folders into a .img file... it is a disk image I made using dd and rsync. I then made an .iso file from the .img file (using ImgBurn in Windows 10).
Now I want to compare ...
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Meld not showing filenames
I used Meld 3.20.2-1ubuntu1 updated on 30/1/21 and upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 recently. Meld was working fine until recently: though there is a warning for a crash report at the beginning, Meld compares ...
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How to build Meld on Ubuntu?
I am attempting to build the latest version of Meld on Ubuntu 20.10.
I have followed the instructions at https://github.com/GNOME/meld, ensuring I have the necessary packages for my system.
# Enabled &...
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caja (Mate file manager) plugin for meld?
Does someone is able to convert the caja meld plugin to become compatible with Ubuntu Mate 20.04? That is a very important plugin for me, beside the open as admin .....
An old one is here:
http://www....
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18.04 Samba errors, Windows Network & Meld
I need help resolving a Samba “Windows Network Failure” problem and a Meld file/folder compare delete problem.
1. What is causing the errors?
2. If permissions, what and where do I change them?
3. If ...
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Why is Meld not identifying differences?
Meld is not showing differences.
In this minimal example, directories a and b are different, as shown by diff below.
$ diff a/ b/
diff a/a.txt b/a.txt
1c1
< a
---
> aa
Only in b/: b.txt
But ...
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How to configure "flatpak run org.gnome.meld" as git diff.tool and merge.tool
I can't use meld due to a messed up local installation of cairo or else. I've invested some time in it already including reporting the failure as a bug, but the maintainer states that it's not a bug ...
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How can I make difftool Meld insert spaces instead of tabs on editing?
I'm on Ubuntu 18.04 and apt-get installed meld tool. Current version is 3.18.0. I've got files to be compared with mixed tabs and spaces. I want them 1) to show up and 2) I want to insert 4 spaces ...
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Ubuntu 18.10 Meld missing preferences option
The merge/diff tool Meld is missing preferences option (Edit -> preferences) on Ubuntu 18.10. Is this an general issue or specific to my Ubuntu installation? How can it fixed?
Update for anyone ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 (Mate) - Meld Freezing
Meld (3.18.0) keeps freezing on me in Ubuntu 18.04 Mate, when I try to compare certain files or perform git mergetool. E.g. if I view a diff on one change it may work, but if I try on another it will ...
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Meld: associate file extension with language syntax highlighting
I use meld for graphical diff comparisons.
I would like to associate .tpp as a C++ source file for syntax highlighting purposes.
How do I do this?
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How to open bzr diff using Meld with multiple tabs?
How can I simultaneously open all Bazaar file diffs in multiple tabs within the same Meld window?
Currently, I execute the following command to use Meld to view Bazaar changes:
bzr diff --using meld
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Meld: how to show file size in bytes
When comparing directories with Meld, it will show the Size column in a "human readable" format, i.e. 4.1 kB. How do I make Meld show me the exact number of bytes, i.e. 41203 bytes?
I am comparing ...
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Meld formerly deleted unwanted files, now sends to trash
I'm running Meld from Ubuntu 16.04.3 "xenial". When I delete files, it sends them to the trash so that I'm forced to re-delete them later. My previous Meld installations didn't do this. I see nothing ...
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How to install Meld 3 on Ubuntu 14.04?
I'm just trying to install Meld 3.x. It has some dependencies and one of them is GTK+ >= 3.14. I am fed up of not able to update to GTK+ 3.14.
I want to know how to install meld latest version which ...
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Closing meld window in 16.04
In 14.04 I could close a meld window by pressing Ctrlq. But in 16.04 the behavior of that key combination has changed to terminate all currently open invocations of meld rather than just the one I ...
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Copy path from meld window
When viewing files in meld I sometimes need to copy the path of a file. In 14.04 and earlier the file names were shown as text fields where I could easily copy the path from.
In 16.04 the text field ...