[Qt-creator] Qt Creator and version control: Invoke visual diff viewer on diff

[Ziller Eike]

On 15.04.2013, at 20:50, Alfonso Chartier <alfonso.chartier at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I am very much interested in trying the experimental visual diff viewer but am unable to find it in the Qt Creator 2.7 UI (I don't see it under Tools / Git and nothing specific to it is listed under the Installed Plugins list). How can I try it out/invoke it?

The plugin is "About Plugins > Qt Creator > DiffEditor"
Afaik it adds a menu item Tools > Diff… and an editor for mimetype "text/x-patch".

Br, Eike

> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 12:18 AM, Dini Chillet <dini.chillet at fukuda.ch> wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> I just tried the "diff viewer".
> Its so great, we are waiting for this feature since the beginning. 
> 
> How can we make feedback?
> I know, it is experimental, so maybe this is the good time to make some suggestions, isnt it?
> 
> Thanks
> Best Regards.
> Dini
> 
> 
> 
> On 03/05/2013 09:00 PM, André Pönitz wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 06:10:17PM -0800, Alfonso Chartier wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I am wondering if there is an easy way to bring up a visual diff
>>> viewer when the diff operation is invoked. Currently, performing a
>>> diff (Alt + S, Alt + D) brings up a read-only text-based diff in the
>>> editor. It would be great if a visual diff viewer could be launched
>>> instead (e.g., Meld).
>>> 
>>> Is there an easy way to configure this? I did not notice any options
>>> for this under Tools / Options / Version Control.
>>> 
>> You can configure external tools in Tools->Options->Environemnt
>> ->External Tools, and also assign keyboard short cuts for
>> launching them
>> 
>> Note also that 2.7 will have an experimental diff viewer plugin 
>> and that the plan is to fully integrate that with the other
>> plugins in the 2.8 cycle.
>> 
>> Andre'
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