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

[André Pönitz]

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'