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nauticalmac
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February 2, 2020
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File Compare using BBEdit not working

  • February 2, 2020
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I want to switch to using BBEdit from FileMerge because it is more feature ricg, e.g. has an option to ignore line endings (macOS/Windows). I have installed bbdiff in /usr/local/bin/ and linked to it in DW file compare preferences but BBEdit just opens a blank page without opening the file compare window.

DW20.0 BBEdit13.0.4 macOS 10.14.6

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Kratika AgarwalCommunity Manager
Community Manager
June 16, 2020

Hi nauticalmac

 

We are happy to inform you that we have addressed this bug in our 20.2 release.You can update to 20.2 from Adobe creative cloud.

Please let us know if your issue is resolved.

 

Thanks

Dreamweaver Team

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nauticalmacAuthor
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June 17, 2020

Not resolved yet, FileMerge still works OK but when I change the compare app to BBEdit, first time I had a permissions meessag allowing DW to use BBEdit but then nothing. bbdiff is at /Applications/BBEdit.app/Contents/Helpers/bbdiff and there is a link /usr/local/bin/bbdiff pointing to it.

Any advice on how to get it working?

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nauticalmacAuthor
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June 17, 2020

bbdiff opens OK from Terminal with two file names

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Nayan_Kankariya
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Nayan_KankariyaCommunity Manager
Community Manager
February 4, 2020

Hi @nauticalmac,


Thank you for reporting this issue. We are able to reproduce this issue internally and investigating the root-cause of the same. Meanwhile, can you please try using some other File comparison tool eg. Beyond Compare etc and let us know if you are encountering the issue with all tools.


Regards,

Nayan

Dreamweaver Team

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    nauticalmacAuthor
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    February 8, 2020

    As I mentioned, FileMerge works but is missing a feature I need. What would be the application file I would point the FileCompare preferences to use Beyond Compare now that I have installed it (Mac).

     

    Nayan_Kankariya
    Community Manager
    Nayan_KankariyaCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    February 10, 2020

    Hi @nauticalmac,

     

    Under File Compare preferences, you can point to bcomp executable available under /usr/local/bin/ to use Beyond Compare.

     

    You can install command line tools of Beyond Compare by invoking Beyond Compare menu --> Install Command Line Tools.

     

    Please let us know if the above steps worked.

     

    Thanks,

    Nayan

    Dreamweaver Team

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