You can select one or several items in the
Windows Explorer, Nautilus, Thunar, Konqueror or MacOs
Finder application, and right click to display
the context menu. You will see the Ellié Computing icon
along
with a menu item.
If one file or directory has been selected, you will be able
to:
select it as the first item to compare,
select it as the ancestor in the comparison,
compare it with the item already selected as first
item,
compare it with the selected first item using the
selected ancestor.
open as conflict file
If two or three files or directories have been selected, you
will be able to launch Ellié Computing Merge to compare
them.
if the
order of the items is not correct in the Ellié Computing
Merge views, you can swap them using the
File/Swap Sources menu.
The
context menu integration only opens Ellié Computing Merge
for comparisons or merge regarding the user choice in the
"Application" Options. You can swap to the other mode using the
icon in the
toolbar.
Starting
with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, the extension is built as a
service which allows only to open or compare with ECMerge.
along
with a menu item.
if the
order of the items is not correct in the Ellié Computing
Merge views, you can swap them using the
File/Swap Sources menu.
icon in the
toolbar.