When working on a comparison task, particularly when working
on large files or folders, you may want to save the
comparison's state so that the portions of the file which are
in conflict and which are already solved are kept for later
rework.
ECMerge automatically saves for you a
session when you close a comparison.
Press Ctrl+Shift+S or select the Document / Save /
Save Comparison menu to save the comparison.
Comparisons can be saved using two separate types of
documents: templates and status.
Feature \ Type of document
Template
Status
Extension
ecmt
ecms
Saves comparison type
X
X
Saves URLs to sources
X
X
Saves loading/saving encodings properties per
source
X
X
Saves temporary content (modified or pasted)
X
Saves conflicts resolution actions
X1
X
Can be used to restart a comparison
X
X
Can be used to parameter command lines
operations
X
X
1: only in folders
Continuing a comparison
The first way is to open the launcher panel, search for the
recent or named sessions, and double-click it that session line
in the panel.
Press Ctrl+Shift+O or use the Document
/ Comparison/Merge / Open Comparison menu to
continue comparisons.
Document status can be reloaded even if the input files or
folders were modified. If the inputs are not modified too much,
Ellié Computing Merge will integrate the modifications
automatically.
In particular for text comparisons, if it cannot do
that, it allows you to output the modifications which could not
be reloaded into the clipboard (in an expressive format),
allowing you to paste it into editor tab and use that manually
resolve again some conflicts and keeping your hand-work safe.
In rare cases, it will not be able to detect the changes in
files correctly and let you the opportunity to put into the
clipboard the full state so that you do not loose any work.
The
document comparison options were also saved. You can change
them if you wish using or
F11, this will only affect the current document.
The
document comparison options were also saved. You can change
them if you wish using 
or
F11, this will only affect the current document.