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Ignore white space not working
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2024 5:05 am
by MSpagni
Don't hurry and enjoy your well deserved holiday.
In dir comparing mode, the "Ignore white space" option is ineffective. (64 bits only)
Re: Ignore white space not working
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2024 6:27 am
by psguru
Thanks, adding this to the To-Do list.
Re: Ignore white space not working
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2024 6:34 am
by psguru
Hmm, actually, I just tested, and it works for me: one file with just spaced and tabs changed how up as identical in full content comparison mode and ignoring white spaced. Please check your appropriate options.
Re: Ignore white space not working
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2024 10:37 am
by MSpagni
Already done, of course.
And the 32 bit with the same options works fine.
Re: Ignore white space not working
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2024 2:38 pm
by psguru
From what I can see in your options, full comparison is off. The fast mode does not apply Ignore options (hence "fast").

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Re: Ignore white space not working
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2024 11:30 pm
by MSpagni
Right!
Indeed, in the 32 bit version I have that checkbox unchecked.
Sorry, I overlooked it because the radio button is on "perform file metadata comparison" but, of course, "falling back to the content comparison".
Re: Ignore white space not working
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2024 12:53 am
by psguru
No problem. Thanks for confirming.
Re: Ignore white space not working
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2024 9:00 am
by psguru
On the other hand, perhaps we could make these comparison precision options clearer, reflecting the way metadata comparison falls back to full comparison. We are definitely going to look at this for the next release.
Re: Ignore white space not working
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2024 2:17 pm
by MSpagni
I stumbled again on the same problem.
Luckily, with my surprise

, I remembered this topic.
I must say that this behavior is not intuitive, since there is a specific button to enable/disable "use ignores"... that's ignored.

Re: Ignore white space not working
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2024 2:53 pm
by psguru
Luckily we'll make some changes to directory comparison options to make this more clear, in version 16.
Re: Ignore white space not working
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:55 am
by MSpagni