Latest EDP beta shows that "Line2" of the 1-st file is equal to "Line3" of the 2-nd file. No Ignore options enabled.
2) Seems that the latest EDP beta (v3.5.0.2, but there were more than one with this version number) does not position on the 1-st difference on start. Or it always was so, and is by design?
psguru wrote:2) It's defined by an option: Misc | After new compare scroll vertically to
Yes, I have this option set to "First Difference". But I see the beginning of files at the beginning of comparison, not the first difference.
If this helps, I don't use "Compare New Pair..." menu item for new compare, but launch EDP each time from the beginning via command line for comparing a pair of new files.