^{Edit Menu}

Edit left file invokes an editor (the default is notepad) on the left hand file. After editing the file is recompared.

Edit right file invokes an editor (the default is notepad) on the right hand file. After editing the file is recompared.

Edit composite file invokes an editor (the default is notepad) on a file which is constructed to be a composite of the two files. The first four columns of this file indicate the comparison status of each line. as follows:

!> The line occurs in the right hand file

<! The line occurs in the left hand file

<- The line has been moved. This shows its position in the left hand file

-> The line has been moved. This shows the position in the right hand file.

(four blanks) indicates the line was the same in the two files. (white space may differ if the options allow that)

After editing the file is recompared.

Set editor allows you to select the editor of your choice by specifying a command line. The string "%p" will be replaced by the name of the file to be edited and the string "%l" will be replaced by the line number. The default is to invoke notepad with the line "notepad %p" If you use the slick editor you might want to use "s %p -#%l"