Compare .xml files automatically as XML

[igitur]

Hi,

When comparing .csv files, WinMerge automatically compares them as tables, which makes sense. Similarly, when comparing .xml files, I think they should automatically be compared as XML instead of TEXT. If would save me quite a few keystrokes as I'm busy reverse-engineering many OpenXml XML files (which go inside Excel's .xlsx files).

thanks

[mlipok]

Are you asking about XML syntax highlighting?

[igitur]

No, rather the pretty-printing that one gets when selecting:

As I say, for .csv files, they are automatically compared as tables (from that same submenu).

[JhonnyPala]

Me too! I would be happy if you implemented this feature, both from the settings and as a command line parameter

[oelgoetz]

Yes. Having it as a command line parameter would be extremely useful!

[sdottaka]

Copy the following DisplayXMLFiles.dll to C:\Program Files\WinMerge\MergePlugins folder and select the Plugins → Automatic Unpacking menu item and it should work as you would expect.

https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/blob/master/Plugins/dlls/DisplayXMLFiles.dll

[igitur]

Thanks. I remember that plugin. I thought it was obsolete. So I'll try it, but it does feel like a workaround. Can you not handle automatic XML unpacking like you do with CSV files?

[JhonnyPala]

Thank you! Better than nothing. Cheers Il giorno sab 6 mar 2021 alle ore 14:27 Takashi Sawanaka < ***@***.***> ha scritto:

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