Need a "Compare" plugin (one I used has stopped working.)

Mugsys RapSheet · May 17, 2019, 4:26 PM

I need a new “Compare” plug-in to compare two files for differences.

The plugin I had been using (https://github.com/jsleroy/compare-plugin) no longer appears in my list of Installed plugins (it’s in the list of “Available” plugins, but unchecks itself after trying to activate.)

The plugin I was using was only for the 32bit version of N++ anyway. My current version of N++ is 7.6.6.

Does anyone know of another version of “Compare” that still works (or why this older 2017 version suddenly no longer does?)

TIA.

Ekopalypse · May 17, 2019, 4:38 PM

@Mugsys-RapSheet

Since npp7.6, handling of plugins has been changed. Every plugin must now have a subdirectory of plugins directory with the plugin name. In your case it would be Compare.
BUT, you should have a new Plugins Admin menu entry and if you call this, then you
get a list of already converted plugins and compare plugin is one of it.

Mugsys RapSheet · May 17, 2019, 5:30 PM

Thanks for the reply.

When I open the plugins folder, the Compare.dll is loose while the others are all in folders. I moved the dll into a folder, and while it still shows as “available”, it refuses to install. :(

Ekopalypse · May 17, 2019, 5:37 PM

@Mugsys-RapSheet

can you provide more details what you did? You moved it into which directory?
In addition, can you provide your debug-info from ? menu?

Mugsys RapSheet · May 17, 2019, 6:32 PM

I figured out the problem.

The file name is “ComparePlugin.dll”, but I put it in a folder named “Compare”. Renaming the folder “ComparePlugin” allowed me to install it.

Thanks.

Meta Chuh · May 17, 2019, 7:09 PM

@Mugsys-RapSheet

btw, just in case you have missed what @Ekopalypse has written in his first post:

to install compare plugin in notepad++ 7.6.6:

go to the menu plugins > plugins admin.
enter compare in the search field.
activate the check at the compare plugin line in the plugins list.
press install to install it.

there isn’t really any need to perform any manual folder creation, or manual installation, for plugins available at the built in plugins admin.

best regards.

fkl79675 · May 26, 2019, 2:35 PM

Dear all,

Note: Since last notepad++ update, when using the compare plugin, both compared windows are not scrolling together anymore.

andrecool-68 · May 26, 2019, 5:45 PM

@fkl79675
The author of the plugin already knows:
https://github.com/pnedev/compare-plugin/issues/201

Michel Merlin · Aug 31, 2019, 2:23 PM

Have you tried winmerge.org ? More convenient and probably more efficient than NPPP plugin(s).
Versailles, Sat 31 Aug 2019 16:14:40 +0200