would like silodiff-like option in silex / refactor diffing from browser

[aowen87]

cqid: VisIt00007580cqsubmitter: Mark Millercqsubmitdate: 10/31/06 A user mentioned that when there are a lot of differences to examine between Silo files, browser's output is difficult to digest. This user mentioned that the ability to do graphical diffs in Silex would be very useful. Alternatively, we could improve browser's output to facilitate reading the diffs a bit better.

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Ticket number: 306 Status: Pending Project: VisIt Tracker: Feature Priority: Normal Subject: would like silodiff-like option in silex / refactor diffing from browser Assigned to: - Category: - Target version: - Author: Mark Miller Start: Due date: % Done: 0% Estimated time: Created: 08/04/2010 01:26 pm Updated: 10/06/2010 07:08 pm Likelihood: Severity: Found in version: Impact: 3 - Medium Expected Use: 3 - Occasional OS: All Support Group: DOE/ASC Description: cqid: VisIt00007580cqsubmitter: Mark Millercqsubmitdate: 10/31/06 A user mentioned that when there are a lot of differences to examine between Silo files, browser's output is difficult to digest. This user mentioned that the ability to do graphical diffs in Silex would be very useful. Alternatively, we could improve browser's output to facilitate reading the diffs a bit better.

Comments: Al Nichols requested a way to run silex such that it operates on 2 input dbs and then displays ONLY those objects in the menus that contain differences (or could switch to display only those that are same) and when you click on things, you get sidebyside windows of both dbs all the time.This would require either re-factoring diffing engine from browser.