topic Re: SAS-syntax higlighting and color coding in 3:d party diff tool? in SAS Programming

SAS-syntax higlighting and color coding in 3:d party diff tool?

FredrikB — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:28:01 GMT

Hi,

I wonder if anyone knows of a third-party diff tool (like WinMerge) that beyond diffs also can do color coding and syntax highligting of .sas-files?

Regards,
Fredrik

Re: SAS-syntax higlighting and color coding in 3:d party diff tool?

PeterClemmensen — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:33:31 GMT

Hi @FredrikB and welcome to the SAS Community

Notepad++ does that. You can tweak Notepad++ to do correct syntax highlighting. See how in the blog post Using Notepad++ as your SAS code editor.

You can then use one of the available compare Plugins to compare .sas files.

Re: SAS-syntax higlighting and color coding in 3:d party diff tool?

FredrikB — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:17:27 GMT

Hi,

thanks @PeterClemmensen for the welcoming and the rapid response!

I will definitely give Notepad++ a try. What I was hoping to find though was a tool that out of the box, i.e. without use of plugins, could be used to compare versions of SAS-programs and merging diffs in conjunction with Git-integration. Pretty much exactly what WinMerge does, except its’s inability to color code and highlight SAS syntax.

In addition to Notepad++, are there any other alternatives?

Regards,

Fredrik