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
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.
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
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