#9 Manual editing

[Saar Korren]

Probably the most important feature in a visual diffing
program - the option to right-click a line in a file
and either edit it or launch an external editor using
custom command line. This is necessary to make a manual
diff & merge, for those not comfortable with using an
automated merge process, or if dealing with more
complex files. Of course, the command line for
launching an external editor should be capable of
including the line number and/or column number as a
parameter, to be able to edit only the effected part.

Also, some quick file-rescan applicable to a directory
merge line rather than to the loaded files would be
great. This should recheck the existence of the file in
the three directories and re-compare it as necessary.
This would allow quick rechecking of any manual
changes, including file copying.

Finally, a quick option to copy a file from one
directory to another using some right click option or
menu option or hotkey would also be very useful.

[tomaba]

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I am missing this feature too.
Right-click on a file to launch an external editor (for example, emacs).
For example, when reviewing a change that has added a new file, I would like to see the file the way I usually see the files - with all the syntax highlighting, etc.; with the usual navigation, usual way to search, etc., full-screen window, font kind, font size, dark background with light font, etc.

[HiredIceSpecter]

I second that idea. I would even go further and request the ability to edit files within KDiff itself. For 90 % of the changes I have to make editing them directly is faster than firing up an other application.
This is the only advantage that WinMerge has over KDiff ;-)

[Stoyan Ivanov]

I'd like this. See also [#87]