[Kdiff3-user] Features that I am missing in daily use

[Peter V. <pet...@go...>]

Hi,

I really love the kdiff3 software - using it now since 2008!  :)

I would have two suggestions that I came upon using it:
- Filter for specifc files: When you open the "Open" dialog and compare
folders, I would like to be able to either compare all files in the
selected folder or I would like to be able to choose a subset. This is
currently only possible via the "global" settings, but I would like to see
the option to be usable for a single comparison and keep the option it the
"global" settings as "default if not specified otherwise"

- Option to flatten folders: I could not find that option (maybe I simply
missed that setting). Lets say, I have the following folder structure to
compare:
A\file1.c
A\file2.c
B\B_sub\file1.c
B\file2.c
When I do a compare between "A" and "B" I would see that file2.c is
compared, but file1.c is not compared (there are two files, one in each
folder that is missing in the other).
I would like to see such a "flatten" option so that simply files with the
same name are compared regardless of the folder. I know, that this can lead
to conflicts, as there might be a
B\file1.c
present as well as a
B\B_sub\file1.c
But ideally, the program would at first check if all file names are unique
in the specific folder structure to be compared. If not, throw an error
that one needs to deactivate the "flatten" option.

I hope that gives some input on what I would like to see. Please let me
know, if there are any questions or if something is unclear.

Thanks a lot!

- Peter