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Add to SafariWhen comparing Kompare vs vimdiff, the Slant community recommends vimdiff for most people. In the question“What are the best folder/file compare/diff tools for either OSX, Linux or Windows?” vimdiff is ranked 4th while Kompare is ranked 19th. The most important reason people chose vimdiff is:
It's practically vim, this means that the whole interface is mouse-free, this increases development speed significantly since you are only using the keyboard.
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Pros
Pro Can create patch files
Kompare can create a patch file which lists the differences between two files. Patch files created this way are also compatible with the patch files created by the CLI diff utility.
Pro Supports comparing directories
Kompare can compare both files and directories.
Pro Configurable hotkeys
Because it's a KDE app, all the hotkeys are configurable
Pro Mouse-free interface
It's practically vim, this means that the whole interface is mouse-free, this increases development speed significantly since you are only using the keyboard.
Pro Lightweight
Since it's inside vim, it's very lightweight and fast. It fires up quickly and it does all operations painlessly.
Pro Helpful to people who work a lot inside the terminal
Using command-line tools (vim/git) keep you stick in the terminal.
Cons
Con Not for people who are not used to vim
Since this is basically a vim feature, it's clear that people who aren't used to vim and it's keyboard-based interface would find it very hard to work with vimdiff.
