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I know there are many suggestions on here discussing compatible editors for a Macintosh, but I haven't found any in this regards.

What I love about Notepad++ is the "compare" plugin. I use it for comparing java, xml, and more. What I get in return is a side by side comparison that scroll in sync and the diffs are highlighted not placed in a separate from at the bottom that I must click on to see the difference. Is there any editor out there for Mac that shows a side-by-side comparison with differences highlighted?

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I am a fan of BBEdit. You can get a free version of the same called TextWrangler, which is also awesome. Both support this type of diff.

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  • Ah, you beat me to the TextWrangler thing.
    – 에이바
    Dec 10, 2010 at 16:20
  • @에이바: yup. 4 more
    – Matt Ball
    Dec 10, 2010 at 16:21
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    @에이바, there's always the "delete" link!
    – Arjan
    Dec 10, 2010 at 16:50
  • I had TextWrangler already, so I went with that. Very good comparison tool more than what I expected it moving changes between two files a breeze. Saved me hours of work.
    – b01
    Aug 6, 2013 at 15:16
  • to compare the files Search->Find Differences.
    – Mr_and_Mrs_D
    Jan 4, 2019 at 3:54
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If you have installed Developer Tools:

/Developer/Applications/Utilities/FileMerge.app
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MacVim with VimDiff in action:

VimDiff

Just enable scrollbind and you have what you want.

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TextMate is a popular editor, but I don't know if the comparison works.

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  • It's a color-highlighted unified diff (at least that's what I use). Nothing fancy.
    – Daniel Beck ♦
    Dec 10, 2010 at 19:52
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Visual Studio Code does a bang-up job. I now miss npp a little less.

vs code compare preview

Here's some instructions on how to do it - it's all straightforward.

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    Aug 31, 2017 at 0:18

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