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Meld is a tool to view the differences between text files.

Meld is a tool to view the differences between text files. The meld command is invoked with 2 or 3 files or directories as arguments. It will show the differences between the files and allow the user to edit them.

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Meld - Failed To Register

I use Meld very frequently and it just started bailing on me today. When I try to run meld from commandline, it stalls for some time and then exits with Failed to register: Timeout was reached. I did an apt remove, apt update and re-install and the…
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Ubuntu 18.10 Meld missing preferences option

The merge/diff tool Meld is missing preferences option (Edit -> preferences) on Ubuntu 18.10. Is this an general issue or specific to my Ubuntu installation? How can it fixed? Update for anyone facing the same issue: Seems like a Gnome-Shell…
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How do I choose 2 files to compare in Meld?

I can drag two files into the Meld GUI. I can also click File comparison (see screenshot), then choose one file, compare that to nothing, then choose the second file. This seems roundabout. I want to compare two files, preferably in a multiselect…
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Meld not showing filenames

I used Meld 3.20.2-1ubuntu1 updated on 30/1/21 and upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 recently. Meld was working fine until recently: though there is a warning for a crash report at the beginning, Meld compares the directories indicated and issues a report…
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Meld: associate file extension with language syntax highlighting

I use meld for graphical diff comparisons. I would like to associate .tpp as a C++ source file for syntax highlighting purposes. How do I do this?
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Copy path from meld window

When viewing files in meld I sometimes need to copy the path of a file. In 14.04 and earlier the file names were shown as text fields where I could easily copy the path from. In 16.04 the text field has been replaced with a widget used for loading a…
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Integrating Meld with nautilus on 22.10

Some time ago, it was possible to get meld integrated with nautilus in that one could select two files in nautilus, right-click to get the context menu which included the command Compare with meld. This could be easily done by installing…
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caja (Mate file manager) plugin for meld?

Does someone is able to convert the caja meld plugin to become compatible with Ubuntu Mate 20.04? That is a very important plugin for me, beside the open as admin ..... An old one is…
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How can I make difftool Meld insert spaces instead of tabs on editing?

I'm on Ubuntu 18.04 and apt-get installed meld tool. Current version is 3.18.0. I've got files to be compared with mixed tabs and spaces. I want them 1) to show up and 2) I want to insert 4 spaces instead of tabs when editing with meld. I find no…
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Ubuntu 18.04 (Mate) - Meld Freezing

Meld (3.18.0) keeps freezing on me in Ubuntu 18.04 Mate, when I try to compare certain files or perform git mergetool. E.g. if I view a diff on one change it may work, but if I try on another it will freeze. If I keep retrying on that change, it…
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Meld: how to show file size in bytes

When comparing directories with Meld, it will show the Size column in a "human readable" format, i.e. 4.1 kB. How do I make Meld show me the exact number of bytes, i.e. 41203 bytes? I am comparing two directories where in some of the cases, the…
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How to install Meld 3 on Ubuntu 14.04?

I'm just trying to install Meld 3.x. It has some dependencies and one of them is GTK+ >= 3.14. I am fed up of not able to update to GTK+ 3.14. I want to know how to install meld latest version which is supported by GTK+ 3.12. Is there a…
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git difftool with meld broken after update to 22.04: fatal: external diff died

After updating to 22.04 recently, this command has stopped working: git difftool --tool=meld -y HEAD~1 Viewing (1/15): 'file.txt' Launch 'meld' [Y/n]? y Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped) fatal: external diff died, stopping at file.txt I've…
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How to build Meld on Ubuntu?

I am attempting to build the latest version of Meld on Ubuntu 20.10. I have followed the instructions at https://github.com/GNOME/meld, ensuring I have the necessary packages for my system. # Enabled "source code" in Sources & Updates. sudo apt…
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How to open bzr diff using Meld with multiple tabs?

How can I simultaneously open all Bazaar file diffs in multiple tabs within the same Meld window? Currently, I execute the following command to use Meld to view Bazaar changes: bzr diff --using meld When there are multiple files with changes, Meld…
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