Scooter has released Beyond Compare version 5.0.2. With this very comprehensive program, available for Windows, Linux and macOS, it is possible to compare files with each other. In addition, it is possible to compare entire folders, FTP sites and archives. Beyond Compare is available in Standard and Professional versions. Prices They start at $35. The differences between them are endless. This page Found. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Notable changes

• Added a “Sideways” option to the Compare folder’s “Override Alignment” settings to match right to left.
• General fixes and stability improvements.

File View Methods

• Fixed side view filters updating when using “Swap Sides”.

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• Added a “Side” option to the “Override Alignment” settings to match right to left in addition to the existing left to right reset.
• Fixed “Switch Sides” to update “Sort Side and Override Alignment” settings.

File Transfer Protocol

• Fixed “Timeout (110)” errors when connecting to SFTP servers that expect the client to send the hello packet first.
• Fixed SFTP corruption when uploading to OpenSSH for Windows.

The fixer

• Windows: Fixed the installer placing the Start Menu icon in the top-level Start Menu folder instead of the Start Menu\Programs subfolder.

Miscellaneous

• Linux: Fixed missing UTF-8/UTF-16 options in file encoding dropdowns.
• macOS: Constant number/decimal separator displayed as ? for some regions.
• macOS: Fixed path to autocomplete editing in main comparison windows.
• Fixed reading of text lines longer than 65536 characters in various places.

Image comparison

• Fixed changing tolerance after initial comparison to update comparison results.

Compare registration

• Fixed parsing error for .reg files with lines longer than 65536 characters.

Compare Table

• Fixed the Go To and Resize Column dialogs being cancelled.
• Fix comparison region settings.
• Fixed MS Excel Workbook comparisons to use system regional settings instead of forcing English settings.
• Fixed displaying negative numbers as “-x” instead of “(x)”.
• Fixed detection of numbers that require a digit before or after the decimal point.
• Fixed HTML reports formatting of the first sheet name differently than the rest.

Text comparison

• Fixed “next diff” not skipping missing lines.

Incidents

• Linux: Fixed crash/hang when generating report.
• Fixed a crash when using “Swap Sides” in media comparison and versioning when there are hidden items.