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<section id="quick_diff">
<title>Quick Diff</title>
<para>
The following preferences can be changed on the
<emphasis role="strong">Text Editors > Quick Diff</emphasis>
preference page.
</para>
<para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="3">
<colspec colname="Option" colwidth="1* " />
<colspec colname="Description" colwidth="2*" />
<colspec colname="Default" colwidth="1*" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Option</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>Enable quick diff</entry>
<entry>
This option will enable or disable the quick
diff option.
</entry>
<entry>On</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>
Show differences in overview ruler
</entry>
<entry>
This option will show differences in the
overview ruler.
</entry>
<entry>Off</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Colors - Changes</entry>
<entry>
This option controls the color of changes.
</entry>
<entry>-</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Colors - Additions</entry>
<entry>
This option controls the color of additions.
</entry>
<entry>-</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Colors - Deletions</entry>
<entry>
This option controls the color of deletions.
</entry>
<entry>-</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Use this reference source</entry>
<entry>
This option sets which reference to use as
the base for generating quick diff
comparisons. Options are:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
Version on Disk: Current file is
compared against the last saved
version on disk.
</listitem>
<listitem>
Latest CVS Revision: Current file is
compared against the latest CVS
revision for the file.
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</entry>
<entry>Version on Disk</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
<para>
Here is what the Quick Diff preferences page looks like:
</para>
<para>
<screenshot>
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fileref="images/quick-diff_screen.png" format="PNG" />
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</screenshot>
</para>
</section>