NAUTILUS-C...REFERENCES(1)

📦 version 1.0.2, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 NAUTILUS-COMPARE-PREFERENCES 💖

okay bestie, so this is a section 1 page from the General Commands Manual, and the star of the show is nautilus-compare-preferences. yes it's a whole mouthful, we know, but she's worth it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

nautilus-compare-preferences — the preferences dialog for the Nautilus Compare extension 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

nautilus-compare-preferences

no flags, no arguments, no drama. you just run her. periodt. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically this is a graphical preferences dialog for Nautilus Compare, and her whole job is making it so much easier to pick which diff applications get launched from the context menu of the Nautilus file manager. no cap, that's it, that's the assignment. 🌈

with the preferences dialog open you can select and switch between comparison tools to perform diffs, three-way diffs, and multi-diffs. she's flexible like that. 💜

and here's the cute part — known diff tools are detected from common install locations at /usr/[local/]bin, and the preferences dialog comes pre-filled with potential names for comparators. like, she already did the homework for you. iconic behaviour honestly. ⭐

🚨 important bestie!! to apply the changes you have to restart the Nautilus file manager. no way around it. run nautilus -q to quit Nautilus, then restart it so your updated settings actually show up. don't skip this step, i'm begging 🙈

fun fact: the extension and the preferences dialog were written in Python and GTK+. slay 💅

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • /etc/nautilus-compare.conf — the system wide preferences file 👑
  • $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nautilus-compare.conf — the local preferences file 🧚

💫 SEE ALSO 💫

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Märt Põder ⟨tramm@infoaed.ee⟩, inspired by the discontinued diff-ext extension in 2011. a true legend fr fr 🔥

and that's the whole vibe check!! this page lives in the General Commands Manual, dated December 20, 2024 — so like, remember that date when you're citing her, bestie. mwah, go forth and diff responsibly 💖✨🎀

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