<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>That splash screen is annoying, how do I turn it off?<indexterm>
- <primary>splash screen, turning off</primary>
- </indexterm></para>
+ <para>That splash screen is annoying, how do I turn it off?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<question>
<para>Can WinMerge open OpenOffice files?<indexterm>
<primary>OpenOffice, opening files in WinMerge</primary>
- </indexterm><indexterm>
- <primary>detecting archive types</primary>
</indexterm></para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Yes: click the <guibutton>Options</guibutton> button (or click
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
+ <para>OpenOffice files are archives. To be able to open them in
+ WinMerge, you have to configure archive support: </para>
- <guimenuitem>Options</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>). In the Archive Support page, enable the
- <guilabel>Detect archive type from file signature</guilabel>
- option.</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Install archive support, as described in <xref
+ linkend="Installing_archive_support" />.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>In WinMerge, click the <guibutton>Options</guibutton> button
+ (or click <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
+
+ <guimenuitem>Options</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>). In the Archive Support page, enable the
+ <guilabel>Detect archive type from file signature</guilabel>
+ option</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</section>
<section>
- <title>File Comparing</title>
+ <title>File comparing</title>
<qandaset>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How can I open the Perry-style patch files that WinMerge
developers use when submitting patches?<indexterm>
- <primary>patches, Perry-style</primary>
+ <primary>patch files, Perry-style</primary>
</indexterm></para>
</question>
</itemizedlist>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
-
- <qandaentry>
- <question>
- <para>How do I compare UTF-8 files? WinMerge is not showing them
- correctly.<indexterm>
- <primary>UTF-8</primary>
-
- <secondary>comparing files</secondary>
- </indexterm></para>
- </question>
-
- <answer>
- <para>Try one of these solutions:</para>
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Use WinMerge encoding detection:</para>
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>XML files should have an encoding attribute in the XML
- declaration that specifies UTF-8. For example: <screen><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?></screen></para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>HTML files should specify the encoding in the content
- attribute of a header meta tag. For example: <screen><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></screen></para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>To read encodings specified in XML or HTML (or Windows
- RC resource) files, WinMerge requires the option,
- <guilabel>Detect codepage info for...</guilabel> to be
- enabled. You can click <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
-
- <guimenuitem>Options</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>, open the Codepage page, and enable the option
- if it is not already checked.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Tell WinMerge to assume that all documents are UTF-8: click
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
-
- <guimenuitem>Options</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice> and open the Codepage page. Choose the
- <guilabel>Custom Codepage</guilabel> option, and specify
- <userinput>65001</userinput> (Microsoft's code for UTF-8) as the
- default WinMerge codepage.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </answer>
- </qandaentry>
</qandaset>
</section>