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Navigating Changes and Conflicts

  • Florian 

We found that a lot of people aren’t aware how to quickly navigate text changes or conflicts in Kaleidoscope. There are various ways using different input methods. Here’s a short refresher.

Share a PDF of a Text Comparison

  • Florian 

Sometimes it’s very convenient to share the exact changes in a body of text with a coworker who doesn’t have Kaleidoscope. Generating a PDF of a text comparison is a great way of doing that.

Keyboard Shortcut Updates in Kaleidoscope 5.2

  • Florian 

We received feedback about keyboard shortcuts no longer working in the text merge since the recent Kaleidoscope 5.2 release. While it’s true that we changed some shortcuts, all functionality remains intact, and we believe more consistent and usable than before. In this post, we’ll provide background on navigation and merge actions, explain the rationale behind the changes, and offer tips on how to revert to the old behavior if you still prefer that after reading.

The Cure for Merge Madness

  • catlan 

Following the addition of Git File History in Kaleidoscope 4.1, in this latest update we wanted to tackle merge conflicts by adding more context provided by Git. New tools enable you to understand conflicts better and thus resolve them faster.

Text Filters in Kaleidoscope 4

  • Florian 

Text filters reduce visual noise in a text comparison, noise that distracts from the differences you do care about. They are useful in a lot of scenarios, in particular when dealing with generated text like logs or files that contain “random” data, like timestamps or identifiers.