If you've got two GEDCOMs, you can use the command-line fc to find differences. Of course, many if not most of those differences might be syntax or some other technical difference (line 10 in one, line 11 in the other), which makes this an activity for one of those "I'm snowed in and there's nothing else to do" days ...
Cheryl JV Leavitt wrote: > GENMatcher is a good program, but is best for discovering duplicates in > two different files. There doesn't yet seem to be any program that will > do the opposite thing, that is, to show you only the differences in two > almost identical files. > > It appears that you are doing the best thing by using the Split-Screen > view in Legacy to compare two files, or to compare different parts of > the same file. When you have entered Split Screen mode, all the menu > items work, but only on the side that is "Active." You can make one > side Active by clicking on the bar at the top of the window on that side. > > By Skip to Next, I presume you mean the Arrow buttons on the Toolbar. > These are designed to work for the side that is Active (highlighted at > the top), which makes sense, of course. > > If you want to put a different person on one side, highlight that side, > open the Name List, and when you select a record there. it will display > on that side. > > I hope I have understood you correctly. The Split Screen mode is a > wonderfully useful feature of the program. > > Joseph Leavitt > > > On 7/26/2014 10:20 AM, singhals wrote: >> Prof. Dr. Alvaro Hernandez wrote: >>> Hi there, >>> >>> I have two different files of the same family and I´d like >>> to know the best way to go about comparing them and >>> “highlighting†the existing differences (individuals, dates, >>> notes, events, etc.) preferably in an automated way. >>> >>> I´ve tried the “comparing two files†feature in Tools, but >>> it doesn´t seem to easily do the trick. >>> >>> Perhaps (most likely) I didn´t get the hang of it at all. >>> >>> I looked up for tips in the Legacy Help, in the Legacy >>> Manual, and in the Legacy Unlocked Book but was not able to >>> find any. (Perhaps I missed the point). >>> >>> Honestly speaking, it seems I haven´t even grasped the >>> basics of such tool (like when I hit the “skip to next†>>> button, only the left side individual changes, apparently >>> forcing me to compare each person on the right to another on >>> the left, one at a time, manually, if you know what I mean). >>> >>> I also tried using GENMatcher (converting the files to >>> GEDCOM) but didn´t find any way to do that easily. >>> >>> Can anybody shed some light here, giving me the basic pointers? >>> >>> Thanks in advance and best regards from Brazil. >>> >>> Al >>> >>> (I apologize for my English but it´s kind of rusty.) >> Your "rusty" English is orders of magnitude better than my >> Portuguese! >> >> That aside, I feel your pain. I'm often annoyed by the >> alleged logic in match/merge and apparently it carried over >> into this tool as well. >> >> If Paulo Hernandez born in Spain does not match Paul >> Hernandez born in France, then it's a safe assumption that >> Paulo Hernandez born in France also does not match Paulo >> Hernandez born in Spain. >> >> Someone somewhere should fix that. >> >> Cheryl Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
