General

Use this tab to customize the plugin's general settings. See Configuring Plugins for general information about configuration.

Confirm files selection before launching File Comparator: When checked, the Compare Files dialog is displayed before opening the File Comparator window. You can verify the pair of files you are going to compare and also set compare options in this dialog.
Number of context lines to show if only differences are viewed: When you are using File Comparator with Show Only Differences turned on (see Showing Only Differences for details), this is the number of lines displayed before and after each shown difference.
Tab size: The width of the tab character, specified as the number of space characters.
White space character: The character used to visualize the space character (see Showing White Spaces for details).
Show detailed differences by default: When checked, the File Comparator window opens with Detailed Differences turned on (see Showing Detailed Differences for details).
Split file view horizontally: When checked, the File Comparator window opens with the first file shown in the upper half of the window and the second file in the lower half, instead of showing them in the left and right halves of the window.
File view font: The font used for the text of compared files in the File Comparator window.
Load plugin on Sally start: When checked, the plugin is loaded when Sally starts.