Komodo IDE

I’ve been using Komodo Edit for a while and have now decided to give Komodo IDE a try. I like that it is cross platform, so I can use it on my Mac at home or at work on my Windows box. It isn’t super fast on initial load but it’s too bad, and once it’s up performance seems quite good.

On my Windows box I’ve integrated it with SVN and set it up to use WinMerge as the diff tool. Previously I was always using tortoisesvn and I still like it. But it’s nice not having to constantly switch between my editor and windows explorer to see file changes and perform diffs and commits.

To get WinMerge working with Komodo I did the following:

• Created a bat file with the following command in it:
  start “WinMerge” /B /WAIT “C:\Program Files\WinMerge\WinMergeU.exe” /e /ub /dl %3 /dr %5 %6 %7
• In my subversion config [ C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Subversion ] change my diff-cmd setting:
  

  diff-cmd = “C:\path_to_file\svn_winmerge.bat”

• In Komodo… Edit -> Preferences -> Source Code Control -> Subversion
  

  Check the box “Uses an external diff tool”