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<html><head><title>Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Topics</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="help:/common/kde-default.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.67.2"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, kdeextragear, kdiff3, diff, merge, CVS, triplediff, compare, files, directories, version control, three-way-merge, in-line-differences, synchronise, kpart, kio, networktransparent, editor, white space, comments"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="The KDiff3 Handbook"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The KDiff3 Handbook"><link rel="prev" href="other.html" title="Other Functions in Directory Merge Window"><link rel="next" href="kpart.html" title="Using KDiff3 as a KPart"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.13 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div style="background-image: url(help:/common/top-middle.png); width: 100%; height: 131px;"><div style="position: absolute; right: 0px;"><img src="help:/common/top-right-konqueror.png" style="margin: 0px" alt=""></div><div style="position: absolute; top: 25px; right: 100px; text-align: right; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold; text-shadow: #fff 0px 0px 5px; color: #444">Miscellaneous Topics</div></div><div style="margin-top: 20px; background-color: #white; color: black; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;"><div style="position: absolute; left: 20px;"><a accesskey="p" href="other.html">Prev</a></div><div style="position: absolute; right: 20px;"><a accesskey="n" href="kpart.html">Next</a></div><div class="navCenter"> </div></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="misc"></a>Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Topics</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="networktransparency"></a>Networktransparency via KIO</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2569419"></a>KIO-Slaves</h3></div></div></div><p>
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KDE supports networktransparency via KIO-slaves. <span class="application">KDiff3</span> uses this
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for reading input files and for scanning directories.
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This means that you can specify files and directories on local and
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remote resources via URLs.
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Example:
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<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="command"><span><strong class="command">kdiff3</strong></span></span> test.cpp ftp://ftp.faraway.org/test.cpp
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<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="command"><span><strong class="command">kdiff3</strong></span></span> tar:/home/hacker/archive.tar.gz/dir ./dir
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</pre>
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</p><p>The first line compares a local file with a file on an FTP-server. The second line
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compares a directory within an compressed archive with a local directory.
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Other KIO-slaves that are interesting are:
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</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>Files from the WWW (http:),</p></li><li><p>Files from the FTP (ftp:),</p></li><li><p>Encrypted file transfer (fish:, sftp:),</p></li><li><p>Windows-ressources (smb:),</p></li><li><p>Local files (file:),</p></li></ul></div><p>
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Other things that are possible, but probably less useful are:
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</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>Man-pages (man:),</p></li><li><p>Info-pages (info:),</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2569517"></a>How To Write URLs</h3></div></div></div><p>
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An URL has a different syntax compared with paths for local files and directories.
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Some things should be considered:
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A path can be relative and can contain "." or "..". This is not possible for URLs
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which are always absolute.
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Special characters must be written with "escaping". ("#"->"%23", space->"%20", etc.)
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E.g. A file with the name "/#foo#" would have the URL "file:/%23foo%23".
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When URLs don't work as expected, try to open them in Konqueror first.
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</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2569553"></a>Capabilities of KIO-Slaves</h3></div></div></div><p>
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Networktransparency has one drawback: Not all ressources have the same cababilities.
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Sometimes this is due to the file system of the server, sometimes due to the protocol.
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Here is a short list of restrictions:
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Sometimes there is no support for links.
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Or there is no way to distinguish if a link points to a file or a directory; always
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assuming a file. (ftp:, sftp:).
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</p></li><li><p>
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Can't always determine the filesize.
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Limited support for permissions.
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No possibility to modify permissions or modification time, so permissions or time
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of a copy will differ from the original. (See the option "Trust the size".)
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(To modify permissions or modification time is only possible for local files.)
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