compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers Parameter

compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers parameter

Use the compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers parameter to set or query whether sequence numbers are significant when comparing files with the compare command. This parameter is in effect only when sequence numbers are set in the compared documents or files.

Availability

query command
set command

Scope

compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers is scoped to the current view.
current.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers is scoped to the current view.
default.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers is globally scoped.
install.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers is globally scoped.

Syntax
query compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers
set compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers [default | on | off]
query current.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers
query default.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers
set default.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers [install | on | off]
query install.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers 
Parameters

default If you specify the default parameter for the set compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command, the current view will use the value of default.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers to determine if the compare command should ignore sequence number differences in the document.
on If you specify the on parameter for the set compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command, differences in sequence numbers will be ignored during a comparison in the current view. If you specify the on parameter for the set default.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command, the compare command will ignore differences in sequence numbers for comparisons in any of the document views that have compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers set to default.
off If you specify the off parameter for the set compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command, the compare command will also compare the sequence numbers during comparisons in the current view. If you specify the off parameter for the set default.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command, the compare command will also consider differences in sequence numbers for comparisons in any of the document views that have compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers set to default.
install If you specify the install parameter for the set default.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command, all of the document views that have compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers set to default will use the value of install.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers to determine whether the compare command should ignore differences in sequence numbers.

Description

The query compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command will return the sequence numbers comparison setting that will be used by the compare command.

If you do not specify any of the parameters for the set compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command, default is assumed. If you do not specify any of the parameters for the set default.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command, install is assumed.

The query current.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command will return on if, for the current view, the compare command will ignore differences in sequence numbers, and off if, for the current view, the compare command will not ignore differences in sequence numbers.

Examples
query compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers
set compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers on
query current.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers
query default.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers
set default.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers off
query install.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers 
compare command
query command
set command
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compare.endColumn parameter
compare.ignoreAllBlanks parameter
compare.ignoreCase parameter
compare.ignoreComments parameter
compare.ignoreLeadingBlanks parameter
compare.ignoreTrailingBlanks parameter
compare.startColumn parameter
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter

default	If you specify the default parameter for the set compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command, the current view will use the value of default.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers to determine if the compare command should ignore sequence number differences in the document.
on	If you specify the on parameter for the set compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command, differences in sequence numbers will be ignored during a comparison in the current view. If you specify the on parameter for the set default.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command, the compare command will ignore differences in sequence numbers for comparisons in any of the document views that have compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers set to default.
off	If you specify the off parameter for the set compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command, the compare command will also compare the sequence numbers during comparisons in the current view. If you specify the off parameter for the set default.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command, the compare command will also consider differences in sequence numbers for comparisons in any of the document views that have compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers set to default.
install	If you specify the install parameter for the set default.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers command, all of the document views that have compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers set to default will use the value of install.compare.ignoreSequenceNumbers to determine whether the compare command should ignore differences in sequence numbers.