Dear users,

We released 2.1.79 recently, it fixes several bugs, in particular on Mac
and also with folders.

The Mac OS X version works only in 10.5 for this build, we will
definitely to continue to support 10.4 in next builds. Note that if you
have PowerPC we can build a PPC native version.

Best regards
The Ellié Computing Team

Dear users,

we will soon release a 2.1.78 build, it will fix a few bugs and add
new scripting and command line features mainly for testing and
bundling purposes.

in addition, we'd like to add a PowerPC Mac OS X build of ECMerge, if
you are willing to test it on your PowerPC Mac (and potentially let us
type a few command on your machine through remote assistance to debug
problems), let us know and we will give you licences of ECMerge.

Regards
The Ellié Computing team

Dear users,

we recently had a request about integrating ECMerge is a differ/merger
for ClearCase

we built two proxies which works on Windows and on Linux x86 currently.

we could validate on Windows currently, but not yet Linux.

you can have a look at:
http://www.elliecomputing.com/temp/ecmerge-cc-integration-2.1.74-all.zip
<http://www.elliecomputing.com/temp/ecmerge-cc-integration-2.1.74-all.zi\
p>  (when this file becomes unavailable, please check inside the add-ons
part of the site: http://www.elliecomputing.com/Community/addons.asp
<http://www.elliecomputing.com/Community/addons.asp> )

we would be happy to hear about Linux/Unix integration potential issues.
If you'd like Solaris or Mac OS version, please tell.

Best regards
The Ellié Team



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Hello all,

2.1.76 was just released, it is mainly a maintainance release with
scripting additions.
it also enhances the capability of ECMerge to be bundled inside another
product.

You can take a look at the new features here:
http://www.elliecomputing.com/Support/updates.asp
<http://www.elliecomputing.com/Support/updates.asp>

Regards
Ellié Team



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--- In elliecomputing_group@yahoogroups.com, "jonsmike88"
<jonsmike88@...> wrote:
>
> Specific practices to establish baselines are covered by this
specific
> goal. The specific practices under the Track and Control Changes
> specific goal serve to maintain the baselines.
>
> http://brsx.co.uk/management/ConfigMgmt/CMsg1.asp
>
just visited your site, it would greatly improve if you could put less
Google ads... and more content.

The Ellié Team

Specific practices to establish baselines are covered by this specific
goal. The specific practices under the Track and Control Changes
specific goal serve to maintain the baselines.

http://brsx.co.uk/management/ConfigMgmt/CMsg1.asp

We wish you a happy new year!

we are adding new scripting features which will allow you to run
commands (a)synchronously from a script.

Best regards
The Ellie Team

Hello all,

as ECMerge is currently compiled as 32 bits only, there may be few
difficulties when installing on 64 bits linux system which lacks 32
bits libraries.

basically, the target is to install so called 'ia32' libraries.
if you need libuuid, you can get a copy of it at:
http://www.elliecomputing.com/opensource/libuuid.so.1
next version, 2.1.76 will include it.

here is the new readme:

=====================================================================
=========
                        Ellié Computing Merge v 2.1
                       (c) Ellié Computing 2005-2008
=====================================================================
=========

o Installing ECMerge
####################

- ECMerge depends on these packages to be present:
     - gtk+ 2 (tested against 2.6.4, 2.10, 2.12)
	 - tar and bzip2
     - xsltproc (for HTML reports generation only)
	 - libuuid                   [included]
     - stdc++ 6 (CXXABI_1.3.1)   [included]
     - openssl (0.9.7 / 0.9.8)   [included]
     - libiconv 1.9.1 at least   [included]

- ECMerge is tested against 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernels, in 32 and 64
bits
- For your convenience, the versions of libstdc++.so.6, openssl,
libiconv and
	 libuuid needed by ECMerge are bundled inside this install,
you can however
	 use the latest version by following the instructions
regarding stdc++6 or
	 libiconv in the following sections.

- We have tested default install on:
	 - Debian 3.1 r0a
	 - Fedora Core 4
	 - Ubuntu 5.10 LiveCD
	 - CentOS 4.3 LiveCD
	 - Kubuntu Feisty Fawn (7.04) 32 and 64 bits
	 - Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop 32 bits

- Install by doing:
	 sudo tar -Pxvjf ecmergepro-2.1.XX.linux.x86.tbz

- You can uninstall with:
	 rm -f $(tar -tjf ecmerge-2.1.XX.linux.x86.tbz)
	 rm -rf /opt/elliecomputing
	 NB: tested with GNU tar under bash, $() can be replaced by
anti-quotes `` for sh/ksh

- if you have problems installing, please have a look at:
http://www.elliecomputing.com/support/KBase.asp
   if you do not find an answer to your problem, post a support
ticket at: http://www.elliecomputing.com/support
	 in this case please provide us with the result
of "ldd /opt/elliecomputing/ecmerge/guimerge"

#####################################################################
#########
IF YOU NEED TO INSTALL SOME OF THE LIBRARIES you can follow these
instructions:
(by default you won't need to do that, simple de-tarring will work
on mostly all
recent distributions)

  1.a Debian, (K)Ubuntu, CentOS 32 bits
  -------------------------------------
     - in su (Super User) mode; or prefixing each command with sudo
     - you will need to install to:
       - use synaptic or apt-get and install the packages: libgtk2.0-
0 libstdc++6 xsltproc
		 get libstdc++6 with at least a version of 4.0.2
(compiled with g++ 4)
		 you may have to to take it from the 'testing'
distrib.
       - use rpm to install libiconv from Internet
         alternately you can get a precompiled tar gz from:
http://www.elliecomputing.com/opensource/libiconv-1.9.1.linux.x86.tgz
          type: tar -C/ -xvzf libiconv-1.9.1.linux.x86.tgz
         you can as well get libiconv-1.9.1.tar.gz from:
http://www.elliecomputing.com/opensource/libiconv-1.9.1.tar.gz
         and type: './configure', 'make' and then 'make install' in
su mode.
     -
  1.b Debian, (K)Ubuntu, CentOS 64 bits
  -------------------------------------
     - in su (Super User) mode; or prefixing each command with sudo
     - you will need to install to:
       - use synaptic or apt-get and install the packages: ia32-libs,
ia32-libs-gtk (needs 'universe' distrib) and xsltproc
		 get libstdc++6 with at least a version of 4.0.2
(compiled with g++ 4)
		 you may have to to take it from the 'testing'
distrib.
       - use rpm to install libiconv from Internet
         alternately you can get a precompiled tar gz from:
http://www.elliecomputing.com/opensource/libiconv-1.9.1.linux.x86.tgz
          type: tar -C/ -xvzf libiconv-1.9.1.linux.x86.tgz
         you can as well get libiconv-1.9.1.tar.gz from:
http://www.elliecomputing.com/opensource/libiconv-1.9.1.tar.gz
         and type: './configure', 'make' and then 'make install' in
su mode.

  2. Fedora / Red Hat
  -------------------
     - on Fedora Core 4,
     - in su (Super User) mode
     - use rpm to install libiconv, xsltproc from Internet
         alternately you can get a precompiled tar gz from:
http://www.elliecomputing.com/opensource/libiconv-1.9.1.linux.x86.tgz
          type: tar -C/ -xvzf libiconv-1.9.1.linux.x86.tgz
         you can as well get libiconv-1.9.1.tar.gz from:
http://www.elliecomputing.com/opensource/libiconv-1.9.1.tar.gz
         and type: './configure', 'make' and then 'make install' in
su mode.

  3. other distrib
  ----------------
     - please follow fedora instructions

- after installing libraries to your system, most distribs need you
to launch
	 'ldconfig' as root

- after installing ECMerge, and if you cannot install a library to
the default
	 place (generally because an earlier version exists and you
may create problems
	 to other softwares by replacing it), use this technic:
	 - install the libraries into a directory of your choice (the
most simple being
		 /opt/elliecomputing/ecmerge, our script is pre-
configured for this)
	 - we have added a small wrapper called 'guimerge-ldlib.sh',
this wrapper instructs
		 the OS to search libraries
in /opt/elliecomputing/ecmerge, you can add other
		 places if you need it, at the end of the
line 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=...'

--- In elliecomputing_group@yahoogroups.com, "elliecomputing"
<scotto.benedicte@...> wrote:
>
> this new macro requires the version 2.1.74 to be released.
>
> we will release 2.1.74 soon.
>
> --- In elliecomputing_group@yahoogroups.com, "armelasselin"
> <armel.asselin@> wrote:
> >
> > hello,
> >
> > we have been queried for a XML tag completion macro (ie.
> generating the
> > closing tag for the currently typed open tag), for example:
> > calling the macro (for example typing Ctrl+SPACE) with cursor
just
> > after "<hello" would enter "></hello>" positionning the cursor
> just
> > before "</".
> >
> > it is definitely possible, we will propose that macro within one
> or two
> > weeks.
> > if you'd like another edition macro, please tell here :)
> >
> > Regards
> > Armel
> >
>

2.1.74 was released, we added the complete_xml_tag.js file which
contains the new tag completion macro.

The Ellié Computing Team

Hello,

2.1.74 was released, it fixes a few bugs and adds a backward searching
function to ECMAScript RegExp object.

Regards
The Ellié Computing Team

Hello all,

a few days ago one of our customers faced a problem with XML texts,
ECMerge treats XML files as text files and do not validate itself
XML validity after merge.

we have built a "validate_xml" macro on top of the SAX parser of XML
for <SCRIPT> project (http://xmljs.sourceforge.net). You just need
to download their SAX parser (xmlsax.js file in their archive), put
it aside the validate-xml.js file that you can find under
the "macros" folder in this group (nb: ECMerge loads its GUI macros
from the "macros" folders in its installation folder or under the
settings folder).

as any other macro, you can associate shortcuts to it through the
Application settings box.

to use it, place you insertion cursor/carret in the view that you
want to check and run the macro.

on our machine here, it could check a 400KB XML files in around 30s
(at 2.8GHz). Execution time should be roughly linear depending on
the density of tags with respect to simple text.

Regards
The Ellié Computing team

this new macro requires the version 2.1.74 to be released.

we will release 2.1.74 soon.

--- In elliecomputing_group@yahoogroups.com, "armelasselin"
<armel.asselin@...> wrote:
>
> hello,
>
> we have been queried for a XML tag completion macro (ie.
generating the
> closing tag for the currently typed open tag), for example:
> calling the macro (for example typing Ctrl+SPACE) with cursor just
> after "<hello" would enter "></hello>" positionning the cursor
just
> before "</".
>
> it is definitely possible, we will propose that macro within one
or two
> weeks.
> if you'd like another edition macro, please tell here :)
>
> Regards
> Armel
>

hello,

we have been queried for a XML tag completion macro (ie. generating the
closing tag for the currently typed open tag), for example:
calling the macro (for example typing Ctrl+SPACE) with cursor just
after "<hello" would enter "></hello>" positionning the cursor just
before "</".

it is definitely possible, we will propose that macro within one or two
weeks.
if you'd like another edition macro, please tell here :)

Regards
Armel

Dear users,

we just created a 'macros' folder under the Files section of the group,
you can already find there two macros that we developped for the 2.1
release.

if you would like to have new converters auto-configuration macros or
new features that can be scripted in ECMerge, please just drop a
message here or to our support
(http://www.elliecomputing.com/home/contact.asp
<http://www.elliecomputing.com/home/contact.asp> ) and we'll add the
macros here!

have a good week





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Dear users,

we released the 2.1.73 this morning, it fixes the GTK 2.11+ problem,
together with a few minor problems.

you can get it on the website from your account or in the download area.

Regards

Dear users,

we found a minor bug in scripting engine and a problem on
Linux/Solaris: ECMerge did not start with GTK 2.11+ installed.
these problems are fixed by releases at or above 2.1.73 (to be
released very soon)

Regards
The Ellié Computing Team

Dear users,

we just reelased the new version 2.1.
it contains plenty of new features (VCS browsing/checkout, full power
scripting with ECMAScript, patch application/preview, shortcuts,
parallel FTP put...)

to have a look at the features:
http://www.elliecomputing.com/products/merge_new_2.1.asp
<http://www.elliecomputing.com/products/merge_new_2.1.asp>

Best regards
The Ellié Computing Team



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--- In elliecomputing_group@yahoogroups.com, "josephbarbara49"
<josephbarbara49@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have found a good resource on configuration management and intend
to
> share it with you.
> http://brsx.co.uk/management/ConfigMgmt/config.asp
> Enjoy!!!

this is rather incomplete though. if you handle this site by yourself
and you need some insight in comparison/merge domain, feel free to ask.

Armel

Hi,
I have found a good resource on configuration management and intend to
share it with you.
http://brsx.co.uk/management/ConfigMgmt/config.asp
Enjoy!!!

Dear users,

we are currently looking at adding scripting inside ECMerge.

The scripting will be based on ECMAScript (the standardized part of
JavaScript and ActionScript) and it will be accessible both from
graphical user interface and command line.

We'd be interested to know which parts/which features would
particularly interest you for scripting?

Regards
The dev team

we just release version 2.0.54.

it fixes a bug which could have effects when writing results of auto-
merge process of fodlers.
we documented the way to uninstall Linux version (2 shell commands)

best regards
Armel

hello,

if you want to test bug fix release 2.0.52, you can download it from:
http://www.elliecomputig.com/temp/ecmerge-2.0.52.win32.exe

this release should soon replace the on-line version.

##General
* Fixed editing source combo then clicking browse button
combination,
the latest edition was ignored
* Improved Help Window, keeping font and other settings

##Folders View
* Tooltip on file name is now made of the entire path

##Windows
* Fixed launch parameters in Windows Explorer extension, the factory
settings were used rather than the default settings

Dear users,

the beta program ended successfully some days ago, with nearly 20 minor
features added and 30 bugs fixed.

we release the 2.0.51 these days, it basically propose better merge,
FTP and images support with respect to the 1.2.

Regards,
Armel

the 2.0 beta is progressing fast, we added several new features and
already fixed a dozen bugs.

the first beta of 2.0 for Linux should be the 2.0.48.

Armel

hello,

the 2.0 build 45 beta is out!

send us a mail at beta (at) elliecomputing.com to participate to the
beta program.
participating allows you to get rebates (even on site licences)

have a good programming week :)

Armel Asselin
for Ellié Computing

just a note, the 2.0 can be installed in parallel from the 1.2 (it
uses a separate configuration file). so you can test the 2.0 without
any risks to harm your current working install.

Armel

hello,

we've been working hard and are about to release the 2.0 beta of
ECMerge.

basically here are the improvements:
- folders: new grouping (grouping folders to top/bottom) and sorting
options (by name, date, size...). new filtering options in 3-way
mode (excluding file which are unchanged only at left/right, this is
very practical to show a subset of what one co-worker only changed).
case sensitiveness of file names comparison is now an option. Right
click menu Open commands have been improved, drag'n'drop as well.
During execution of copies (a new Binary copy mode was added), error
handling was improved.

- FTP / FTP over SSL (using AUTH TLS/SSL or using implicit SSL
connections): comparisons are done very efficiently (on large sets
of small files ECMerge goes twice faster than several of our
concurrents, and this is the common case with web sites). a log view
can be enabled to show you the potential connection problems.

- new image comparison mode: many options (differences component per
component or globally, overlay mode with blanking of
similar/identical areas), two difference thresholds, "exactness
threshold" under which pixels are considered exact (compensating
decompression errors for example) and "difference threshold" above
which pixels are considered very different and you do not care how
much exactly. PSNR and MSE are computed also, and presented in top-
notch XML/HTML reports so you can use ECMerge to present or compute
these numbers

- text comparisons: we have added in-line merge to solve conflicts,
as well as several new short-cuts to help with efficiency

- user interface: the UI is faster, more options are accessible from
the toolbars which are all present at a time, and you can show/hide
them

if you want to participate to beta program, send a mail to beta (at)
elliecomputing.com

it is still time to add some minor features, if you have ideas or
remarks about the 1.2.34 or problems that you would like to be fixed
in 2.0, just tell :)

The development team

Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
elliecomputing_group group:

Which protocol/technic do you use to update your website?

   o FTP
   o HTTP PUT
   o HTTP WebDAV
   o Frontpage Extensions
   o SMB/Windows share
   o Other


To vote, please visit the following web page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elliecomputing_group/surveys?id=12435703

Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are
not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groups
web site listed above.

Thanks!

Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
elliecomputing_group group:

To which platform would you like us to port ECMerge?

   o Mac OS X x86
   o Mac OS X PPC
   o Linux PPC
   o Solaris 10 Sparc
   o Free BSD


To vote, please visit the following web page:
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Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are
not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groups
web site listed above.

Thanks!

Dear Users,

This group is open for discussion.
Feel free to post your thoughts, your remarks, your wishes for next
version.

Please submit a ticket for bug reports as it allows us to better
register bug information
(http://www.elliecomputing.com/support/kbase.asp)

Armel Asselin
CEO