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-rw-r--r--diff2HtmlCompare.py12
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8049d93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+index.html
+test/
+venv/
diff --git a/diff2HtmlCompare.py b/diff2HtmlCompare.py
index d11c9a7..d6e2bfb 100644
--- a/diff2HtmlCompare.py
+++ b/diff2HtmlCompare.py
@@ -394,11 +394,21 @@ def main(fromfile, tofile, verbose=False):
codeDiff.write()
+def show():
+ import os
+ import webbrowser
+
+ path = os.path.abspath('index.html')
+ webbrowser.open('file://' + path)
+
+
if __name__ == "__main__":
description = """Given two source files this application\
creates an html page which highlights the differences between the two. """
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=description)
+ parser.add_argument('-s', '--show', action='store_true',
+ help='show html in a browser.')
parser.add_argument('-v', action='store_true', help='show verbose output.')
parser.add_argument(
'file1', help='source file to compare ("before" file).')
@@ -407,3 +417,5 @@ creates an html page which highlights the differences between the two. """
args = parser.parse_args()
main(args.file1, args.file2, args.v)
+ if args.show:
+ show()