[doc][howto] explain in doc how to compare 2 hex files

Bug #1415789 reported by Alexander Belchenko
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IntelHex
Confirmed
Medium
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Bug Description

Explain in docs why you can't use diff tools over original hex files (due to format very flexible), and you need either

1) using hexdiff.py utility - got output in unidiff format

or

2) convert 2 hex files to text form with hex2dump.py and then compare with your gui utility.

Tags: docs
Changed in intelhex:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: added: docs
Changed in intelhex:
milestone: none → 2.0
summary: - [doc] explain in doc how to compare 2 hex files
+ [doc][howto] explain in doc how to compare 2 hex files
Changed in intelhex:
milestone: 2.0 → 2.0.1
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