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This time it's #mgdiff
#mgdiff is a graphical frontend to the #diff command, written using #motif. It was originally inspired by a program called #gdiff which only ran on SGI machines.
It allows for viewing the difference between two files and to write out the merged result to a third file, if desired.
This is version 1.0, 1994, by Daniel Williams.
#mgdiff implements the implements the Scrolled Region recommendations of Section 2.3.4 of the OSF/Motif Style Guide (release 1.1), meaning that the arrow and paging keys will work to scroll as well.
I had to tweak the code only a little to override a custom getline() implementation.
I also recall using this application in ~1996.
Fun times!