How to make Beyond Compare ignore whitespace, but still show changes in comments

Question

Beyond Compare has a button and menu item Ignore Unimportant Differences. When selected the diff will ignore whitespace and various formatting differences, but will also ignore changes in comments. How can I make it show comment changes, but still ignore whitespace?

Answer 1

1. Use the Session → Session Settings menu item.
2. Go to the Importance tab.
3. In the list box on the top left, check Comments.
4. In the drop-down at the bottom left, choose Also update session defaults. (if you want to change it permanently)
5. Click OK.
6. Verify that View → Ignore Unimportant Differences is enabled.