Finally, I don't understand what the trouble is to run this command:
phenix.refine --diff-params your_old_parameters.def > your_new_parameters.def Because it does not make things clearer at all -- e.g. if you've changed long TLS and long NCS definitions, they call come out. And any comments you might have put in your file don't show up either.
One suggestion: support scripts. For instance: if I run things from a script, parse the script name and set "prefix" and "serial" according to that (rather than infer it automatically). This way: 1) I can easily see the commands that gave rise to a set of files 2) I can include comments with those commands 3) I can format the script to highlight what I changed Yes, I can do this anyway (and I do), but then I have to remember to set "prefix" and "serial". Cheers phx