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> work with multiple people or track the history of a document I often proofread for my friends. I tell them that they must use Track Changes in Word. Is there

> work with multiple people or track the history of a document I often proofread for my friends. I tell them that they must use Track Changes in Word. Is there a better tool that you recommend?

Ar-Curunir 9y ago
LaTeX + git
- moomin 9y ago
  It would be interesting if someone could write a program that could diff two LaTeX documents and produce a change-tracked version showing insertions and deletions. I think it's doable, but it's a serious project.
  - rerx 9y ago
    It's done and it works very well (in my experience) for comparing two revisions of a document: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexdiff https://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexdiff
  - torchous 9y ago
    latexdiff does exactly that: https://www.sharelatex.com/blog/2013/02/16/using-latexdiff-for-marking-changes-to-tex-documents.html https://www.sharelatex.com/blog/2013/02/16/using-latexdiff-f...
  - geezerjay 9y ago
    Plain old diff does just that. I'm assuming that what you're actually asking for is a pretty GUI that pretty-prints diff's output.
TrickyRick 9y ago
Sharelatex if you want something that's easy to get started with for non-programmers (As opposed to Git)
raarts 9y ago
Word change tracking is for word users like democracy. It's a bad system, but all alternatives are worse.
LeifCarrotson 9y ago
Google Docs supports multiple simultaneous editors and tracks revision histories. It was a lifesaver for group projects in college. And while 'always online' is often a bad thing, it seems to be a lot more reliable than the alternatives of email chains with the attached Word document, appending -R3-edited-complete-final-done.docx to the filename, the manual merges when two people are working on the same thing, or the USB stick that gets passed around.
- deleted 9y ago
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axelf4 9y ago
Being a text format means that you can use version control effectively. Latexdiff can generate diffs between versions. Wouldn't call it better, just different.

> work with multiple people or track the history of a document I often proofread for my friends. I tell them that they must use Track Changes in Word. Is there a better tool that you recommend?

Ar-Curunir 9y ago

LaTeX + git

moomin 9y ago
It would be interesting if someone could write a program that could diff two LaTeX documents and produce a change-tracked version showing insertions and deletions. I think it's doable, but it's a serious project.
- rerx 9y ago
  It's done and it works very well (in my experience) for comparing two revisions of a document: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexdiff https://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexdiff
- torchous 9y ago
  latexdiff does exactly that: https://www.sharelatex.com/blog/2013/02/16/using-latexdiff-for-marking-changes-to-tex-documents.html https://www.sharelatex.com/blog/2013/02/16/using-latexdiff-f...
- geezerjay 9y ago
  Plain old diff does just that. I'm assuming that what you're actually asking for is a pretty GUI that pretty-prints diff's output.

TrickyRick 9y ago

Sharelatex if you want something that's easy to get started with for non-programmers (As opposed to Git)

raarts 9y ago

Word change tracking is for word users like democracy. It's a bad system, but all alternatives are worse.

LeifCarrotson 9y ago

Google Docs supports multiple simultaneous editors and tracks revision histories. It was a lifesaver for group projects in college. And while 'always online' is often a bad thing, it seems to be a lot more reliable than the alternatives of email chains with the attached Word document, appending -R3-edited-complete-final-done.docx to the filename, the manual merges when two people are working on the same thing, or the USB stick that gets passed around.

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axelf4 9y ago

Being a text format means that you can use version control effectively. Latexdiff can generate diffs between versions. Wouldn't call it better, just different.