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> [I] use it almost every day. What do you use it for? I'm wondering, what web pages / what information is so interesting, so one looks for changes almost ever

> [I] use it almost every day. What do you use it for? I'm wondering, what web pages / what information is so interesting, so one looks for changes almost every day :-) Is it maybe for finding out if contents linked by Minireference text books, change in significant ways? Or move to different URLs?

ivan_ah 6y ago
Mostly reviews of text edits on the books. I'll make some changes for a while, then add them to git, and review the changes `git diff --color-words --cached` before I commit. Both MATH&PHYS and LA books are about to get a point-release (lots of typo fixes and improvements to certain explanations based on two years of reader feedback). Even more useful is when collaborating with others, e.g., to see what changes the editor made. When I send diffs to her, I usually run `latexdiff` (takes >1h to generate on 500 pages), but when I check her changes I just use git. Last but not least, I've been working on a French translation of the book and now I use the diffs to keep the two versions "in sync," meaning any improvements made to one edition are also made in the other. See https://minireference.com/blog/multilingual-authoring-for-the-win/ https://minireference.com/blog/multilingual-authoring-for-th... for more info about this cool hack.