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I work on European research projects, often with over 20 partners. When writing deliverables and integrating input from so many people, the track changes featur
by tincholio 15y ago
I work on European research projects, often with over 20 partners. When writing deliverables and integrating input from so many people, the track changes feature is an FSM-send. I say this as an otherwise hardcore Emacs and LaTeX guy.
- pnathan 15y agoWhat's wrong with hg + Latex?
- mmc 15y agoNothing - if everyone knows how to use it. Version control is not as commonly used in research & business writing as you might hope.
- disgruntledphd2 15y agoI also work on some European projects and love LaTeX and git, so I'll chime in. LaTeX is much better if everyone uses them. However, most people use Word, and at that point, you may as well too. Anything I write I write in LaTeX and convert to odf, then save as doc, but most people only know word and will not be able to work with anything else. For instance, I once sent my supervisor a beautifully formatted latex paper. She replied and said that she couldn't give any feedback without a word copy of the document. Sigh.
- tincholio 15y agoYou wouldn't believe the amount of technical people who cannot do LaTeX... nevermind DCVS. Also, tracking changes in a text document, with comments and such by the side, _is_ easier than looking at diffs and so on.
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