From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Frings Subject: Re: [WISH] Org Importers Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:16:51 +0200 Message-ID: <5CC72533-4B9C-429C-B042-A2F970C24F5C@agfa.com> References: <87wrp45n2a.fsf@berkeley.edu> <878w1j65va.fsf@berkeley.edu> <877hh2235b.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <81d3quu2zm.fsf_-_@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0298723162==" Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=46235 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PBPXV-0006Cl-ED for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:16:58 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PBPXU-0005Qs-5O for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:16:57 -0400 Received: from mornm02-out.agfa.com ([134.54.1.77]:46840) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PBPXT-0005QM-Tg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:16:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode Mailinglist --===============0298723162== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-29-716166370 --Apple-Mail-29-716166370 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 28 Oct 2010, at 11:15, Scot Becker wrote: > Jambunathan, >=20 > (2) could be useful but a bit far-fetched at the > moment. > =20 > Really? Lots of us track changes with git, sometimes by means of one = of the Emacs interfaces for it like Magit. You may be thinking of some = interface-level features which aren't available by this method, like the = ability to annotate changes in the same place you make them, I suppose. = But working this way has a lot of 'features' that "track changes" = doesn't. We once thought of having some markup in our LaTeX files to track = changes, offering annotations. If I recall correctly, we had a command = \changed{old}{new}{comment}. You could leave out the new or old text part: newly added text would be = \changed{}{bla bla}{this is new text!}, deleted text would be = \changed{completely wrong}{}{what an idiot}. The command would render = the old/new text differently (gray, strikethrough, blue, whatever) and = add the comment as a margin note. Maybe something like this would be useful/feasible in Org? (not that I = have a need for this -- we never implemented that command, either). Cheers, Peter.= --Apple-Mail-29-716166370 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Jambunathan,

(2) could be useful but = a bit far-fetched at the
moment.
 
Really?  Lots of us track changes with git, sometimes by means = of one of the Emacs interfaces for it like Magit.  You = may be thinking of some interface-level features which aren't = available by this method, like the ability to annotate changes in = the same place you make them, I suppose.  But working this way has = a lot of 'features' that "track changes" = doesn't.

We once thought of = having some markup in our LaTeX files to track changes, offering = annotations. If I recall correctly, we had a command = \changed{old}{new}{comment}.
You could leave out the new or = old text part: newly added  text would be \changed{}{bla bla}{this = is new text!}, deleted text would be \changed{completely wrong}{}{what = an idiot}. The command would render the old/new text differently (gray, = strikethrough, blue, whatever) and add the comment as a margin = note.

Maybe something like this would be = useful/feasible in Org? (not that I have a need for this -- we never = implemented that command, = either).

Cheers,
Peter.
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