Re: multilingual presentation with org

[Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>]

brian powell <briangpowellms@gmail.com> wrote:


> Make 2 files with line numbers at the begin of each line: 
> nl sanskrit-song.txt > sanskrit-song_line-numbers-at-front.txt
> nl english-song.txt > english-song_line-numbers-at-front.txt
> emacs -q -l sanskit-blah-mule-multilingual-emacs-programs-needed-to-show-sanskrit.el
>  sanskrit-song_line-numbers-at-front.txt english-song_line-numbers-at-front.txt
> Mx ediff-buffers
> Emacs will pop-up an ediff window--put your mouse cursor on it and tap "?"--it will show you the
> ediff keys--"n" for "next different line" will be most helpful
> (ediff will ask for the 1st and 2nd buffer you want to compare--type
> in sanskrit-song_line-numbers-at-front.txt and english-song_line-numbers-at-front.txt
> 
> --then tapping "n" (with your cursor on the popped up ediff window) goes line-by-songline in both
> buffers--highlighting the text for a sanskrit sing-along!
> 

That'd be cool if it worked, but at least in my case, it doesn't:
diff decides there is one big diff that covers the whole file,
and ediff does not find a "better" refinement: no "n"
to follow the bouncing ball...

Nick