From: Eric S Fraga <ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk>
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [WISH] Org Importers
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:15:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87aalyzkqy.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <81d3quu2zm.fsf_-_@gmail.com> (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:07:49 +0530")
Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> writes:
> Eric
>
>> However, what would be ideal would be if there were a tool which would
>> take a Word document with /track changes/ and generate a patch file for
>> a text version of that document... that could then provide some
>> mechanism for getting changes back into an org document (modulo problems
>> with line re-arrangements unfortunately). Just a pipe dream...
>
> If you allow me some liberty, the suggestion is in two parts
>
> 1. Word/Pdf/Latex->Org converter
> 2. Change tracking within Org
>
> For most of us who write or work with copious amount of text, (1) could
> really be useful. If it gains sufficient escape velocity it can land us
> in a far off galaxy. (2) could be useful but a bit far-fetched at the
> moment.
I'm not sure I understand. change tracking in org is trivial (git,
mercurial, etc); it's extracting Word change tracking information in a
form usable by other tools that is not trivial...
eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-28 10:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-26 16:49 General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion Marvin Doyley
2010-10-26 17:13 ` Graham Smith
2010-10-26 17:46 ` Marvin Doyley
2010-10-26 18:12 ` Graham Smith
2010-10-26 22:40 ` Tomas Hlavaty
2010-10-27 14:15 ` Graham Smith
2010-10-26 18:42 ` Jambunathan K
2010-10-26 20:45 ` Marvin Doyley
2010-10-26 19:48 ` Russell Adams
2010-10-26 20:47 ` Marvin Doyley
2010-10-26 22:46 ` Russell Adams
2010-10-27 3:31 ` Richard Lawrence
2010-10-27 11:24 ` Jeff Horn
2010-10-27 14:57 ` Richard Lawrence
2010-10-27 15:02 ` Jeff Horn
2010-10-27 18:41 ` Marvin Doyley
2010-10-28 7:21 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-10-28 8:37 ` [WISH] Org Importers Jambunathan K
2010-10-28 9:15 ` Scot Becker
2010-10-28 10:16 ` Peter Frings
2010-10-28 17:23 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-10-28 10:15 ` Eric S Fraga [this message]
2010-10-28 11:33 ` Jambunathan K
2010-10-28 11:38 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-10-29 0:00 ` Matt Lundin
2010-10-29 2:18 ` Jeff Horn
2010-10-29 17:06 ` Matt Lundin
2010-10-29 10:17 ` Eric S Fraga
2011-02-02 22:35 ` Bastien
2010-10-29 0:23 ` General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion Matt Lundin
2010-10-30 11:18 ` Marvin Doyley
2010-10-30 11:53 ` Jambunathan K
2010-10-30 11:45 ` Marvin Doyley
2010-11-01 0:30 ` Matt Lundin
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