mailing-list for TeXmacs Users

[TeXmacs <address@hidden>]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 08:33:55AM +0200, Basile Audoly wrote:
> I don't know your workflow exactly so it is difficult to answer but
> (1) my understanding is that the version comparison mode was intended to 
> resolve differences at a point in time,
> not for keeping documents synchronized over time,

That is right.  You can consider the resulting file to be
similar to a "conflict" file when using a versioning tool.
Such a file is transient, by design: you don't want to end
up comparing differences between differences.

One thing that was not implemented yet, but that we might
consider doing are differences between more than two versions.
This might be useful for merging different branches.
But I don't recommend turning diff files into working versions.

> and (2) I would recommend that you try instead consolidating everything in 
> a single document, by using switches, hiding/revealing all comments, etc. 
> Dealing with redundant information across documents is always a mess no 
> matter how.

Yes, you may use the new 'comment' package whenever you are hesitating and
turn undecided differences into comments.

Best wishes, --Joris