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hi
i have absolutely no knwoledge in informatics and in the informatics of
TeXmacs
but i can say that editing my-init-texmacs can be an option to reate
personalized and sharable customization
Vincent

> Le 7 juil. 2023 à 00:24, Maxime Devos <address@hidden> a écrit :
>
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> Op 06-07-2023 om 12:59 schreef Richard gomez:
>> (version française ci-après)
>> Hello,
>> I have finished writing a book using TeXmacs, and I would like to keep a
>> record of the modified settings throughout the process to address my
>> publisher's requests (most of these modifications were aimed at reducing
>> the size of the document due to budget constraints).
>> Is it possible to edit the list of modified settings? I would like to have
>> a record of all these changes for future reference.
> >
>> I have made an effort to document some of them in a file, but
>> unfortunately, I haven't noted down everything (it's not easy to be both
>> engaged in the action and describe it in real-time).
>
> I'm not at all a TeXmacs expert, but I don't think TeXmacs has a list of
> modified settings to edit in the first place. Instead, a TeXmacs document
> appears to contain a list of differences with the default -- you can edit
> it, but that means changing the current settings, not recording what has
> changed since the previous version.
>
> However, you can find this list of changes to the default, which might be
> sufficient for your purposes.
>
> If you open a TeXmacs file as plain text (in some notepad-like
> application), you'll at the end see something like:
>
> <\initial>
> <\collection>
> <associate|page-medium|paper>
> <associate|save-aux|false>
> </collection>
> </initial>
>
> I haven't ever modified sizes, so I don't know for sure where the settings
> for paper size, margins, font size etc. appears, but I would guess it
> appears in the <\initial>...</initial> somewhere. Or maybe it is in the
> front of the file instead, near the
> <TeXmacs|2.1>...<style|...>.
>
> Maybe there's a graphical interface for this as well, but I have never
> searched for it. (I neither have use for the hypothetical graphical
> interface nor this plain text interface.)
>
> Combine this with a version control system (even something basic like
> keeping separate file old.tm and new.tm will do), then you can compare the
> <\initial>...</initial> of the two files to figure out what has changed.
>
> Best regards,
> Maxime Devos.
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• Modifications record, Richard gomez, 07/06/2023
  • Re: Modifications record, Maxime Devos, 07/07/2023
    • Re: Modifications record, vincent douce, 07/07/2023

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