Comments on: Revision control for LaTeX: in search of an answer http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/revision-control-for-latex-in-search-of-an-answer/ A survival guide for the 21st century researcher Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Administrare de personal http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/revision-control-for-latex-in-search-of-an-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-143539 Administrare de personal Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:46:32 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=317#comment-143539 <strong>Administrare de personal...</strong> [...]Academic Productivity » Revision control for LaTeX: in search of an answer[...]... Administrare de personal…

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]]> By: carlos http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/revision-control-for-latex-in-search-of-an-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-140079 carlos Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:06:28 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=317#comment-140079 just use scribTeX online. just use scribTeX online.

]]> By: Jaume http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/revision-control-for-latex-in-search-of-an-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-138481 Jaume Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:10:40 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=317#comment-138481 I came here looking for a tool that could show the changes in different colors, and latexdiff is exactly what I was looking for. I've just tried and it is amazing. Thanks! I came here looking for a tool that could show the changes in different colors, and latexdiff is exactly what I was looking for.

I’ve just tried and it is amazing. Thanks!

]]> By: alfC http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/revision-control-for-latex-in-search-of-an-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-137433 alfC Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:17:15 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=317#comment-137433 Use SVN, CSV, email, diff or what ever but above all % author0: use freaking comments! % author1 -- be polite % author0 -- ok : please, use comment lines. It is really that easy. Use SVN, CSV, email, diff or what ever but above all
% author0: use freaking comments!
% author1 — be polite
% author0 — ok :
please, use comment lines. It is really that easy.

]]> By: Andres http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/revision-control-for-latex-in-search-of-an-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-123381 Andres Mon, 17 May 2010 10:51:02 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=317#comment-123381 I've just recieved this link: http://latex-my.blogspot.com/2010/05/latex-lab-web-based-collaborative-latex.html using google docs for colaboration I’ve just recieved this link:

http://latex-my.blogspot.com/2010/05/latex-lab-web-based-collaborative-latex.html

using google docs for colaboration

]]> By: glopglop http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/revision-control-for-latex-in-search-of-an-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-118708 glopglop Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:45:38 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=317#comment-118708 I have not yet had the chance to try it but I just discovered the existence of the fixme package (cf CTAN) that allows to put editing notes and comments in a latex document. I don't think it's been mentioned in this thread. Maybe it is of use to someone. I have not yet had the chance to try it but I just discovered the existence of the fixme package (cf CTAN) that allows to put editing notes and comments in a latex document. I don’t think it’s been mentioned in this thread. Maybe it is of use to someone.

]]> By: Balaji http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/revision-control-for-latex-in-search-of-an-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-118016 Balaji Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:17:25 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=317#comment-118016 This seems even more interesting: http://www.jpaisley.com/software/ruby/rb-latex-diff/ This seems even more interesting:

http://www.jpaisley.com/software/ruby/rb-latex-diff/

]]> By: Balaji http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/revision-control-for-latex-in-search-of-an-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-118013 Balaji Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:07:27 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=317#comment-118013 Btw, an interesting resource here: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/latexdiff.html Btw, an interesting resource here:

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/latexdiff.html

]]> By: Balaji http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/revision-control-for-latex-in-search-of-an-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-118012 Balaji Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:05:29 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/?p=317#comment-118012 I saw this blog because I am myself searching for a perfect solution to this. But I still have an approximate solution in my mind that eliminates the need for any RCS. There is the perl script latexdiff here: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexdiff/ I haven't yet tried it, but here are my plans. I will test it and let you know my results sometime soon. Please contact me by about July end if you don't hear from me after this - I am busy submitting my thesis and graduating so I may forget. 1. I use a LaTeX editor called LEd and this system has a feature that allows me to create my own user defined build commands which will be essentially batch programs. 2. The great this about this program is that I can create a LaTeX project out of my work and archive it. So each archived version will contain all the LaTeX files in the project. (One of the things LEd lacks so far is an automatic script that will use latexdiff. So I plan to write a batch file for it) 3. Another thing that LEd really lacks is automatic project file creation based on the main LaTeX file. It should simply pick the main LaTeX file, look for include commands, and some commands for includegraphics and any bibliography commands and automatically generate the project. I think TeXnicCenter does this very well, but it does not have custom batch file utilities and doesn't have a good in-built DVI viewer so I prefer LEd. This should summarize my steps. I hope all this works and if it does, I'll let you know. In any case, contact me by July end if I don't revert. I saw this blog because I am myself searching for a perfect solution to this. But I still have an approximate solution in my mind that eliminates the need for any RCS. There is the perl script latexdiff here:

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexdiff/

I haven’t yet tried it, but here are my plans. I will test it and let you know my results sometime soon. Please contact me by about July end if you don’t hear from me after this – I am busy submitting my thesis and graduating so I may forget.

1. I use a LaTeX editor called LEd and this system has a feature that allows me to create my own user defined build commands which will be essentially batch programs.

2. The great this about this program is that I can create a LaTeX project out of my work and archive it. So each archived version will contain all the LaTeX files in the project. (One of the things LEd lacks so far is an automatic script that will use latexdiff. So I plan to write a batch file for it)

3. Another thing that LEd really lacks is automatic project file creation based on the main LaTeX file. It should simply pick the main LaTeX file, look for include commands, and some commands for includegraphics and any bibliography commands and automatically generate the project. I think TeXnicCenter does this very well, but it does not have custom batch file utilities and doesn’t have a good in-built DVI viewer so I prefer LEd.

This should summarize my steps. I hope all this works and if it does, I’ll let you know. In any case, contact me by July end if I don’t revert.

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