Re: Please brainstorm: Word-processor compatible with version control
On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:41:36 -0600
"Stackpole, Chris" <CStackpole@barbnet.com> wrote:
> > From: news [mailto:news@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Hendrik Boom
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:59 PM
> > Subject: Please brainstorm: Word-processor compatible with version
> control
> >
> > I'd like a word processor compatible with version control systems
> > (hereafter abbreviated VCS) Having been duly impressed for decades
> now
> > how useful VCSs are for programming, I'd like to use them for writing
> as
> > well.
> >
> [smip]
>
What about lyx, it's based on latex so files are text based and editable. It
means that it can also export to pdf, ps, text, html, rtf and a few others. The
debian version works with rcs, there are patches for svn and git, not sure if
svn is already incorporated into the debian version though.
> This probably isn't what you are wanting in whole, but it might be
> something to consider. I tried finding something very similar to what
> you were wanting for a friend who writes a lot. The best they had come
> up with was eclipse with a few document management plugins they found
> connected to a subversion server. I moved them to mediawiki as a test,
> and they really liked it. From all of the versioning, to the linking of
> documents, to the ability to outline and update the order of the outline
> with almost no work, they loved everything.
>
> The only two complaints they had was getting their work into a .doc or
> .pdf required cut and paste then verify the formatting. Then after they
> formatted it, they had to manually save the file back into mediawiki to
> keep the revision history.
>
> However, they write small books, article, newsletters, ect. So nothing
> on a grand scale. I think the biggest work I know of is just over 50
> pages of a normal 12 point font Courier document. I can see where
> anything large could run into problems here.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> Have fun!
> ~Stack~
>
>
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