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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-changebars.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-changebars.html index aa9a8bba6b9..f9fe7dec104 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-changebars.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-changebars.html @@ -3,25 +3,25 @@ </head><body> <h3>Marking changed parts of your document</h3> <p/>One often needs clear indications of how a document has changed, but -the commonest technique, “change bars” (also known as “revision -bars”), requires surprisingly much -trickery of the programmer. The problem is that TeX ‘proper’ -doesn’t provide the programmer with any information about the -“current position” from which a putative start- or end-point of a +the commonest technique, “change bars” (also known as “revision +bars”), requires surprisingly much +trickery of the programmer. The problem is that TeX ‘proper’ +doesn’t provide the programmer with any information about the +“current position” from which a putative start- or end-point of a bar might be calculated. PDFTeX <em>does</em> provide that information, but no PDFTeX-based changebar package has been published, that takes advantage of that. -<p/>The simplest package that offers change bars is Peter Schmitt’s +<p/>The simplest package that offers change bars is Peter Schmitt’s <i>backgrnd.tex</i>; this was written as a Plain TeX application that patches the output routine, but it appears to work at least on simple LaTeX documents. Wise LaTeX users will be alerted by the information that <i>backgrnd</i> patches their output routine, and will watch its behaviour very carefully (patching the LaTeX output -routine is not something to undertake lightly…). +routine is not something to undertake lightly…). <p/>The longest-established LaTeX-specific solution is the <i>changebar</i> package, -which uses <code>\</code><code>special</code> commands supplied by the driver you’re using. -You need therefore to tell the package which driver to you’re using +which uses <code>\</code><code>special</code> commands supplied by the driver you’re using. +You need therefore to tell the package which driver to you’re using (in the same way that you need to tell the <i>graphics</i> package); the list of available drivers is pretty wide, but does not include <i>dvipdfm</i>. The package comes with @@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ with <i>changebar</i> macros to highlight changes. <p/>The shareware <i>WinEDT</i> editor has a macro that will generate <i>changebar</i> (or other) macros to show differences from an earlier version of your file, stored in an <i>RCS</i>-controlled -repository — see +repository — see <a href="http://www.winedt.org/Macros/LaTeX/RCSdiff.php">http://www.winedt.org/Macros/LaTeX/RCSdiff.php</a> <p/>The <i>vertbars</i> package uses the techniques of the <i>lineno</i> package (which it loads, so the <i>lineno</i> -itself must be installed); it’s thus the smallest of the packages for +itself must be installed); it’s thus the smallest of the packages for change bar marking, since it leaves all the trickery to another package. <i>Vertbars</i> defines a <code>vertbar</code> environment to create changebars. @@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ convention is to mark a whole changed paragraph. <p/>Finally, the <i>memoir</i> class allows marginal editorial comments, which you can obviously use to delimit areas of changed text. <p/>An even more comprehensive way to keep track of changes is employed by -some word-processors — to produce a document that embodies both -“old” and “new” versions. +some word-processors — to produce a document that embodies both +“old” and “new” versions. <p/>To this end, the package <i>changes</i> allows the user to manually markup changes of text, such as additions, deletions, or replacements. Changed text is shown in a different colour; deleted text is crossed @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ accept or reject selected changes only. <dt><tt><i>backgrnd.tex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/generic/misc/backgrnd.tex">macros/generic/misc/backgrnd.tex</a> <dt><tt><i>changebar.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/changebar.zip">macros/latex/contrib/changebar</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/changebar/">browse the directory</a>) <dt><tt><i>changes.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/changes.zip">macros/latex/contrib/changes</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/changes/">browse the directory</a>) -<dt><tt><i>framed.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/framed.sty">macros/latex/contrib/misc/framed.sty</a> +<dt><tt><i>framed.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/framed.zip">macros/latex/contrib/framed</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/framed/">browse the directory</a>) <dt><tt><i>latexdiff, latexrevise</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latexdiff.zip">support/latexdiff</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latexdiff/">browse the directory</a>) <dt><tt><i>lineno.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/lineno.zip">macros/latex/contrib/lineno</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/lineno/">browse the directory</a>) <dt><tt><i>memoir.cls</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir.zip">macros/latex/contrib/memoir</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/">browse the directory</a>) |