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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 808641d2e92..aa9a8bba6b9 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 @@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ <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 being that TeX ‘proper’ +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 the -information, but we’re not aware yet of any programmer taking -advantage of the fact to write a PDFTeX-based changebar package). +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 <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 @@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ 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 generate -<code>\</code><code>special</code>s for (in the same way that you need to tell the -<i>graphics</i> package); the list of available drivers is pretty +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 a shell script <i>chbar.sh</i> (for use on Unix machines) that will compare two documents and generate a third which is marked-up -with <i>changebar</i> macros to highlight changes. The -shareware <i>WinEDT</i> editor has a macro that will generate +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 +earlier version of your file, stored in an <i>RCS</i>-controlled +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> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ documents, and it produces a new LaTeX document in which the changes are very visible. An example of the output is embedded in the documentation, - <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latexdiff/latexdiff-man.pdf">latexdiff-man.pdf</a> + <a href="http://mirrors.ctan.org/support/latexdiff/latexdiff-man.pdf">latexdiff-man.pdf</a> (part of the distribution). A rudimentary revision facility is provided by another <i>Perl</i> script, <i>latexrevise</i>, which accepts or rejects @@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ accept or reject selected changes only. <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>) <dt><tt><i>vertbars.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/misc/vertbars.sty">macros/latex/contrib/misc/vertbars.sty</a> +<dt><tt><i>winedt</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/winedt/">systems/win32/winedt/</a> </dl> <p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=changebars">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=changebars</a> </body> |