On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 01/05/2008, Charles Plessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Biologists use a lot MS word for preparing manuscripts, in particular > > for the features that allow to put comments in bubbles displayed in the > > margin. Typically, the manuscript circulates among authors and each add > > modifications and comments, that are eventually stably integrated in the > > manuscript by the main writer. > > Interesting. I have been writing my thesis as a back-and-forth thing > between my advisor and me, and I print it out, he writes on the > margins, I retype things, and it goes back to him. The best > replacement to the bubble system I can think of is some source > management system, like git, hg, or svn. I'm not sure I'd be able to > easily sway my advisor to learn to use either one of those, though. > > Is there anything better in Debian?
I think not. I run Office 2007 in a virtual machine for solely -this- reason. - Andrew Kvalheim
