Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> writes:

> Eric
>
>> However, what would be ideal would be if there were a tool which would
>> take a Word document with /track changes/ and generate a patch file for
>> a text version of that document...  that could then provide some
>> mechanism for getting changes back into an org document (modulo problems
>> with line re-arrangements unfortunately).  Just a pipe dream...
>
> If you allow me some liberty, the suggestion is in two parts
>
> 1. Word/Pdf/Latex->Org converter
> 2. Change tracking within Org
>
> For most of us who write or work with copious amount of text, (1) could
> really be useful. If it gains sufficient escape velocity it can land us
> in a far off galaxy. (2) could be useful but a bit far-fetched at the
> moment.

I'm not sure I understand.  change tracking in org is trivial (git,
mercurial, etc); it's extracting Word change tracking information in a
form usable by other tools that is not trivial...

eric

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