>>>>> "Amir" == Amir Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Amir> Ah. I've been thinking of doing the diff outside of LyX, of some
Amir> version of a diff on the text of a LyX file. To do it within LyX
Amir> has a different set of problems. For example, you have character
Amir> formatting information on each character, making comparison
Amir> easier. But you'll need to steal the GNUdiff algorithm and put
Amir> it into LyX. Ugh.

I think it is the only possible solution. Take the exct diff
algorithm, but every time it compares lines, you compare words or
insets. Things are made a bit more complicated by the fact that LyX
format is hierarchical... 

All in all, this is a *lot* of work, which might or might not be worth
it.

JMarc

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