Hi there. I'd be very thankful if anyone would be kind enough to clarify the main differences between Version Control and Change Tracking.
As far as I could gather, Change Tracking is useful when one or more authors are submitting changes to the same LyX file and then the principal author can accept or reject the changes, as explained in the Wiki pages http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/ChangeTrackingLyx1-3-2 According to the wiki, changes appear on the display in red and are recorded in the same file as the main text. Then you can send this only file to different authors which can in turn make further changes. Whereas with Version control, as far as I could understand the explanation in the Extended LyX Features manual, a group of different authors submit changes to a text, which are recorded in different files. This means that all the files in the project must stay on the same system, and the authors must log on this system to propose modifications to the text. Am I right or did I get it completely wrong? Please don't RTFM me, some short hints can greatly reduce the learning curve for me. I'm interested on the best feature for a group of authors in different institutions to edit a manuscript for a paper, for instance. Any suggestions appreciated. -- Rudi Gaelzer Department of Physics Institute of Physics and Mathematics Federal University of Pelotas BRAZIL Registered Linux User # 153741
