Kate ? On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 10:43 PM, Tom <[email protected]> wrote:
> I use any of the following applications to side by side visually > compare and merge text files: kompare, kdif3, tkdiff > My tool choice depends on what is available to me on a given Linux > machine I use at that time. I am sure there are other tools to do this. > See example screen-shots here: > kompare: https://www.tomask.org/~tomask/dropbox/screenshots/kompare.png > kdif3: https://www.tomask.org/~tomask/dropbox/screenshots/kdiff3.png > libreoffice: > https://www.tomask.org/~tomask/dropbox/screenshots/libreoffice.png > -Tomas > On Mon, 2017-05-01 at 16:42 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > Please note the _*FIRST WORD*_ of the subject line <GRIN> > > [Did a preliminary web search. Results indicated I was clueless ;] > > > > Background: > > Last week I was asked to be one of the proofreaders of a near final > > draft of a ~1300 word document. IOW the structure and desired content > > were firmly established. Although fluent in English, it is not the > > author's primary language. He had prepared the English text I (and > > others) were reviewing. > > > > Desired specifications: > > 1. It shall have exactly 2 panes. > > 2. Pane 1 shall: > > a. have a verbatim copy of the original text. > > b. assign immutable tags (visible or not) to beginning AND > > end of each paragraph. > > c. be intrinsically READ-ONLY. > > That implies that both text and tags are immutable from > > invocation to invocation. > > 3. Pane 2 shall: > > a. on initial invocation be a byte for byte duplicate > > [*INCLUDING* > > tags] of the original. > > b. as Pane 2 is edited maintain visual sync of initial paragraph > > start and ultimate edited paragraph extent. [Is that vague ;] > > > > Am I even "asking right questions"? > > > > TIA as "owl" *DUCKS* fer cover > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
