Hello! LibreOffice will be very useful in collaborative text editing if * document in plain HTML format will be saved in the versioned storage (Subversion/CVS/… repository) and * with automatic merging of changes made by different people.
But now every merge operation produces at least one conflict: it's a conflict in <meta> tags: <meta name="GENERATOR"> - some people use Linux, some people use Windows <meta name="CHANGED"> - changed on every document save operation, so automatic merge is not possible. Furthermore, when CVS or Subversion client discovers conflicts, it adds conflict markers like '<<<<< 1.1 .... ====== ..... >>>>> 1.2' in the conflict areas, so document could not be opened more as valid HTML, because the HTML header is the conflict area. I know there is a check-box named "Apply user data" in document properties (File/Properties), and if I uncheck it before saving, <meta name="CHANGED"> isn't overwritten on every save and my personal data isn't written into the document, but: 1) <meta name="GENERATOR"> is _still_ overwritten on every save; 2) I need to uncheck "Apply user data" every time opening the document. I also know that there is an option "Remove personal data on save" in security settings, but it also doesn't help: <meta name="CHANGED"> is cleared, but <meta name="CREATED"> is always overwritten by current time (WTF???!!), and <meta name="GENERATOR"> is also still overwritten. So this also produces conflicts. I suggest you to add an HTML compatibility option "Do not modify metadata when saving" or something like that. This will be very useful for people who want organize a convenient versioned storage for text documents. Thanks in advance. Sincerely, Stas Fomin -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
