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------- Additional comments from kr...@openoffice.org Sun Mar 7 05:28:24 +0000 2010 ------- Greetings! Yes, I have tried the DeltaXMLODTCompare extension. Although the comparison is rather slow, the comparison quality is excellent. While this extension clearly shows how much better a job could be done and suggests a way forward (comparing directly at the XML level), it is not a solution to this issue, however, because its integration into Writer is not sufficient: - The changes are shown in colour but, from what I can see, they can not be Accepted / Rejected, making a manual (!) revision necessary. - The comparison has to be disk based, i.e., one needs two input files, and an output file is created, rather than this running transparently. As a result, one has to select *three* filenames in a dialog, and then open the third file. For a solution to the present issue one would require: 1. Meaningful highlighting of differences. 2. The ability to review and accept / reject individual identified changes. 3. It should be possible to launch a comparison conveniently and view the results. Ideally, like for the current built-in "Compare" one should be able to say "Compare the current document to a reference file on disk" and get the resulting "diff" document opened by just selecting *one* filename (the name of the reference file on disk). With several free good quality diff tools for plain text around, I find it astounding that this issue has been unresolved that long. I consider the lack of an efficient compare feature a serious short-coming of a modern word processor. If I could, I would have given this issue all my 5 votes ... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
