Thanks for all this info Mathias! I think "File-Compare Documents" and binary files in my VCS will suit me best. I just tested "File-Compare Documents". It didn't notice differences in tables. Is it just meant for bread text? /$
2005/11/13, Mathias Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Henrik Sundberg wrote: > > 2005/11/12, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> Is it possible to save in an uncompressed XML format? > > > > Is this the only solution? Being forced to check in directory trees > > for each document seems cumbersome. > > You can save OOo documents into one single XML file. Together with > "pretty printing" enabled that's the only reasonable way to use a VCS > for OOo documents because then you have text files and can create diffs. > > > Why shouldn't the version control systems be able to handle zipped > > files directly? If they just know that the files are compressed, they > > ought to be able to handle differences between document versions as > > efficient as if the files were pure text. > > Good question. But anyway at least currently there is no VCS with this > ability. > > > OTOH, I don't want to see the differences in the xml. I want the > > differences to be visible in Writer. > > Then the change tracking inside the OOo document is exactly what you > need, or the versioning system together with the "compare versions" > functionality. I know you said you want it outside the document - but at > least ATM you can't have everything. ;-) > > > A bit of both would be to use subversion as is, and then use a > > diff-program that produce the same result as I expect "File > > > Versions" to produce. > > > > Is there such a diff function included in OOo? Or does another > > OpenDocument diff utility exist? > > Did you try "File-Compare Documents"? > > Best regards, > Mathias > > -- > Mathias Bauer - OpenOffice.org Application Framework Project Lead > Please reply to the list only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a spam sink. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
