[LINK] ArsT: 'Microsoft Word, RIP: 1983 - 2009'

[Brendan Scott]

Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 07:33 AM 4/08/2009, Ivan Trundle wrote:
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> writing our own chapters which were then compiled by a single person 
> into a master document. That person would be master for a while, then 
> pass it along to one of the others to do. One of the extremely 
> important features we used was track changes. It enabled use to keep 
> track of what had gone before, to critique each others' chapters, and 
> see the changes or hide them by the click of a button. I'm not aware 
> that this feature is available in a wiki. Yes, you can see the 
> history of changes, but not as I've seen displayed in the same document.

You can do something like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Huginn_and_Muninn&diff=288983649&oldid=268452464

But it seems to be based on 'diff' which is designed for showing difference in code and is completely inadequate for changes to text:
http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/ooo-compare-inadequate/
http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/wdiff-compare-good/
http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/docdiff-compare-good-roundup/
http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/real-world-test-wdiff-best/ 


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