[External Email] Re: [External] Re: Opinions/Guidance on LaTeX collaboration (methods & tools)

[Christopher W Ryan]

I digress from LaTex, but since MS Word "track changes" has been mentioned,
I have found a wiki, e.g Confluence and others, to be much more useful as a
way for "people to work independently on a project and combine the results
into a finished product."  (For those not familiar with plain text, LaTeX,
and version control, that is.)

--Chris Ryan

On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 12:49 PM Jerry <jerry at seibercom.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Jul 2020 08:19:47 -0700, Paulo Ney de Souza stated:
> >When all you have is a hammer everything start looking like a  nail.
> >
> >PN
> >
> >On Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 7:14 AM Philip Taylor
> ><P.Taylor at hellenic-institute.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Fine, understood Thomas.  I did not think that it was likely to be
> >> directly relevant, but nonetheless thought it worth mentioning that
> >> Excel and TeX can work synergistically together.
> >>
> >> *Philip Taylor*
> >> --------
> >> Beuthe, Thomas wrote:
> >>
> >> UNRESTRICTED / ILLIMITÉE
> >>
> >> An interesting suggestion, but in my case, the people writing the
> >> documents are all well versed in LaTeX. It’s only at the review
> >> stage where things start to get problematic. Although commenting on
> >> pdf files works, some prefer to be able to directly edit the
> >> original to add their corrections suggestions.
> >>
> >> What you are describing here seems to be a good solution for the
> >> input stage of the document, but I’m looking to solve problems more
> >> at the output stage.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Good suggestion though! Thanks for sharing your experiences.
> >>
> >> It’s great to see some of the innovative and creative approaches
> >> that have been taken with LaTeX!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >Not a direct answer, Thomas, but a question/suggestion — might your
> >> non-TeXxie collaborators feel more comfortable working in Excel ?
> >> If so, then >you might consider accepting Excel as input which can
> >> then be directly processed by TeX, as I did (for example) when
> >> producing the *Descriptive **>**Catalogue of Greek MSS in the
> >> Lambeth Palace Library*.  The entire process is described here
> >> <
> http://hellenic-institute.uk/research/LPL/Greek-MSS/Catalogue/Eutypon/e31-a02.pdf
> >
> >> .
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> Just adding my own 2¢ to this thread, but MS Word's 'track changes'
> function is one of the most powerful group editing functions available.
> I work in a municipality, and documents are being shuffled among
> numerous departments all the time. The ability to track changes and
> using or deleting any specific modification is of enormous value to
> us. I have yet to discover an easier, more functional method yet for
> groups of people to work independently on a project and combine the
> results into a finished product.
>
> --
> Jerry
>
>
>
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