[ANN] org-tchanges.el

[ANN] org-tchanges.el

[James Thomas]

Hi all,

Just want to let you know of a (small) package I made for org users to
collaborate easily with users of Word Processing (Office) software .docx
files; using its 'track changes' feature.

https://codeberg.org/quotuva/org-tchanges

It works well-enough for my needs, but I think it needs wider testing.
So would love feedback.

Regards,
James

Re: [ANN] org-tchanges.el

[Eric S Fraga]

On Sunday, 12 May 2024 at 12:33, James Thomas wrote:
> Just want to let you know of a (small) package I made for org users to
> collaborate easily with users of Word Processing (Office) software .docx
> files; using its 'track changes' feature.
>
> https://codeberg.org/quotuva/org-tchanges

This looks potentially quite useful.  Couple of questions:

1. Is there an expected route to creating the .docx file from the .org
   file that ensures that the changes are represented accurately?
2. What is a "tooltip" in an org file?

Thank you,
eric

-- 
Eric S Fraga via gnus (Emacs 30.0.50 2024-03-25) on Debian 12.0

Re: [ANN] org-tchanges.el: Collaborate with Office (docx) users using 'track changes'

[James Thomas]

Eric S Fraga wrote:

> This looks potentially quite useful.  Couple of questions:
>
> 1. Is there an expected route to creating the .docx file from the .org
>    file that ensures that the changes are represented accurately?

As I see it, you could first export it as barely as possible, but
because changes are made only afterward, to the exported version, it
shouldn't make much difference. Also, as mentioned, the ediff3 method
with the ancestor file could be used to hide common changes ('$$')
brought about by the reverse conversion, for more accuracy.

> 2. What is a "tooltip" in an org file?

I meant the 'help-echo' of the 'highlight'ed regions in the buffer. Also
accessible by C-h . (display-local-help) with point placed there.

Currently 'deletion' comments are removed, but I'm working on an
alternative that preserves that as well.

Regards,
James

Re: [ANN] org-tchanges.el: Collaborate with Office (docx) users using 'track changes'

[Eric S Fraga]

Thank you.  I'll give this a try next time I have to work with
colleagues that use Word!  (I'll try to play with it earlier, time
permitting.)
-- 
Eric S Fraga via gnus (Emacs 30.0.50 2024-04-18) on Debian 12.5

Re: [ANN] org-tchanges.el: Collaborate with Office (docx) users using 'track changes'

[tpeplt]

James Thomas <jimjoe@gmx.net> writes:

> ...

A minor matter, but your source files ‘org-tchanges.el’ and
‘org-tchanges.lua’ contain tab characters in assorted places.

1. Consider replacing those tab characters with space characters so that
your intended indentation is unambiguous.

2. Or, add a file variable to each of these files to set the value of
the Emacs Lisp variable ‘tab-width’ to the value that you expect.  See
the section in the Emacs user manual for a description of file variables
by evaluating the following expression in Emacs:

   (info "(emacs) Specifying File Variables")

-- 
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- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parliament of Birds.

Re: [ANN] org-tchanges.el: Collaborate with Office (docx) users using 'track changes'

[James Thomas]

tpeplt wrote:

> A minor matter, but your source files ‘org-tchanges.el’ and
> ‘org-tchanges.lua’ contain tab characters in assorted places.
>
> 1. Consider replacing those tab characters with space characters so that
> your intended indentation is unambiguous.

Thanks! I'd intended to run 'untabify' but forgot about it. Pushed.

Regards,
James