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Compares two latex files and marks up significant differences between them. Releases on www.ctan.org and mirrors
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Handling subfiles #177

Closed KueWW closed 4 years ago

KueWW commented 4 years ago

Hi there,

I want to diff a huge LaTeX document with subfiles. The document uses the LaTeX switches

In --flatten mode latexdiff doesn't work for sure. The one "diff.tex" can't be compiled because all the content of the switches is included. In non --flatten mode it doesn't show diffrerences. It sems that the subfiles are not included. How can I handle this?

Thanks in advance

ftilmann commented 4 years ago

I am not really familar with the subfiles packages so don't know how the switches operate. I guess you mean that --flatten ignores the switches. In the short run you would need to write a script that diff's the individual included files. By diverting the output to its own 'diff' directory you could then probably just use the same master file, or if you use -diff.tex extensions, then you must prepare a special version of the masterfile including the diff'ed variants In the long run you can put in a feature request to extend latexdiff --flatten to properly understand these switches (or if you know a bit of perl implement this yourself). In either case it would be helpful to supply a minimal test case demonstrating the operation of these switches. If you rely on me be warned that it might take a long (or even indefinite) time until I get around to address it as I get little time to maintain latexdiff these days. But occasionally I do implement feature requests, and there is always the chance that somebody else picks this up.

KueWW commented 4 years ago

Thanks for your quick reply.

In the first step I will try the script way. In the second step I'll try to extend --flatten. When I start this I'll keep you updated.

KueWW commented 4 years ago

Hi,

I'm sorry to reopen the issue. I've read the help of latexdiff again.

Is it possible to ignore the switches by using exclude-textcmd, exclude-safecmd or something similar? I think I do not understand how these options are working.....

ftilmann commented 4 years ago

These options work on commands. They are unaware of options. So I don't think they would work. If you show me a short example, I might be able to say more, as I am not sure how these options are used.

KueWW commented 4 years ago

I'll try to give you an short example soon. Hopefully at the end of the week.....

KueWW commented 4 years ago

Hi there,

I've set up a short example. I am confused now because this short example works! The huge one don't. There's no idea how to get that working....... I'll try to get this example causing the error......

version-old.zip version-new.zip

ftilmann commented 4 years ago

Closing because no way to reproduce error. You can reopen if there is an MWE illustrating the problem and failing