On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 04:21:35PM +0100, Jos? Ab?lio Oliveira Matos wrote: > On Friday 30 August 2002 16:02, Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote:
> > I really know nothing about xml, but if it loses any of the advantages > > of a pure text file, we lose a lot . . . > Although sometimes (always ?) more verbose there are tools like xmldiff that > show the difference between both documents and that that don't take in > account white space (unless it is significative, code list for example). I'll take your word for it :) It wouldn't have done me much good in that situation, though. I know about diff and patch, I'd have been gambling that I'd find something later if I'd tried anything on a non-text format. I'd really urge sticking to a pure text format; it's one of lyx's greatest strengths. hawk
