geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) (03/22/89)
Is there anything this program gives me that I can't do with the "mc" utility? -- Geoff Kuenning geoff@ITcorp.com uunet!desint!geoff
rap@ardent.UUCP (Rob Peck) (03/23/89)
In article <17@desint.UUCP>, geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) writes: > Is there anything this program gives me that I can't do with the "mc" > utility? > -- > Geoff Kuenning geoff@ITcorp.com uunet!desint!geoff I assume you are referring to the manual insertion of ".mc |" for the beginning of a change and a ".mc" for the end of a change. My engineers wanted to edit to their heart's content, and THEN have something runnable that could take ANY two versions of a document (presuming that 'diff -c' could handle them at least), and from that automatically generate the '.mc' on and off. When you are in the throes of creating a piece of hardware and document it on the fly, you may not want to take the time to figure out where you made the changes. Likewise, with occasional lacks of discipline in the document passing stages, one sometimes gets several versions of documents... the documentor may go nutz trying to figure out what PRECISELY changed from one version to another... getting them electronically and filing them by individual name makes it possible to bring an alternatively formatted version of the document up to date when ya know exactly what changed, even if the submittor hasn't kept track. If you have discipline and complete control, more power to you. The changebar excercise was a sanity preserver for me. Rob Peck
geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) (03/29/89)
In article <5146@ardent.UUCP> rap@ardent.UUCP (Rob Peck) writes: > > Is there anything this program gives me that I can't do with the "mc" > > utility? > I assume you are referring to the manual insertion of ".mc |" for the Nope, I was referring to the "diffmk" program -- only I mis-remembered the name. Sorry about the confusion. Now that I've got the name right, let me ask again: Is there anything this program does that "diffmk" doesn't do? -- Geoff Kuenning geoff@ITcorp.com uunet!desint!geoff