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Description: A Perl script that takes two LaTeX files as input and outputs a third LaTeX file that, when compiled, highlights the differences between the two input files. Includes download, installation instructions and documentation.
CTAN: tex-archive/support/latexdiff INTRODUCTION latexdiff is a Perl script, which compares two latex files and marks up significant differences between them (i.e. a diff for latex files). Various options are available for visual markup using standard latex packages such as "color.sty". Changes not directly affecting visible text, for example in formatting commands, are still marked in the latex source. A rudimentary revision facilility is provided by another Perl script, latexrevise, which accepts or rejects all changes. Manual editing of the difference file can be used to override this default behaviour and accept or reject selected changes only. The author is F Tilmann ([email protected]). Project webpage: http://latexdiff.berlios.de/ CTAN page: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexdiff REQUIREMENTS Perl 5.8 or higher must be installed. The latexdiff script makes use of the Perl package Algorithm::Diff (available from www.cpan.org, current version 1.19). You can either install this package, or use the standalone version of latexdiff, latexdiff-so, which has version 1.15 of this package inlined and does not require external installation of the package. Because latexdiff uses internal functions of Algorithm:Diff whose calling format or availability can change without notice, the preferred method is now to use the standalone version. As an alternative, latexdiff-fast has a modified version of Algorithm::Diff inlined, which internally uses the UNIX diff command. This version is much faster but is dependent on an external "diff" command. Subtle differences in the algorithm of Algorithm::Diff and UNIX-diff mean that the resulting set of differences will generally not be the same as for the standard latexdiff. In most practical cases, these differences are minor, though. INSTALLATION UNIX/LINUX The basic installation procedure is almost trivial: 1. Copy latexdiff, latexrevise and latexdiff-vc into a directory which is in the search path and make them executable. If the Algorithm::D
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