Steve [Subversion] wrote:
> Simon Large wrote:
>> Steve wrote:
>>> I am using OpenOffice Writer to write some technical documents - and
>>> I\'m using Suversion to track revisions. I can interactively call
>>> \"Edit\"|\"Compare versions\" to assess the difference between two
>>> files - is there a way to integrate this with TortoiseSVN so I
>>> don\'t have to check out both versions and then manually requst
>>> OpenOffice writer compares them?
>>
>> In TSVN settings you can change the default Diff tool to be open
>> office writer, or in advanced diff settings you can specify a
>> specialist diff tool based on the file extension, so the Diff tool
>> for .doc (or whatever) files could be open office writer. When you
>> ask TSVN to examine differences it will get whichever revisions are
>> needed and pass them on.
>
> I was aware of that much... the interesting part of the question is
> how to I convince OpenOffice to support the command line syntax of
> diff - or, conversely, convince TortoiseSVN to talk to OpenOffice
> however it most wants to be talked to. I'm aware that this is more
> of an OpenOffice question than a TortoiseSVN question... but as the
> issue arises when trying to use Subversion/TortoiseSVN I still think
> this is a "fair game" question...
>
> Can anyone tell me how I can convince OpenOffice Writer to difference
> two files from the command line? It seems an obvious thing to want to
> do when you have TortoiseSVN and OpenOffice - but I can't find it
> documented anywhere.
Well that's definitely an Open Office question so why do think we would
be able to answer that here? Isn't there an open office mailing list or
user group or forum? You don't really expect us to do the legwork for
you now do you ...
Simon
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Received on Thu May 12 21:52:34 2005