[PLUG] HOW to search for a specialized text editor?

[benjamin barber]

Kate ?

On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 10:43 PM, Tom <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> I use any of the following applications to side by side visually
> compare and merge text files: kompare, kdif3, tkdiff
> My tool choice depends on what is available to me on a given Linux
> machine I use at that time. I am sure there are other tools to do this.
> See example screen-shots here:
> kompare: https://www.tomask.org/~tomask/dropbox/screenshots/kompare.png
> kdif3: https://www.tomask.org/~tomask/dropbox/screenshots/kdiff3.png
> libreoffice:
> https://www.tomask.org/~tomask/dropbox/screenshots/libreoffice.png
> -Tomas
> On Mon, 2017-05-01 at 16:42 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > Please note the _*FIRST WORD*_ of the subject line <GRIN>
> > [Did a preliminary web search. Results indicated I was clueless ;]
> >
> > Background:
> > Last week I was asked to be one of the proofreaders of a near final
> > draft of a ~1300 word document. IOW the structure and desired content
> > were firmly established. Although fluent in English, it is not the
> > author's primary language. He had prepared the English text I (and
> > others) were reviewing.
> >
> > Desired specifications:
> > 1. It shall have exactly 2 panes.
> > 2. Pane 1 shall:
> >     a. have a verbatim copy of the original text.
> >     b. assign immutable tags (visible or not) to beginning AND
> >        end of each paragraph.
> >     c. be intrinsically READ-ONLY.
> >        That implies that both text and tags are immutable from
> >        invocation to invocation.
> > 3. Pane 2 shall:
> >     a. on initial invocation be a byte for byte duplicate
> > [*INCLUDING*
> >        tags] of the original.
> >     b. as Pane 2 is edited maintain visual sync of initial paragraph
> >        start and ultimate edited paragraph extent. [Is that vague ;]
> >
> > Am I even "asking right questions"?
> >
> > TIA as "owl" *DUCKS* fer cover
> >
> >
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