LaTeX is awesome
Some people ask why I like LaTeX. Some consider its syntax strange, or its error messages opaque. And they are right, but there is nothing like it.
Here’s one reason why it is awesome:
latexdiff
latexdiff-vc --hg -r f3fc504ecf1d -r tip emissions-tokyo.tex # => emissions-tokyo-difff3fc504ecf1d-tip.pdf
We’re working on finishing a paper right now, and the requirements of the journal include:
Please include a point-by-point response to the reviews, a list of all relevant changes made in the manuscript, and a marked-up manuscript version (combined in one *.pdf file).
We already had the point-by-point response and we tracked changes with Mercurial, so we have the old and the new version. That means we can use latexdiff.
LaTeX-diff uses two LaTeX-files and creates a highlighted diff:
With latexdiff-vc this is integrated with the versiontracking system.
All I need to create the needed PDF file is a little bit of additional shell-foo:
pdflatex emissions-tokyo-difff3fc504ecf1d-tip bibtex emissions-tokyo-difff3fc504ecf1d-tip pdflatex emissions-tokyo-difff3fc504ecf1d-tip pdflatex emissions-tokyo-difff3fc504ecf1d-tip pdfjam replytocomments/replytocomments.pdf emissions-tokyo-difff3fc504ecf1d-tip.pdf # => emissions-tokyo-difff3fc504ecf1d-tip-pdfjam.pdf
That’s it. All is highlighted and the pdf is prepared.
And that’s just awesome!
Happy Hacking!