[Oberon] Text processing problem?

[Bob Walkden]

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Compare-and-combine-documents-in-Word-2007-420236df-c0a1-4f05-8962-03c7a1827074


> On 17 Apr 2016, at 04:42, eas lab <lab.eas at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I've often wondered how users of Microsoft and other 'proper' systems
> solve problems like this:
> * you fetch an important text file, which has 3 different possible
> classifications, so you chose <class A> to store it, after adding extra info;
> * 4 years later, while searching on a suitable word you find that you have
> 3 copies of *that* file in each of 3 classifications / directories, and each
> of slightly different size, from extra info added as you have read them.
> * you want to consolidate the 3 copies to ONE file, without losing the
> extra info added.
> 
> Linux & LEO does this:.
> * Linux find each file and push a button to append its location to <StakFile>;
> 
> * in LEO:    NB. for ETHO beginners: you don't type these commands;
>    you just klik then on the menu: System3.Tool
> 
> *  fetch the tail of <StakFile>
> *  EditTools.OpenUnix ^    for each of the 3 files
> *  position the caret at the begin of 2 of the 3 files
> *  TextDocs.SearchDiff ^^.
> *  note the text differences following where the difference starts;
>   possibly coloring the differences, for later comparison and manual
>   editing to get ONE version.
> # reposition the caretS where the 2 file syncronise & repeat above
> --
> # similarly compare the 3rd file with 1 or 2.
> Decide which of the 3 classifications / Directories is to be used.
> 
> *VISUALLY* locate and compare the *COLORED* different <own info>
> and edit these sections to a single version, in the FinalDestinationFile
> 
> How do you [who don't need more than 2 files viewable together]
> do it ?
> 
> == Chris Glur.
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