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Janeice DelVecchio wrote:You and Scott did most of the work implementing all the rules you needed. My thing is just an engine to run the rules.
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the Word docs
Sander Hollaar wrote:
the Word docs
Would LaTeX be an option for writing a book like yours?
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Janeice DelVecchio wrote:You're very welcome. I am really so happy you both liked it so much!
You and Scott did most of the work implementing all the rules you needed. My thing is just an engine to run the rules.
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Imagine 2 authors and 3-4 editors are all working on the same chapter.. lot easier to manage/review/approve changes in Word.
Scott Selikoff wrote:
Janeice DelVecchio wrote:You're very welcome. I am really so happy you both liked it so much!
You and Scott did most of the work implementing all the rules you needed. My thing is just an engine to run the rules.
Did I though? I remember early on I would implement my rules in the form of “Hey Janeice can you make this change...”.![]()
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Sander Hollaar wrote:Not to invalidate the point you make towards Word, but this sounds like something Github/Gitlab could provide as well. But likely not as sophisticated as Word. Thanks for the insight.
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Scott Selikoff wrote:You could, but I think Word is better for reviewing text documents. Unlike code, which tends to be rewritten in functions or lines, text documents can have a lot more subtle differences. Also, it allows us to visualize the edits for all changes, not just the most recent one, along with who modified what (based on color). So, as much as I'd prefer LaTeX, I think it is useful post-submission in editing the document.
Martin Vashko wrote:
Also, which language/library does the book tool use? Is it a VBA or .NET? (Or, hopefully, something else?)
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Campbell Ritchie wrote:Good to see you again, Janeice
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Janeice DelVecchio wrote:Java with spring boot and poi. Could have been done in any language that has a library for word doc. If it were docx, I would have used straight xml traversal.
Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:We are writing a book about Java. Using another language on the book would be heresy
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