Re: [O] multilingual presentation with org

[Jambunathan K]

Nick Dokos <address@hidden> writes:

> Jambunathan K <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> 
>> Nick
>> 
>> What Brian is saying is this and I am interpreting.
>> 
>> There is a line by line correspondence between the two files. So,

See the attached screenshot.

>> 1. Put the English file under version control and check it in.

This is recital.txt.~HEAD~ in the upper window.

>> 2. Overwrite the English file with the Sanskrit file (remember to
>>    preserve line by line correspondence) and check the sanskrit file in.

Just overwrite but don't check it in. This recital.txt is in the lower
window.

>> 3. Now do a C-x v u to launch ediff on the two versions of the file. Two
>>    windows will pop up and IIRC, you can arrange for the windows to be
>>    either arranged side by side or one on top of another.
>> 4. Press q on Ediff control panel so that diff overlays are removed
>>    while leaving the windows intact.
>> 

The command should be C-x v = which I have arranged so that it launches
ediff for me with the two buffers arranged one below the other. (I have
some customizations and I can dig out my customization if you need. My
customizations pre-date Emacs-24.1) But Emacs-24.1 does have a
vc-ediff. So I believe C-x v = can rebound to vc-ediff if it isn't
already.

Also note the cursors in the two windows.

> I don't understand what the first four steps do for you.

My setup is so old (and is so part of the way I do commits for as long
as I remember) that I confused myself into thinking that they are part
of Emacs. I am not to blame here, only my memory.

>> 5. Now do M-x scroll-all-mode so that the two windows scroll
>>    together. Cursor position in the two windows can be used to guiding
>>    the eyeballs of the audience.
>> 
>
> All you need for this is two side-by-side windows with the two files and
> scroll-all-mode[fn:1]. Ediff (and source control) is irrelevant -
> correct?

Correct. Ediff is not needed. But it is convenient. No C-x C-fs twice
over or splitting windows (atleast in my case)

> If only hl-line-highlight played well with scroll-all-mode...

We can make a feature request.

>
>> An advanced option will be to siphon off each stanza in the recital in
>> to separate files of their own and put the sanskrit and english files in
>> separate directories (but with the same name) as below.
>> 
>> english/stanza1
>> english/stanza2
>> 
>> sanskrit/stanza1
>> sanskrit/stanza2
>> 
>> Then one can do M-x ediff-directories to have all the stanzas show up
>> and then launch ediff on each of the stanzas.
>> 
>
> I might try this to see how it works but it'd take more time than I can
> afford right now.
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>
> Footnotes:
>
> [fn:1] I was looking for that and didn't find it - thanks for pointing
>        it out. I thought at first that follow-mode was what was needed,
>        but that wasn't it.

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