On Mon, 15 Nov 2021, 21:15 Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
wrote:
> My intention is that the final PDF to be sent to the committee
> will have those diffs.
> But I have no clue of how to do that kind of things,
> so for an initial draft to discuss on,
> before even presenting it to the committee,
> I think my "native" language for writing technical documents
> will be easier.
>
> Also,
> I'm curious,
> do you do those diffs usually by hand?
>
Yes. Just highlight text in red and green, with strike through or
underlining.
If you write the paper in LaTeX you can use macros like:
\definecolor{addclr}{rgb}{0,.6,.6}
\definecolor{remclr}{rgb}{1,0,0}
\renewcommand{\added}[1]{\textcolor{addclr}{\uline{#1}}}
\newcommand{\removed}[1]{\textcolor{remclr}{\sout{#1}}}
\renewcommand{\changed}[2]{\removed{#1}\added{#2}}
I mean, you can't diff(1) a PDF, can you? :)
>
Aside: see diffpdf, which is packaged by some distros.
