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Q&A Text Editors. Suggesting & Tracking Changes to Plain-Text Documents

Many word processors are capable to tracking and displaying changes made to a document. Those changes are typically displayed in special markup supported by the editor. E.g. But when using a pla...

5 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Robert Cartaino‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by celtschk‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T02:37:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/6864
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Robert Cartaino‭ · 2019-12-08T02:37:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
Many word processors are capable to tracking and displaying changes made to a document. Those changes are typically displayed in special markup supported by the editor. E.g.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/97Dy9.png)

But when using a **plain text** editor (like Microsoft's Notepad), is there a useful markup technique that editors can use to suggest changes, without losing any of the original text?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2012-12-21T18:55:59Z (almost 12 years ago)
Original score: 15