jim, i've done my best, i really tried, but i just can't see a use-case for your pgdiff. i did rework some of its output, to show how my tool could successfully aid yours, and i am willing to show that, if you want. but i was starting to get the feeling that i was just turning _your_ output into the output generated by _my_ tool, and how does it help us to have identical output? you've said pgdiff is intended for doing comparisons between different editions, and not ones aimed at finding the small differences that happen during proofing. but, as far as i can see, your output gets mired even on the smaller changes, so i can't imagine it's better on bigger ones. just as one example, there's this:
{ [Illustration: } { The } { Bakery } { and } { Shops } { of } { the } { Russians--Later } { the | property. }
that's a line of text from one of the two comparison files, which got chopped into its individual words. i could only imagine the mess if a whole paragraph or section was added in the second comparison file. so, sadly, i just can't find a use-case here. but, you know, if it scratches _your_ itch, that's all that really matters with a tool... -bowerbird p.s. however, i would really like to hear from anyone who employs jim's tool and finds that it helps them with their goals, because if the failure to see a use-case is _my_ failure, i want to know about it.