A shell script opens WinWord with the documents and a document template.

The document template contains a VBA macro that is run automatically.

It looks up the two documents and performs the comparison.
Unfortunately, the user's help is needed to construct the document template

with the macro from a plain text file, so we print the instructions from

the Makefile.
The README file contains instructions how to use this feature.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>

---

	Ok, here's something that shows how git helps solve REAL PROBLEMS.
	I've been using this for a day or two now with the MinGW port.

	Other Windows prisoners might be interested, too.

	Be sure to read the README and take a deap breath of the

	fresh air.
	;)
	This was only tested with a localized version Microsoft Office 2000,

	so your milage may vary.
	-- Hannes
 contrib/winword/diff/.gitignore      |    2 +

 contrib/winword/diff/Makefile        |   39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 contrib/winword/diff/README          |   34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 contrib/winword/diff/winworddiff.bas |   13 +++++++++++

 contrib/winword/diff/winworddiff.sh  |   15 +++++++++++++

 5 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

 create mode 100644 contrib/winword/diff/.gitignore

 create mode 100644 contrib/winword/diff/Makefile

 create mode 100644 contrib/winword/diff/README

 create mode 100644 contrib/winword/diff/winworddiff.bas

 create mode 100755 contrib/winword/diff/winworddiff.sh
diff --git a/contrib/winword/diff/.gitignore b/contrib/winword/diff/.gitignore

new file mode 100644

index 0000000..f37a3c4

--- /dev/null

+++ b/contrib/winword/diff/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@

+winworddiff

+winworddiff.dot

diff --git a/contrib/winword/diff/Makefile b/contrib/winword/diff/Makefile

new file mode 100644

index 0000000..61de940

--- /dev/null

+++ b/contrib/winword/diff/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@

+prefix = $(HOME)

+bindir = $(prefix)/bin

+datadir = $(prefix)/share/winworddiff

+

+W...
[ message continues ]

Hi,
AFAICT this would be better written as $(PROGRAMFILES) (but you have to

add proper quoting, I guess).
Or, alternatively, you can get it with a simple Tcl script
	package require registry 1.0

	puts [regsub "\\" [registry get \

		"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Extensions" \

		 "doc"] "/"]
Or something like that.
Ciao,

Dscho
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Since we do not find the path to winword.exe automatically, but rely on

what the user has told us, we better check the path for plausibility.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>

---

 contrib/winword/diff/Makefile |    4 ++++

 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/winword/diff/Makefile b/contrib/winword/diff/Makefile

index 61de940..91b9328 100644

--- a/contrib/winword/diff/Makefile

+++ b/contrib/winword/diff/Makefile

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@

+# You can override any of these from ../../../config.mak

 prefix = $(HOME)

 bindir = $(prefix)/bin

 datadir = $(prefix)/share/winworddiff

@@ -8,6 +9,9 @@ INSTALL = install

 all: winworddiff winworddiff.dot
 winworddiff: winworddiff.sh

+ifndef FORCE

+	exec < "$(WINWORDEXE)"	# check existence; override with 'make FORCE=1'

+endif

 	sed	-e 's|@@WINWORDEXE@@|$(WINWORDEXE)|' \

 		-e 's|@@PREFIX@@|$(prefix)|' \

 		< $@.sh > $@

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