From fbc6d9181a2cb75ce4a4d4c4d35108f156efa5a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:33:44 +0200 Subject: add binary alternatives MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- using-git.texinfo | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/using-git.texinfo b/using-git.texinfo index e8ab4c9..638e139 100644 --- a/using-git.texinfo +++ b/using-git.texinfo @@ -1372,10 +1372,39 @@ conflict, git may not realise it depending on the binary format, or may not be able to merge the changes. If git cannot merge the and you cannot open it in a text editor, you will -not a file you can open an se the conflicts in +not a file you can open and se the conflicts in so you must open both's versions and manual inspect and merge them. +Luckly most type of files formats have an +text based alternative. + +@table @asis +@item Images +Portable pixmap (.ppm, .pgm, .pbm, .pnm) is +a text based@footnote{Optionally partially +binary} image format that is supported by +The GIMP. + +@item Documentations +Texinfo and TeX two very popular alternatives +to word editors such as Libre Office. + +Texinfo is designed for manuals and books, and +can be compiled to virtually any publish format, +including @command{info} manuals, Hypertext +Markup Language, Portable Document Format and +PostScript. + +TeX is more general perpose@footnote{Texinfo is +actually a macro set for TeX} has extensible and +redefinable syntax and is written to guarantee +that one source will always and everywhere produce +the exact same binaries, in terms of hows that +look when viewed. Its macro set LaTeX is the +prefered office system in academia. +@end table + @node GNU Free Documentation License -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2