hopefully fix tex2lyx linking.

[lyx.git] / src / changes.C

diff --git a/src/changes.C b/src/changes.C
index 6458e65733d04cf3df5a1e88c5d2d2f9ca280b3e..e3cbdf5270299d1cea95552b1ac51fe12447fb7e 100644 (file)
--- a/src/changes.C
+++ b/src/changes.C
@@ -30,27 +30,32 @@ using std::max;
  * Class Change has a changetime field that specifies the exact time at which
  * a specific change was made. The change time is used as a guidance for the
  * user while editing his document. Presently, it is not considered for LaTeX
- * export. To avoid that every keystroke results in a separate change, a 
- * tolerance interval of 5 minutes is used. That means if there are two adjacent
- * changes that only differ in their change time with abs(ct1 - ct2) < 300 sec,
- * they will be merged (and the later change time is preserved).
- * Technically, the check for equality (or similarity) is made in operator==(...).
- * The merging of similar changes happens in method merge().
+ * export.
+ * When merging two adjacent changes, the changetime is not considered,
+ * only the equality of the change type and author is checked (in method
+ * isSimilarTo(...)). If two changes are in fact merged (in method merge()),
+ * the later change time is preserved. 
  */
 
-bool operator==(Change const & l, Change const & r)
+bool Change::isSimilarTo(Change const & change)
 {
-       if (l.type != r.type) {
+       if (type != change.type) {
                return false;
        }
 
-       if (l.type == Change::UNCHANGED) {
+       if (type == Change::UNCHANGED) {
                return true;
        }
 
-       return l.author == r.author
-              // both changes made within 5 minutes?
-              && abs(static_cast<int>(l.changetime - r.changetime)) < 300;
+       return author == change.author;
+}
+
+
+bool operator==(Change const & l, Change const & r)
+{
+       return l.type == r.type &&
+              l.author == r.author &&
+              l.changetime == r.changetime;
 }
 
 
@@ -292,7 +297,7 @@ void Changes::merge()
                if (it + 1 == table_.end())
                        break;
 
-               if (it->change == (it + 1)->change && it->range.end == (it + 1)->range.start) {
+               if (it->change.isSimilarTo((it + 1)->change) && it->range.end == (it + 1)->range.start) {
                        if (lyxerr.debugging(Debug::CHANGES)) {
                                lyxerr[Debug::CHANGES] << "  merging ranges (" << it->range.start << ", "
                                        << it->range.end << ") and (" << (it + 1)->range.start << ", "