UntrackChanges

Removes trackchanges from LaTeX

The LaTeX package trackchanges is great! However, sometimes I want to quickly convert all the commands to plain LaTeX. This sometimes happens if I don't have trackchanges installed somewhere, or if it's interfering with the wordcount. This is where this python script comes in!

Features

This script does three things:

1. Replaces \add{foo} with foo.
2. Deletes \delete{bar}.
3. Replaces \change{foo}{bar} with bar.

Warning: This script will not proceed if the trackchanges commands are invalid. I.e. if the curly brackets are unbalanced, this code will error.

Usage

Currently, this is used as a script on a plain .tex file, e.g.

python untrackchanges.py file.tex

This will produce a new file with a .untrack extension.

Todo

• Complete tests
• Add options for changes
• Add checking before computations
• Better file naming