Re: MS Word document always differs

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

See the manual:
https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#reproducible-builds

William Lupton <wlupton-QSt+ys/nuMyEUIsrzH9SikB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org> writes:

> Just commenting on this:
>
>> The two file always differ when I try: diff expected.docx sample.docx. I
> do not see why they should differ when they were created with the same
> parameters and source file with only the name changing.
>
> A docx file is a ZIP that contains many resources including a file
> called docProps/core.xml that includes "created" and "modified" properties
> that indicate when the document was created and modified.
>
> Therefore I don't think that you can assume that two docx files with
> identical content are in fact identical.
>
> Perhaps the word/document.xml files (also in the ZIP) will be identical, or
> perhaps it would be better to convert to a different format for comparison
> purposes?
>
> William
>
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 at 09:40, Nandakumar Chandrasekhar <
> navanitachora-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear Folks,
>>
>> I am in the process of writing a lua-filter that modifies the font of
>> font-awesome icons added to a Word/DOCX document.
>>
>> I am finding that if I were to generate a file called expected.docx from
>> the code:
>>
>> pandoc -f markdown -t docx --reference-doc sample-reference.docx -o
>> expected.docx sample.md
>>
>> and then generate another docx file with a different name using the same
>> source file and reference docx as below:
>>
>> pandoc -f markdown -t docx --reference-doc sample-reference.docx -o
>> sample.docx sample.md
>>
>> The two file always differ when I try:
>>
>> diff expected.docx sample.docx
>>
>> I do not see why they should differ when they were created with the same
>> parameters and source file with only the name changing.
>>
>> What alternatives do I have to stop making the files differ.
>>
>> I need to write tests for my lua filter to be accepted into
>> pandoc/lua-filters.
>>
>> Therefore, I need to make sure that the expected output and the generated
>> output are exactly the same to pass the test.
>>
>> I hope someone can lend some insight.
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
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