Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Great, then you should put a WebDav server and do your editing from there. >> This seem the best route to go to or use SVN/CVS. > > What would this look like? Could you give me some pointers? > Also, from what I understand webdav is just a protocol to talk a repository, > whereas I'm interested in integrated OpenOffice support (i.e. the user side > of the problem). > From what I gather, OpenOffice can fetch and store documents on webdav > shares, but how can I use it to do revision control (does just "Save" > always create a new revision? How do I fetch/compare older revisions?)? > Also how do I save when I don't temporarily have access to the webdav share? > In other words: where is it documented? > > > Stefan > > >> On 6/11/07, Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I'm looking for information about what can be used to do revision control >>> of >>> OpenOffice documents. The only info I could find is on the built-in "Save >>> Version" thingy which doesn't really do what I want. >>> >>> I want my OpenOffice documents to be normal (the older revisions shouldn't >>> be stored directly inside the OpenOffice document), but to store elsewhere >>> (RCS/SCCS/CVS/Arch/Git/DaRCS/Monotone/Svn/younameit) a history of the >>> changes the document has gone through, along with ways to go back to older >>> revisions, compare revisions, ... >>> >>> The documents are often editted from different machines (generally by the >>> same user, tho), so it'd be best if the repository can be remote. >>> >>> Also it should be integrated into OpenOffice. >>> >>> In the past I've used CS-RCS in MS-Word and I'm looking for something >>> along >>> the same lines, but for OpenOffice (and it should work on Mac OS X, and be >>> Free Software). >>> >>> >>> Stefan >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> > > >> -- >> Alexandro Colorado >> OpenOffice.org Español >> IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't think it is possible, is it? A .odt file is a ZIP file, and even though, internally, it contains text, I believe that any CVSish type of program would see it as a binary file. Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
