Hi,
On Mar 23, 2013 4:37 PM, "Marcos Favero Florence de Barros" <
fav...@mpcnet.com.br> wrote:
>
> > That's what I thought might be the case. Your source files are
> > basically 7 bit ASCII.
>
> > I'd call your use case something to be handled by a Revision
> > Control System. We normally think of them as used for program
> > code, but they can be used for manuscripts as well. Take a look
> > at Walter Tichy's RCS, available for FreeDOS.
>
> I downloaded RCS and had a look at it, but as far as writing
> this book is concerned my needs are very modest compared to the
> capabilities of RCS, especially because I'm the sole author.
It's just an easy way to manage multiple versions, record and see what and
when changes were made, and undo them if necessary.
Some text editors make using such SCMs easier, e.g. GNU Emacs or VIM. Some
(e.g. JED, which I need to package up for FreeDOS one of these days) also
seem to have their own LaTeX modes too (not that I've tried!), if you're
willing to switch editors temporarily. (TDE is great but doesn't have lots
of frills or extensibility.)
> So I'll probably stay with the simpler solution -- an archiver
> such as 7zip.
>
> But I may use RCS in the future, so thanks for the hint anyway.
As mentioned, RCS only stores the deltas, aka changes, instead of copying
the whole file verbatim. It's basically just a convenient front end to
Diff.exe with some meta-data for miscellaneous info.
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