David,
gCvs is still in Alpha stage, it's not feature complete. What you relate
have not been implemented yet.
gCvs is going to be advantage for WinCvs users because the interface is
going to be alike. However, tkCvs is still the best choice on Unix for
now.
Regards,
alex.
Peng Yun wrote:
>
> hi, dear experts,
>
> i am a newbie to CVS. i install a gCVS1.0a4 in a sparc/solaris2.6 machine. i
> have some question about CVS/gCVS.
>
> 1. i heard from internet that tkCVS is the most favorite UNIX GUI. is it
> true? how about gCVS? Consided with learning curve, how much do u think a
> GUI is necessary for beginners? The members of my group think command line
> is not easy to use.
>
> 2. i tried WinCVS before gCVS, both has similar interface. i found that: (A)
> i can't input CVS command line in "status view wor,space" while i can do it
> in wincvs; (B)the "creat new repository" doesn't work, i have to input "cvs
> init" by hand; (C)there is a feature in graph selected. in wincvs, when i
> click the version box, its corresponding status will be showed in status
> view workspace. but in gcvs , this feature disappears. I want to know: are
> the problems above due to gcvs' not-done, or my mis-compile?
>
> 3. about CVS server. I want to setup a simplest one in this point, no
> password, no authentication. what's the way?
>
> any reponse is highly appreciated. thanks in advance!
>
> David Penn
> Shanghai Inst., Huawei Tech. Co.
> P.R. China
