Duncan Kinder wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I am interested in the topic of version control, not for software
> development, but for the production of other documents, such as legal
> documents or editing for online publications.
>
CVS works best on text files separated into lines, as these allow
it to store the changes efficiently. If you can define a change as
removal of certain lines and addition of certain other lines, and
two changes to the same file that do not directly conflict can
probably be applied together, then CVS is useful.
So, whether CVS is useful depends on the type of files you use.
If you use .doc files or some other binary format, then CVS is
no more than a manager that can be used for on-line backup and
restore. If you use a text-based formatting tool like LaTeX (or
other TeX) or *roff, then CVS should be able to manage your
documents very nicely.
