So it would work for html?
Duncan C. Kinder
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From: "David H. Thornley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: CVS for Lawyers?
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> 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.
>
