Re: Writing software

2005-06-14 Thread Max Battcher
Dave Land wrote: On Jun 14, 2005, at 9:59 AM, William T Goodall wrote: Since it saves all the versions in one file as diffs in a proprietary undocumented format I would worry about the fragility of the resulting file and how to recover *any* version should it get corrupted. In Word, this is

Re: Writing software

2005-06-14 Thread Dave Land
On Jun 14, 2005, at 9:59 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 14 Jun 2005, at 11:37 am, Max Battcher wrote: Dave Land wrote: OpenOffice.org, which is the free (as in beer and speech) version of Sun's StarOffice package, which it (Sun) posits as an alternative to Microsoft Office, has versioning b

Re: Writing software

2005-06-14 Thread William T Goodall
On 14 Jun 2005, at 11:37 am, Max Battcher wrote: Dave Land wrote: OpenOffice.org, which is the free (as in beer and speech) version of Sun's StarOffice package, which it (Sun) posits as an alternative to Microsoft Office, has versioning built in. In the File menu is a "Versions..." item that

Re: Writing software

2005-06-14 Thread Max Battcher
Dave Land wrote: OpenOffice.org, which is the free (as in beer and speech) version of Sun's StarOffice package, which it (Sun) posits as an alternative to Microsoft Office, has versioning built in. In the File menu is a "Versions..." item that allows you to create multiple versions of a work in

Re: Writing software

2005-06-14 Thread G. D. Akin
Dave asked: > > > I'm sure this has come up before, but what software is there out there that > > can help you manage versions. As I get further into my English program, I > > find that I'm having a hard time keeping track of what's what and when I > > wrote what when? > > > > Low- and no-cost pre

Re: Writing software

2005-06-14 Thread Dave Land
On Jun 13, 2005, at 5:12 AM, G. D. Akin wrote: Low- and no-cost preferred but I am interested in all. OpenOffice.org, which is the free (as in beer and speech) version of Sun's StarOffice package, which it (Sun) posits as an alternative to Microsoft Office, has versioning built in. In the Fil

Re: Writing software

2005-06-13 Thread Dave Land
On Jun 13, 2005, at 5:12 AM, G. D. Akin wrote: I'm sure this has come up before, but what software is there out there that can help you manage versions. As I get further into my English program, I find that I'm having a hard time keeping track of what's what and when I wrote what when? Low-

Re: Writing software

2005-06-13 Thread Max Battcher
G. D. Akin wrote: I'm sure this has come up before, but what software is there out there that can help you manage versions. As I get further into my English program, I find that I'm having a hard time keeping track of what's what and when I wrote what when? Low- and no-cost preferred but I am i

Writing software

2005-06-13 Thread Robert J. Chassell
G. D. Akin asked, ... what software is there out there that can help you manage versions. Try arch, specifically, Tom Lord's version written in C for speed, tla. Arch enables you to manage versions. I looked at it recently and wrote briefly about it for documents for people teaching law

Re: Writing software

2005-06-13 Thread David Land
George, I'm sure this has come up before, but what software is there out there that can help you manage versions. As I get further into my English program, I find that I'm having a hard time keeping track of what's what and when I wrote what when? Low- and no-cost preferred but I am interested

Writing software

2005-06-13 Thread G. D. Akin
I'm sure this has come up before, but what software is there out there that can help you manage versions. As I get further into my English program, I find that I'm having a hard time keeping track of what's what and when I wrote what when? Low- and no-cost preferred but I am interested in all. T