RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software -- PDM

2010-08-06 Thread Flato, Gillian
echnologies.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software To continue my previous thought... Also note that "the tricky bit with multiple people" really isn't a problem, either, because the checked-out files you will be working with will typically be o

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software -- PDM

2010-08-06 Thread Flato, Gillian
m Subject: RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:38:46 -0400 Alison Craig wrote: > Thanks for the additional information. I'm always impressed with the detail I > get when I ask this list a question! > > You say "We configure it to exclude lc

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-06 Thread Fred Ridder
set of working files, there is still no need for the rudimentary Network File Locking scheme that FrameMaker provides. -Fred Ridder From: docu...@hotmail.com To: alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com; mike.feims...@acstechnologies.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker and

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-06 Thread Fred Ridder
Alison Craig wrote: > Thanks for the additional information. I'm always impressed with the detail I > get when I ask this list a question! > > You say "We configure it to exclude lck files". As R&D has yet to set me up > on SVN (we're about to do an interim software/Addendum release) I don't

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
> For that matter, I always exclude .ps files and my gut instinct is to exclude > .pdfs as well, though I can see the advantage to include them. Once a document/book is "released", I am a firm believer in keeping the PDF as well. In case there are any questions about the content ... for example,

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-06 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
sers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Alison Craig Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 10:28 AM To: Andy Kass; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software Andy: Thanks for all the information (FYI - I use unstructured FM9). I use v

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-06 Thread Mike Feimster
logies.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andy Kass Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 8:43 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software Hi, I'm on digest, so a bit

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-06 Thread Alison Craig
rs-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andy Kass Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 8:43 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software Hi, I'm on digest, so a bit late to this discussion. I wanted to

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-06 Thread Alison Craig
lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andy Kass Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 5:43 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software Hi, I'm on digest, so a bit late to this discussion. I wanted to clarify that version control and backups serve 2 different p

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-06 Thread Mike Feimster
o:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andy Kass Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 8:43 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software Hi, I'm on digest, so a bit late to this discussion. I wanted to clarify that version control and backups serve 2 diffe

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-05 Thread Andy Kass
Hi, I'm on digest, so a bit late to this discussion. I wanted to clarify that version control and backups serve 2 different purposes. And although version control inherently does backup, it does it inefficiently (uses more space) in the case of unstructured FM's binary files. For binary files,

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-03 Thread Tim J. Slager
Alison, We recently switched to Subversion from Rational ClearCase for some of the same reasons. I use Tortoise SVN (http://tortoisesvn.net/), which integrates with Windows Explorer. And yes, you can lock files, which is a good idea with binary files since you can't merge changes with those any

Re: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-03 Thread Steve Johnson
Craig, Technical Writer > Ultrasonix Medical Corporation > Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127 > E-mail: alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com > > > > -Original Message- > From: Jenny Greenleaf [mailto:jennygreenl...@comcast.net] > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 11:58 AM > To:

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-03 Thread Alison Craig
Corporation Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127 E-mail: alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com -Original Message- From: Steve Johnson [mailto:chinask...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 12:30 PM To: Alison Craig Cc: Jenny Greenleaf; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FrameMaker and Version C

RE: FrameMaker and Version Control Software

2010-08-03 Thread Alison Craig
sonix.com -Original Message- From: Jenny Greenleaf [mailto:jennygreenl...@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 11:58 AM To: Alison Craig Subject: Re: FrameMaker and Version Control Software Hi Alison, I'm a lone writer too. I have several books and release notes to keep track of. I