Re: Version Control for Writers

2013-08-01 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla''
On 2013-07-31 at 17:31:51 -0400, Dylan Kinnett wrote: I joined this group because I'm interested in using version control software to help writers, editors, publishers, scholars and archivists. In [...] I would be grateful for any thoughts, comments, advice, etc. that any of you might be able

Re: Version Control for Writers

2013-08-01 Thread Cory Francis Myers
Dylan, I appreciate your starting this discussion. I'm the lone programmer among a family of writers and have had this issue at the back of my mind for some time, without much optimism. Specifically, to your point, Elena: On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 09:17:23AM +0200, Elena ``of Valhalla'' wrote:

Re: Version Control for Writers

2013-08-01 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Cory Francis Myers c...@panix.com wrote: As much as I prefer this route myself, I venture that not all writers have this choice to make. Journalism outfits and publishing houses alike have established workflows that depend on Microsoft Word, its impoverished

Re: Version Control for Writers

2013-08-01 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
btw -- another interesting idea which I now remembered but which wasn't yet mentioned I believe: collaborate on google docs but keep version control outside under git: https://github.com/satra/doc2hub Cheers, On Wed, 31 Jul 2013, Dylan Kinnett wrote: Hello group, I joined this group because

Re: Version Control for Writers

2013-08-01 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Yaroslav Halchenko li...@onerussian.com wrote: btw -- another interesting idea which I now remembered but which wasn't yet mentioned I believe: collaborate on google docs but keep version control outside under git: https://github.com/satra/doc2hub If you _have_