Re: tlug: (La)TeX, SGML, or ... ?

[Peter Linsley <plinsley@example.com>]

FYI

Your message dated: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 21:03:19 +0900

[snip]

> A constraint is that I don't have time to learn to write markup language
> files or anything just now, so I have to regard graphical editing of the
> files as pretty important.  I would also like to use RCS for version
> control if possible.

Just a quick point on the version control. Rather than RCS you may want to
think about using CVS. It is good for web sites for the following reasons
      - Can handle binary files (image data, java classes etc.)
      - Works on a directory basis
      - The repository can be configured to automatically update your
        live site with latest versions on each new checkin.
      - An apache module is available which pull out latest version
        of file for each request
      - CVS is also client server, your working directory can be on any machine
      - Unreserved checkouts by default, ie, no file locking. Uses merge to resolve
        conflicts.
      - Uses `modules' concept so that you can checkout only the collection of
        files you require.

We have been using CVS for internal sites and found it to suit all our needs.

Regards,

pete
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