[texworks] Document Version-ing and synctex Previewing

Alain Delmotte esperanto at swing.be
Tue Jun 21 09:54:00 CEST 2011


Paul,

I had a look to the link you provided.

It seems that Bazaar could match our requirements; it is a 
distributed system, but it can be used purely locally (as I 
understand it).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazaar_(software)

Regards,

Alain

Le 21/06/2011 09:01, Paul A Norman a écrit :
> Alain,
>
> Yes afaik - also a problem, as for you,  when we are mobile
> w.o internet.
>
> Just trialled a hook script that automatically offers to
> make unique date-time named copies of main TeX document each
> time the document is typeset. That Script could be altered
> to optionally point to a any directory for saving, ...
> portable harddrive or a thumb storage perhaps.
>
> I'm also looking here when I get time:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_revision_control_software
>
> Paul
>
> On 21 June 2011 18:38, Alain Delmotte <esperanto at swing.be
> <mailto:esperanto at swing.be>> wrote:
>
>     Hi!
>
>     Le 20/06/2011 01:27, Charlie Sharpsteen a écrit :
>
>         On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Paul A
>         Norman<paul.a.norman at gmail.com
>         <mailto:paul.a.norman at gmail.com> >  wrote:
>
>         Have you considered using a version control system
>         such as Git,
>         Mercurial or SVN? Then you would just have one copy,
>         These-Fair-Isles.tex, and the ability to rewind to
>         any prior version.
>         Plus, distributed systems like Git and Mercurial
>         offer even more
>         security of work by allowing you to easily mirror
>         your documents
>         across multiple computers in case the proverbial
>         bolt of lightning
>         strikes your main machine.
>
>         -Charlie
>
>
>     As I understand the documentations, these version
>     control system require to work over internet! Right?
>
>     Is there a system which could completely be installed
>     locally? I mean working on a machine not connected to
>     Internet or which doesn't require to?
>
>     --
>     Alain
>
>
>




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