On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:41:36 -0600 "Stackpole, Chris" <cstackp...@barbnet.com> wrote:
> > From: news [mailto:n...@ger.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Hendrik Boom > > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:59 PM > > Subject: Please brainstorm: Word-processor compatible with version > control > > > > I'd like a word processor compatible with version control systems > > (hereafter abbreviated VCS) Having been duly impressed for decades > now > > how useful VCSs are for programming, I'd like to use them for writing > as > > well. > > > [smip] > What about lyx, it's based on latex so files are text based and editable. It means that it can also export to pdf, ps, text, html, rtf and a few others. The debian version works with rcs, there are patches for svn and git, not sure if svn is already incorporated into the debian version though. > This probably isn't what you are wanting in whole, but it might be > something to consider. I tried finding something very similar to what > you were wanting for a friend who writes a lot. The best they had come > up with was eclipse with a few document management plugins they found > connected to a subversion server. I moved them to mediawiki as a test, > and they really liked it. From all of the versioning, to the linking of > documents, to the ability to outline and update the order of the outline > with almost no work, they loved everything. > > The only two complaints they had was getting their work into a .doc or > .pdf required cut and paste then verify the formatting. Then after they > formatted it, they had to manually save the file back into mediawiki to > keep the revision history. > > However, they write small books, article, newsletters, ect. So nothing > on a grand scale. I think the biggest work I know of is just over 50 > pages of a normal 12 point font Courier document. I can see where > anything large could run into problems here. > > Hope it helps. > > Have fun! > ~Stack~ > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
