Caveat emptor: I don't have experience in saving Word docs in CVS, just with a) Word docs, and b) CVS.
"Tzahi Fadida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > what you suggest takes out all the point of using the cvs. for that, > i don't need cvs. i could just save them on a joint share, and > similar things like that. If I read Guy's posting correctly, he *is* suggesting that you use CVS properly. You will be able to cvs commit|update etc, it's just that the files themselves will be binary (which is what they really are) and, say, cvs diff will not give you anything useful. > What i am seeking is using the power of cvs, to use, for example > wincvs to update parts of the document that i feel should be in it, > just like when it is used to version C projects. example: a > colleague commits a requirement to the document in the cvs and when > i come to the commit phase, i see it and choose to accept or reject > the change. I think you will be able to do it, but only if you and your colleagues use Word's change tracking and comments. When a colleague of yours edits the doc with change tracking on and commits the change with an intelligent checkin message, you'll see a new version, say 1.21 in CVS. You will be able to check it out, edit further, compare (on Windows) with another checked out revision, say 1.20, and even merge (again, using Word tools only). I don't see how you can use CVS for diffing or merging binary files, especially when the format is unknown. What you will gain from CVS here is the ability to tag revisions and to roll back if needed. I don't think you can do that in Word once you accept changes. At least I don't know how. > i am willing to move from office word for a small and free software > (not another office behemoth), if it will allow me to do this > thing. i don't mind working with html with simple headings, all i am > concerned about is the numberings topology for easy readability. LaTeX comes to mind, again. As an additional benefit you'll get a *much* better quality output... ;-) -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
