Sam, For your situation I would have two suggestions: 1) look into using CVS || SVN, which are network aware (i.e. multi user) Version Control Systems, but one of your machines has to act as the 'server' (Note: CVS's :local: mode does not require much network tweaking, and could work on a removable [USB?] drive carried between machines). With CVS you can (after un-locking the RCS files) copy the RCS files into the directory structure and have all your current history easy. From a LyX UI perspective CVS works the same as RCS without the locking behavior, and I think SVN is the same. Also note that if you use any RCS keywords, for example '$Revision:$', in your files, CVS will handle them the same as RCS.
2) To continue using RCS in the manner you are, which is not advisable, BUT: before switching computers each time, check the file in, but do not check back out a LOCKED copy of the file, and then you should be able to checkout a LOCKED copy on the other computer. Version Control is GOOD :) Even when this disclaimer is not here: I am not a contracting officer. I do not have authority to make or modify the terms of any contract. > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Lewis [mailto:stroboscopicallyconflu...@yahoo.co.uk] > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:29 > To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > Subject: RCS user name > > Dear all, > > I am using RCS for all my LyX documents to control version changes. > > I usually synchronize my data to any other Linux computer at a > different office. However, when working on a different machine from > where the initial document was registered I am unable to check in the > document changes, because I log onto each system with different a > username. > > > Is there a way around this? Does someone know how to configure RCS, > because the username in LyX identity settings does not seem to affect > this issues. > > Many thanks! > Sam >
