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In Article <862893876.637513@aldan> Mikhail Teterin writes:
>
>Honorable Richard Keech   Open Systems Group
>      wrote on 04 May (in article <xiasp03bjex.fsf@colesmyer.com.au>):
>
>>>Is there a GUI fron-end for RCS (revision control system) for X 
Window? 
>
>=emacs (which runs under X) has an efficient interface to RCS.  i
>=recommend it highly.  if you are using RCS you are probably editing
>=files. with emacs you have your version control integrated nicely 
with
>=your editing.  
>
>Oh, yes! And I find it greatly annoying, BTW. Can someone tell me
>how to turn this "feature" off? Here is what happens. I check out
>a file on my FreeBSD machine. My colleague works with Emacs on NT
>(shame on him, but what can I do?). As we know, NT does not have
>``rcs'', but Emacs thinks it is smarter then it's users (true for
>many cases). So, it sees the RCS subdirectory next to the file my
>colleague wants to edit, and insists on the file being either
>read-only, or wants to check-it out (which fails due to the lack
>of rcs).
>
>How do I make it write to the file, damn it?! Unix permissions are
>just fine, what is it's problem?!?
>
You can get RCS for NT - I use it all the time and it works a treat. 
The latest version handles long filenames (the earlier version seemed 
to have a maximum of 9.4). Not sure if the RCS files will be compatible 
between Linux and NT but since they are just text files they should be 
OK.

Stew
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