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Article #3183Re: Using RCS for manuscripts
From: Mark Weiser
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1986 00:55
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1986 00:55
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In article <2544@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
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> This is sort of a funny question, but I'd like to know what kinds
>of experiences people have had using RCS to maintain text documents (as
>opposed to source code)
>Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy
I used RCS for text for a time, but then discovered that it cost more
storage than just keeping the old versions around directly. Apparently,
the way I edit my papers causes almost every line to change, and
RCS hurt rather than helped, in a compression sense.
-mark
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mimsy!mark From: mark@mimsy.UUCP (Mark Weiser) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Using RCS for manuscripts Message-ID: <4876@mimsy.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Dec-86 19:55:45 EST Article-I.D.: mimsy.4876 Posted: Mon Dec 22 19:55:45 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 23-Dec-86 00:27:57 EST References: <2544@phri.UUCP> Reply-To: mark@mimsy.UUCP (Mark Weiser) Distribution: world Organization: Computer Sci. Dept, U of Maryland, College Park, MD Lines: 16