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[Robert Eckelmann <address@hidden>]

Hi,

while writing my thesis I used TeXmacs and subversion, with no problems.

I did not really felt the wish to use svn from within TeXmacs, as I
usually started it from shell.  So i could checkuout and in before and
after using TeXmacs.


Greetings,
Rob


PS: I did not use any speacial options for .tm files in my svn-setup



On Wed, 28 May 2008 14:36:21 -0400 (EDT)
"David G. Wonnacott" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi everybody,
> 
> I've been using TeXmacs instead of LaTeX happily for several years now
> for projects of my own for which a final PDF is required. I'm now
> looking at totally converting, and wanted to ask about experiences
> with what I see as the two big hurdles I'll have to overcome:
> 
> 1) Version control and support for collaboration --- it is my
>    impression that there are plans to make TeXmacs connect well to
>    some sort of version control system, but that for the moment, one
>    simply uses CVS or SVS or something to keep versions of the .tm
>    files.
> 
>    My experience with LaTeX is that when one does this as part of a
>    group of several people, there are often "CVS conflicts" in which
>    CVS leaves >>> and <<< marks in the .tex file in ways that prevent
>    LaTeX from processing it until one goes in with emacs/vi and
>    resolves the conflicts in terms of the LaTeX source.
> 
>    Is it necessary to go into the .tm file with emacs/vi and resolve
>    conflicts there? How bad would this be for folks who are not
>    steeped in the .tm format? What does TeXmacs do when it reads an
>    invalid file? Are there other things I should know about or be
>    asking about?
> 
> 2) Export to LaTeX and use of other style files --- a few tests
>    suggest that the "export to LaTeX" feature works quite well. How
>    hard it is to then integrate one's work with the LaTeX ".sty" file,
>    when one is communicating with a journal or conference that
>    requires LaTeX source that conforms to their style? (Too bad they
>    don't accept texmacs source, but at least they don't require .doc
>    format!).
> 
> Thanks for any advice,
>                       Dave Wonnacott

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