"Jon A. Cruz" wrote:

> Quickstart:
> * make a C:\bin directory
> * add it to your PATH
> * go there
> * extract rcs57nt.zip
> * extract diff27nt.zip
> * read some docs   :-)
> * go to where you are working on stuff
> * create a 'RCS' directory (all caps, if you can)
> 
> * ci -l *.pov
> 
> Now each one should ask you to enter a description.
> the "-l" option makes it check back out a locked version after the check-in is
> done. A locked version is one that you can edit.
> 
> And whenever you finish editing a .pov file and are at a stage that you might want
> to keep around, or just before you start doing strange experiments in it...
> 
> ci -l myfile.pov
> 
> voila! you have source control.
> 
> the command
> rcsdiff myfile.pov
> will show you what has changed since your last check-in.
> 
> the command
> rcslog myfile.pov
> will show you a history on that file.

That sounds like an aweful lot of work when you can just hit the "save as"
button once in a while to save your work. Source control in a pov file is
almost pointless unless you have an image to go with it to compare the
visual output differences between the two files. <g>


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