Need a little help with version control

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TFM isn’t helpful. It does not tell how to get started. Plus, TFM assumes more knowledge of version control systems than most LyX users have. I don’t want to install rcs as long as svn is supposed to work.

Jerry


> On Feb 10, 2021, at 5:45 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse <nospam at lisse.NA> wrote:
> 
> The 'ci not found' means it wants the RCS system to which ci belongs and
> this is not installed, which can be rectified easily by homebrew.
> 
> For the rest, RTFM (Help --> Additional Features)
> 
> el
> 
> 
> On 09/02/2021 14:01, list_email at icloud.com wrote:
>> I’m trying to learn version control (SVN) with LyX on macOS. I have a
>> little past experience with SVn in another context and I’m in Chapter
>> 2 of the book at svnbook.red-bean.com as a refresher.  I am the only
>> person who will access the repository which is on my own computer.
>> 
>> I have set up new repository and imported three files, a LyX document
>> and two graphics files.  (I am using a nice GUI app on the Mac).  I
>> can check out the LyX document, edit it, and commit.  But what I can’t
>> figure out is what is the LyX File -> Version Control -> Register item
>> for?  I think it wants to add the current LyX file, which is assumed
>> to be not under version control, to the repository.  But _what_
>> repository?  I made a second LyX file named Registering.lyx and typed
>> “Registering a document” into the dialog box.  Then I get this
>> message:
>> 
>> Some problem occurred while running the command:
>> 'ci -q -u -i -t-"Registering a document" "Registering.lyx"'.
>> 
>> I think I am somehow am missing “Step 0” in setting things up.
>> 
>> Thanks as always for any hints.
>> 
>> Jerry
>> 
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