Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: 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 In article <2544@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes: > > 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 -- Spoken: Mark Weiser ARPA: mark@mimsy.cs.umd Phone: +1-301-454-7817 CSNet: mark@mimsy UUCP: {seismo,allegra}!mimsy!mark USPS: Computer Science Dept., University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742