RE: Source Control for Frame

2008-12-10 Thread Andrew Warren
Mike Feimster wrote: > Even though the files are binary and you can't do diffs, the other > benefits of a good version control system are well worth it. > > - If you move to structured Frame and XML, you can do diffs as well as > branching and merging. Ack! Don't do that. The line-based di

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-10 Thread Andrew Warren
Mike Feimster wrote: > Even though the files are binary and you can't do diffs, the other > benefits of a good version control system are well worth it. > > - If you move to structured Frame and XML, you can do diffs as well as > branching and merging. Ack! Don't do that. The line-based di

RE: Source Control for Frame

2008-12-10 Thread Mary Anthony
, December 10, 2008 6:18 AM > To: Mike Feimster > Cc: Framers List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Source Control for Frame > > I agree with Mike. We use CVS with our FrameMaker files. Although it is > a > bit annoying that FrameMaker thinks it's changed when it often has

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-10 Thread feimin_lore...@amis.com
+1 519 831 4931 | mobile +1 519 884 0228 | fax http://www.onsemi.com "Mike Feimster" Sent by: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 12/10/2008 09:01 AM To , "Donald M Rinderknecht" , "Flato, Gillian" cc Framers List Su

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-10 Thread Mike Feimster
nal Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of quills at airmail.net Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 3:36 PM To: Donald M Rinderknecht; Flato, Gillian Cc: Framers List Subject: Re: Source Control for Frame At 1:53 PM -0600 1

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-10 Thread Mary Anthony
f Of FeiMin_Lorente at amis.com > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:18 AM > To: Mike Feimster > Cc: Framers List; framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Source Control for Frame > > I agree with Mike. We use CVS with our FrameMaker files. Although it is > a > bit

RE: Source Control for Frame

2008-12-10 Thread FeiMin_Lorente
ato, Gillian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc Framers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject RE: Source Control for Frame Even though the files are binary and you can't do diffs, the other benefits of a good version control system are well worth it. - You can always go back to a pre

RE: Source Control for Frame

2008-12-10 Thread Mike Feimster
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 3:36 PM To: Donald M Rinderknecht; Flato, Gillian Cc: Framers List Subject: Re: Source Control for Frame At 1:53 PM -0600 12/9/08, Donald M Rinderknecht wrote: >Hi

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-09 Thread qui...@airmail.net
At 1:53 PM -0600 12/9/08, Donald M Rinderknecht wrote: >Hi Gillian, > >Other than the diff report (which I assume provides more details than >just a time/date stamp) is SVN useful? > >I've been wanting some centralized document management for our >FrameMaker (and other) files for a long time. We ha

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-09 Thread Donald M Rinderknecht
Hi Gillian, Other than the diff report (which I assume provides more details than just a time/date stamp) is SVN useful? I've been wanting some centralized document management for our FrameMaker (and other) files for a long time. We have several folks that author materials, sometimes in teams.

Re: Source Control for Frame

2008-12-09 Thread quills
At 1:53 PM -0600 12/9/08, Donald M Rinderknecht wrote: >Hi Gillian, > >Other than the diff report (which I assume provides more details than >just a time/date stamp) is SVN useful? > >I've been wanting some centralized document management for our >FrameMaker (and other) files for a long time. We ha

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-09 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:53:38 -0600, Donald M Rinderknecht wrote: >Folks have mentioned going to MIF files or XML. Wouldn't those options >add steps to the workflow? I assume they (MIF or XML) would affect the >workflow in a similar fashion. Also, going to XML would require >structure (I assum

Re: Source Control for Frame

2008-12-09 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:53:38 -0600, Donald M Rinderknecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Folks have mentioned going to MIF files or XML. Wouldn't those options >add steps to the workflow? I assume they (MIF or XML) would affect the >workflow in a similar fashion. Also, going to XML would require

Re: Source Control for Frame

2008-12-09 Thread Donald M Rinderknecht
Hi Gillian, Other than the diff report (which I assume provides more details than just a time/date stamp) is SVN useful? I've been wanting some centralized document management for our FrameMaker (and other) files for a long time. We have several folks that author materials, sometimes in teams.

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread O'Laoghaire Micheal
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 2:47 PM To: Scott Prentice Cc: Framers List Subject: Re: Source Control for Frame When I was at EMC, we used Documentum for source control and it handled binaries just fine. You may, however, find the price tag a bit steep. >> Is there any source control out there

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread John Posada
When I was at EMC, we used Documentum for source control and it handled binaries just fine. You may, however, find the price tag a bit steep. >> Is there any source control out there that works really well with Frame? >> We have subversion here, but that can only read ASCII files. It stores -- J

Re: Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread Scott Prentice
t; From: Scott Prentice > Subject: Re: Source Control for Frame > To: "John Posada" > Cc: "Framers List" > Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 1:59 PM > > Hi John... > > By "handle binaries" .. what did it actually d

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread Scott Prentice
t; From: Scott Prentice > Subject: Re: Source Control for Frame > To: "John Posada" > Cc: "Framers List" > Date: Monday, December 8, 2008, 1:59 PM > > Hi John... > > By "handle binaries" .. what did it actually d

RE: Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread O'Laoghaire Micheal
Scott Prentice Cc: Framers List Subject: Re: Source Control for Frame When I was at EMC, we used Documentum for source control and it handled binaries just fine. You may, however, find the price tag a bit steep. >> Is there any source control out there that works really well with Frame?

Re: Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread David Spreadbury
Have you looked at Sourcerer, from Advantica, Inc?   Adobe has a Success Story at www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/pdfs/advantica_ss.pdf. --- On Mon, 12/8/08, Scott Prentice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Scott Prentice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Source Control for Fra

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread David Spreadbury
Have you looked at Sourcerer, from Advantica, Inc? ? Adobe has a Success Story at www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/pdfs/advantica_ss.pdf. --- On Mon, 12/8/08, Scott Prentice wrote: From: Scott Prentice Subject: Re: Source Control for Frame To: "John Posada" Cc: "Framers List

Re: Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi John... By "handle binaries" .. what did it actually do? Did it do a binary diff on the files and only store the changes or did it store each update as a whole blob? And did it provide you with the actual diffs of the content without running FM? ...scott John Posada wrote: > When I was at

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi John... By "handle binaries" .. what did it actually do? Did it do a binary diff on the files and only store the changes or did it store each update as a whole blob? And did it provide you with the actual diffs of the content without running FM? ...scott John Posada wrote: > When I was at

Re: Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread John Posada
When I was at EMC, we used Documentum for source control and it handled binaries just fine. You may, however, find the price tag a bit steep. >> Is there any source control out there that works really well with Frame? >> We have subversion here, but that can only read ASCII files. It stores -- J

Re: Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread Scott Prentice
I'm not aware of any way to use source control for binary files (FM or otherwise) other than just being able to know if the file has changed (even that may not really be very accurate). And there's no way to do a useful diff of two FM files other than using the Compare utility in FM. This is on

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread Scott Prentice
I'm not aware of any way to use source control for binary files (FM or otherwise) other than just being able to know if the file has changed (even that may not really be very accurate). And there's no way to do a useful diff of two FM files other than using the Compare utility in FM. This is on

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread Flato, Gillian
Is there any source control out there that works really well with Frame? We have subversion here, but that can only read ASCII files. It stores Frame's proprietary files and graphics, but it can't do a diff report on them. Or at least, is there any source control that can read PDFs and do diff repo

Source Control for Frame

2008-12-08 Thread Flato, Gillian
Is there any source control out there that works really well with Frame? We have subversion here, but that can only read ASCII files. It stores Frame's proprietary files and graphics, but it can't do a diff report on them. Or at least, is there any source control that can read PDFs and do diff repo