From kde-core-devel  Fri Mar 03 16:39:28 2000
From: Roberto Alsina <ralsina () unl ! edu ! ar>
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 16:39:28 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Improved document handling (Was: Goal-orientation (files vs
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=95212333907997

On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Waldo Bastian wrote:

> On Fri, 03 Mar 2000, Dan Pilone wrote:
> > Previously written in blue crayon:
> >  > Another possibility would be to write a CVS-ioslave: this would
> >  > allow the user to load/store documents with complete revision
> >  > control using the standard file-dialog in all programs.
> >
> > 	I have been trying to come up with a way to do this (CVSing
> > any file) off and on for a while.  I was originally thinking of
> > adding a plugin to konquorer that would let you check files in or
> > out. Hmm.. can you give me some more hints on how the ioslave thing
> > would work?  
> 
> The idea is that such an io-slave offers an URL address-space like:
> 
> docs:/folder/document
> 
> slave->get() gives you the most up to date version of this document.
> slave->put() stores your changes. (Much like a cvs commit)
> 
> Then you can add URLs like docs:/folder/document?rev=1.1 to ask for a 
> specific revision of a document. And when you list e.g. 
> docs:/folder/document/ you would get a listing of all revisions.

Doesn't it make more sense to implement this using RCS instead of CVS?

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