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From: Edward Diener (eddielee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-09 08:16:53


John Maddock wrote:
>> Do realize that people are different and that my programming
>> preference is almost always to use a GUI interface over command
>> lines as long as the GUI interface lets me do what I want to
>> accomplish. Of course I write actual code in a fancy editor just
>> like everyone else <g>. I will dig into the
> .pdf
>> version of the link first, although my initial reaction to CVS was
>> not joyful, but I am sure it can not be that arcane to use.
>
> Check out TortoiseCVS: it integrates with the windows shell and is
> pretty much wonderful and easy to use. It does lack the power
> features of WinCVS
> or the command line, but that can sometimes be a good thing. One
> caveat however: I've never tried to use it in pserver (read only
> access) mode.

I don't use Windows Explorer but a 3rd party file management tool, so
TortoiseCVS is out. The doc for it was also abysmal, probably because it is
too easy to use to need documentation <g>. Thanks anyway !


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