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Hello August!

*** Thursday 18.03.21 at 08:41, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:

 AA>>> I found another online translator.  Here is the TOC using DeepL:

 AA>>>    I Basics

 AA>>>         1.1 FidoNet - structure and addressing
 AA>>>         1.2 Point in FidoNet
 AA>>>         1.3 The nodelist(s)

 AA> [...]

 AA>>> "Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)"
 AA>>> Do you see anything amiss above?

 MF>> Nope, that's an excellent job. Is that exactly as it came
 MF>> out or did you do a bit of tickling up?

 AA> That's the exact result, with indenting.  Mind you, since the
 AA> original had indenting and added spacing, the proper spacing in
 AA> the restul was noticeable after a cut'n'paste into Notpad or
 AA> this wider editor space.

 MF>> I'm asking because I tried it out with a short paragraph
 MF>> and it came out looking like a dog's dinner.

 AA> Was your test with DeepL?

Yes it was.

[snip]
 AA> I just learned about TortoiseSVN, since it support Windows. It
 AA> looks like a fine tool for managing doc changes.

Yes, it's an excellent piece of software and it's free :)

There's also SmartSVN but it's commercial but once the 30-day trial period  
ends, it switches into "Lite" mode and can be used for as long as is  
required. Windows, Linux and macOS versions are available from .....

https://www.smartsvn.com/

I've used the Linux version for many years and have found that "Lite" mode  
more than meets my needs.

 AA> But I suppose we would need a webbased versioning system, not a
 AA> local one for participants/editors?

The master copy of the document would be held in the remote svn repository  
and all changes to the document would be done in the users' own local  
working copy of the document. All changes to the users' working copy of  
the document would then be commited by each user to the master copy in the  
remote svn repository. That's simplifying it a bit but you should get the  
jist of how it works :)

Regards,
Martin

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