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   Martin Foster to August Abolins   
   de.komm.software.kreuzungspunkt   
   21 Mar 21 09:22:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet eea224bc   
   REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet ee88234d   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.49 (Win32) (i386)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: 0000   
   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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