I use RCS locally and SVN remotely (I kinda like the feature set, I can work locally and keep revisions, and putback to my SVN repository when I want to...
How do I tell tkdiff to use my SVN or my RCS files to diff? Seems I need to add some code to "force" (instead of guessing)
marty
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Was poking about and noticed this had never been answered. My apologies.
As of version 5.0, TkDiff (roughly June of 2020) has had the ability to SPECIFY which Version Control System you would prefer to use. Prior to that time, there was a fixed precedence list of all the various choices and the first one POSSIBLE was always chosen.
Nowadays, while TkDiff still checks for which systems appear to be available, it will permit ANY that ARE found to be SELECTED as the "preferred" choice for any individual comparison run. Look for a choice box on the "NewDiff" dialog to present the possibilities and accept the one you want.
I believe there is also a PREFERENCE setting where you can establish a similar choice automatically on startup but understand that TkDiff will only HONOR that choice if it is, in fact, available at the time of use. Otherwise it will presume to use the first such system that IS available, which could yet be overridden as described above.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
I use RCS locally and SVN remotely (I kinda like the feature set, I can work locally and keep revisions, and putback to my SVN repository when I want to...
How do I tell tkdiff to use my SVN or my RCS files to diff? Seems I need to add some code to "force" (instead of guessing)
marty
Was poking about and noticed this had never been answered. My apologies.
As of version 5.0, TkDiff (roughly June of 2020) has had the ability to SPECIFY which Version Control System you would prefer to use. Prior to that time, there was a fixed precedence list of all the various choices and the first one POSSIBLE was always chosen.
Nowadays, while TkDiff still checks for which systems appear to be available, it will permit ANY that ARE found to be SELECTED as the "preferred" choice for any individual comparison run. Look for a choice box on the "NewDiff" dialog to present the possibilities and accept the one you want.
I believe there is also a PREFERENCE setting where you can establish a similar choice automatically on startup but understand that TkDiff will only HONOR that choice if it is, in fact, available at the time of use. Otherwise it will presume to use the first such system that IS available, which could yet be overridden as described above.