Writer Rachel Greenham details how she takes advantage of version control tool Subversion—primarily used by software devlopers—to manage her writing projects. We’ve covered how to set up a Subversion server and how to use Subversion with TortoiseSVN (Windows) in the past, but Greenham’s post has a Mac focus using previously mentioned SCPlugin. If you’re a writer working in Windows, our TortoiseSVN guide will be a nice companion to Greenham’s post. If you’ve used Subversion for non-coding purposes or you want to share your SVN experiences, let’s hear about them in the comments. Subversion For Writers [Strange Noises via TUAW]
Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms): Free, cross platform application SvnTimeLapseView downloads every revision of a file from your Subversion repository and scrolls through revisions with a simple slider, highlighting differences in blue. If you’re not familiar with the benefits of version control (especially for people who live in text), check out our guide to setting up a home subversion server for a better idea of what it does and whether Subversion might be useful for you. If you decide Subversion is up your alley, Windows users should also check out how to use TortoiseSVN with Subversion. SvnTimeLapseView is free, works on Windows, Mac, and Linux (or any platform that runs Java).
SvnTimeLapseView [Google Code]
