Handy LaTeX Hints

Multipart documents and CVS

The scenario:

You've got a large document which you've split into multiple files using \include to recombine them at the latex compile stge.
Each piece is under CVS control.
Someone hands you a copy of the document covered in scribbles.

Now, which version did they read and correct?

The suggestion:

Define the following macro in your main latex file (the one that includes the others):

% Use the CVSID as the center footer
\newcommand{\CVSID}[1]{{         %
  \cfoot[ \mbox{#1} ] { \mbox{#1} }  %
}}

At the top of every separate file, put the line:

\CVSID{\$Id: latex.html,v 1.1 2003/11/01 16:41:42 djs Exp $$\$}

Also, in the file that includes the others, after every \include repeat the original \CVSID line.

Now every page should have a footer containing the CVS Id: which comprises the version number, checkin date etc.

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