[Open-graphics] Re: PDF files, version of TEX files in SVN

[Timothy Normand Miller]

Apparently, if there is no update in svn, then svn doesn't alter the
local file, so its date doesn't change.  As long as the local
timestamp of the .tex file is based on our local clock, then the dates
will compare appropriately.


On 4/14/07, Yann Le Brech <yann at le-brech.fr> wrote:
> I just hope that it also checks the date of the included TEX files... thats
> the main difficulty.
>
> 2007/4/14, Timothy Normand Miller < theosib at gmail.com>:
> > With some help and suggestions from others (Attila, Yann, etc.), Andy
> > implemented an optimal solution to the problem of converting TEX files
> > to PDF.  Check out:
> >
> > http://www.traversaltech.com/download.phtml
> >
> > When you try to download the file, the PHP script does an "svn update"
> > on the .tex files and then checks the date stamps to determine whether
> > or not to update the PDF files and does so only when the tex file has
> > changed.
> >
> > This can be added to the newsletter.
> >
> > --
> > Timothy Normand Miller
> > http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti
> > Open Graphics Project
> >
>
>
>
> --
> a++
> Y.


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Timothy Normand Miller
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Open Graphics Project