[OS X TeX] Re: Version controls for LaTeX book production

[Markus S]

> Just a few naïve questions. How do you use Subversion? Via command  
> line? By moving icons? For diff, do you need a large screen to  display 
> the files side-by-side? Is it freeware?
> 
> A.B.

svn is open source, ie, free. It apparently comes with Leopard. A 
compiled binary can be found here:
http://homepage.mac.com/martinott/

By default it is accessed via the command line. But there are a number 
of GUI clients, a good free Mac one is:
http://www.lachoseinteractive.net/en/community/subversion/svnx/features/

There are other non-free Mac clients:
http://www.versionsapp.com/
http://zigzig.com/content/view/15/29/

A good free Windows client is Tortoise. A couple of further links:
http://idra.di.unito.it/MacOSXsvninstall.html
http://www.informit.com/content/images/0131855182/downloads/Nagel_book.pdf
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/
http://subversion.tigris.org