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Ok, so a while ago I mentioned that I was going to try using a new way of working on my thesis using Subversion (a version control system predominantly used by computer programmers) and LyX (a document processor that uses LaTeX in an almost-WYSIWYG style to allow the author to focus on content alone rather [...]

A few days ago, I mentioned that I was starting a project to manage my thesis using the Subversion (SVN) version control system. This was motivated by a) getting confused as to which version of a document I was working on at a given time, b) faffing about with USB disks or emailing myself copies [...]

Writing a thesis is a particularly difficult job. Writing a PhD thesis in Microsoft Word, particularly, is a difficult job. Writing a thesis in Microsoft Word, across several computers, running forms of Windows, Mac OS and Linux is an excruciatingly difficult job.
For one thing, standards vary across all platforms. Linux, for example, doesn’t have a [...]