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From: boogaard@fys.ruu.nl (Martin vdBoogaard)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Integrating RCS and LaTeX
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.084714.6508@fys.ruu.nl>
Date: 19 Apr 91 08:47:14 GMT
References: <1991Apr17.205440.23660@arc.ab.ca>
Organization: Physics Department, University of Utrecht
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Jim writes:

% RCS has a feature that allows you to put certain
% information (such as dates, revision numbers, etc.) into the body of a
% text file by including a keyword between dollar signs.
% 
% I'd like to use this to put version numbers into my LaTeX documents,
% but unfortunately, LaTeX interprets the dollar signs as signifying an
% in-text formula.

The most straightforward solution I can think of is to put in your
document e.g. 

  This is \mbox{$$Revision$$} of this document.

LaTeX interprets the part in the \mbox{} as two formulas, both of which
are empty, bracketing a piece of ordinary text. RCS substitutes the 
revision description and after the first `ci -l' you end up with

  This is \mbox{$$Revision: 1.11$$} of this document.

The \mbox{} command is not necessary to fool LaTeX but keeps the word
Revision and the actual revision number in the same box, i.e. on the
same line. The colon within a sentence may not be esthetically pleasing,
though.


Good luck,

-- 
Martin J. van den Boogaard                 |        boogaard@fys.ruu.nl
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