For anyone curious about the process of managing a LaTeX document with the Subversion (SVN) version control system, I have to highly recommend it. Now that my dissertation is officially finished, I have a bit of time to explain the process I used to back-up, archive, and otherwise manage the beast.
Archive for April, 2008
SVN and LaTeX
Posted in computing, mac tips & tricks, open source software, physics, try this at home, tagged google code, latex, subversion, svn, thesis on April 26, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Dissertation – link
Posted in physics on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s finally done. I submitted the final version of my dissertation[PDF] to the Graduate School. Naturally, that means I’ll be headed to the beach tomorrow for a weekend of camping in the sand.
Not that I expect anyone to, but you’re welcome to read it, just as long as you don’t tell me about any typos… [...]
DrDawes.wordpress.com
Posted in physics on April 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s official. I successfully defended my dissertation today. The process was surprisingly enjoyable. After very little sleep, I still managed to give a good presentation and field a bunch of good questions. My committee was genuinely interested in my work and gave me lots of new ideas on where I can take the research.
I have [...]
