Re: SubEthaEdit style networked editing

[David Kastrup]

"Shug Boabby" <Shug.Boabby@gmail.com> writes:

> I have used a program named SubEthaEdit in the past for
> collaborative editing of a text file. One computer is designated as
> the server for the file, then other users can connect and edit the
> file... everyone sees everyone else's edits in realtime in their
> editor (in different colours).
>
> This is the most incredible collaborative editing tool I have ever
> seen, with only two problems... it is only for the Mac and, most
> importantly, it is not Emacs.
>
> Does anyone know of any Emacs packages that accomplish the same
> thing?  Or has Emacs hit a dead-end in its ability to be extended?

Have you taken a look at
M-x make-frame-on-display RET
?

It is also in the menu bar.  However, for actual colloboration, I
think it better to decouple the working versions via CVS or a similar
version control system: that way people retain consistent copies.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum