Re: [jed-users] Updating the buffers

[Martin Klaiber <martinkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Roland,

Roland Hughes <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What you are talking about is a collaboration editor.

> https://opensource.com/business/15/7/five-open-source-alternatives-google-docs
> https://www.linuxlinks.com/collaborativeediting/
> http://collaboration.wikia.com/wiki/Collaborative_real-time_editor

thank you for the links. In my case the document is never changed by
two editors at the same time. So I don't have conflicts and I don't
need a version control system or have to fiddle with diff and patch.

I think a collaboration editor would be more than I need.

I am working on one document on two machines. And all that I want is
that I don't have to open and close the editors every time when I
change from one machine to the other. That's all.

> If my personal opinion has any weight, I don't think it would be a good
> thing to morph jed into a collaborative editor. To start with, the VMS
> version has to deal with file versioning on the platform. Every time you
> save you create a new version rather than updating the existing file. As
> long as you don't accidentally purge, you have the complete history of
> changes until you hit file version 32767.

Ok, but this is not what I need or want. I make a backup of the home
dirs on all computers in my network every hour, thats sufficient for
me. I am just looking for a comfortable way to update the buffers in
jed when the files on disk have changed while the editor is open.

Thanks,
Martin
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