Collaborative Text Editor

[Robin Becker]

John J. Lee wrote:

> Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>John J. Lee wrote:
>>
>>>The way I've always imagined it working is as follows.  I'm sure
>>>experimentation is the way to find out what works, though, so Twisted
>>>certainly sounds like a great idea.
>>>- At any time, exactly one person has control.
>>>- The only person able to move the cursor and edit text is the one
>>>  with control.
>>
>>[snip other ideas]
>>
>>There are already editors that support such things, so imagining
>>how it works, while interesting, might not be the best approach
>>to get started...   vim, for example, already can do this sort
>>of thing.  I'm certain there are others out there.
> 
> 
> Could you provide a link to any info on how to do this in vim?
> 
> 
> John
There's some info at http://docsynch.sourceforge.net/index.php and
http://www.vi-improved.org/wiki/index.php/TunnelDataInCommands

-- 
Robin Becker