Re: A new collaborative editing package (maybe tangent)

[Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>]

Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> writes:

> On 29 Dec 2023, Yuan Fu wrote:
>> I’ve been working on a collaborative editing package on-and-off for
>> a
>> while. I call it collab-mode. It’s far from complete but I want to
>>gather some early feedback (and find some people to test it).
>>
>>Yes, another collab editing package. I know there’s a pile of
>> abandoned collab editing packages already, and whether it’s really
>>very useful is questionable in the age of google docs.
>
> There is no question at all about its usefulness!  Having a reliable,
> usable, and easy-to-install Emacs package for collaborative editing
> would be amazing.  Even if it were to only support Emacs<->Emacs it
> would be a great thing; if it allows collaborative editing with people
> using other editors, then it will make the stars shine and the moon
> sing.

Just because it doesn't appear to be mentioned, are you familiar with
the CRDT package on GNU ELPA?  My understanding is that it is not
compatible with other editors, due to limits in the API they expose, but
it does provide P2P collaboration.