>
> What I think is missing is not the description of a specific protocol,
> but a higher-level spec of basic capabilities needed for the
> collaborative editing support in Emacs.  Is this available anywhere?
> If not, could someone please write it up?
>
> For example, one thing that strikes me is why "collaboration" via a
> dVCS is not a good solution, or at least the basis of a solution?  Am
> I missing something?
>

Collaborative editors usually show modifications done by other users in
real time. I don't know how major conflicts are resolved.

How would you emulate this with a VCS? Commit-push-pull with various
--force flags, on a timer run every second?

Thibaut