From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mike Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: sharing files? Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 01:19:04 -0000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <10pg108cqj13l3d@corp.supernews.com> References: <10pfk999l7fsodf@corp.supernews.com> <87sm7cnhpp.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1100481691 7181 80.91.229.6 (15 Nov 2004 01:21:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 01:21:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 15 02:21:26 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CTVYc-0001oZ-00 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 02:21:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CTVhH-0008A0-Ub for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:30:24 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-10!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 31 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:126586 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:21981 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:21981 In article <87sm7cnhpp.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com>, Pascal Bourguignon wrote: > Mike writes: > >> I'm really not sure how to word what I'm think of. I'm searching for >> some way to share files among team members using emacs. Sort of like >> a wiki, but maybe more something that is a buffer that has a process >> that looks once a minute or so to see if the file mtime has been >> modified, then reloads the buffer. Something where we can all see >> what's going on... maybe a running list of tasks, or a white-board, >> or an in/out board, ...? >> >> Yes, this is vague, can you help me fill out the idea? > > make-frame-on-display allow you to open frames on several screens, > then each user can type in the same buffer in the same emacs. > > For example, on host2: xhost +host1 > on host3: xhost +host1 > on host1: emacs & > on host1: M-x make-frame-on-display RET host2 RET > on host1: M-x make-frame-on-display RET host3 RET > > That's neat. I had not heard/read the emacs could do that. I'm thinking less of a white-board, though I said that, I'm thinking really of something like a snippet of code that looks for timestamp changes and reloads the buffer. It's not real-time, but should allow sharing of ideas, issues, etc. What do you think? Mike