From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Neon Absentius Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: howto: 2 users interactively edit the same file ? Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:22:30 +0000 Message-ID: <20051026052230.GB18997@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> References: <20051026050450.GA30596@ocoa.cs.purdue.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1130304517 8187 80.91.229.2 (26 Oct 2005 05:28:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:28:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 26 07:28:28 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EUdkb-0001Xu-0T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:23:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EUdka-00051U-66 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:23:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EUdkN-00051P-WF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:22:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EUdkM-000510-EG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:22:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EUdkM-00050x-Ar for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:22:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.94.73.21] (helo=sdf.lonestar.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EUdkM-0006nq-6K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:22:46 -0400 Original-Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (IDENT:absent@otaku.freeshell.org [192.94.73.2]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j9Q5MVJu008641 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:22:31 GMT Original-Received: (from absent@localhost) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.13.1/8.12.8/Submit) id j9Q5MUjt029446 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:22:30 GMT Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Mail-Followup-To: Neon Absentius , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051026050450.GA30596@ocoa.cs.purdue.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:30576 Archived-At: On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 12:04:50AM -0500, Matt Carlson wrote: > Hi all, > I'm trying to figure out how to accomplish the following: My friend > and I need to work with the same file at the same time. It would be > nice to be able to code simultaneously and see each others changes > in something like real time. I've googled everywhere and found only > information on how emacs handles locks.. I'd like both he and I to > be able to edit the same file and see each others changes as close to > instantaneously as possible. > > The sky is the limit with emacs, so I'm sure there's a way to do this, > I'm just in need of some direction as to how to do it, or even what > words to google. > > It would be very nice to have a shell open in one buffer to chat > with the other person editing the file, and then the file we're both > editing open in another.. Thanks in advance, > One idea is to run emacs inside a GNU screen. Or you might try the multi-tty branch, have a look here http://lorentey.hu/project/emacs.html.en HTH -- Computer science is not about computers, any more than astronomy is about telescopes. -- Edsger Dijkstra