From: Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs dropbox conflict
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 20:04:00 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <739dcd54-6602-4ad7-bf9f-11e16f65e701@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.2077.1469557866.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
On Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 12:01:07 AM UTC+5:30, J. David Boyd wrote:
> Rusi writes:
>
> > I was working in emacs with a colleague: Different locations -- file shared by dropbox
> >
> > Now we can set the backup to go somewhere outside the Dropbox directory
> > However emacs also seems to create another file -- a link .#filename
> > that causes some conflict
> >
> > Can emcas be setup to not have that file be in the same directory as the file being worked on?
>
>
> Why would you want to do that? That file is a marker to tell you that someone
> is editing the file. When done editing, doesn't that file go away?
Two people, working together, talking on skype (say), using emacs to (simultate)
sharing a screen.
IOW we want and intend to edit the file at almost the same time
And so a bit of treading on each other’s toes is acceptable
A: Ok Ive added this section. Can you check?
B: Looks good... Ive changed the last sentence
etc
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-27 3:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-26 14:14 emacs dropbox conflict Rusi
2016-07-26 14:38 ` HASM
2016-07-26 18:30 ` J. David Boyd
[not found] ` <mailman.2077.1469557866.26859.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-07-27 3:04 ` Rusi [this message]
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