emacs dropbox conflict

emacs dropbox conflict

[Rusi]

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?

Re: emacs dropbox conflict

[HASM]

> 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?

I think you can disable those files
  https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/File-Locks.html
not sure if moving them is an option.

-- HASM

 

Re: emacs dropbox conflict

[J. David Boyd]

Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> 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?

Re: emacs dropbox conflict

[Rusi]

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

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