Re: howto: 2 users interactively edit the same file ?

[Tim X <timx@spamto.devnul.com>]

Bernard Adrian <bernadrian@free.fr> writes:

> Pascal Bourguignon <spam@mouse-potato.com> a écrit : 
> 
> > Just launch emacs, and use make-frame-on-display to open another X
> > window, on another workstation.  Then the two (or more, there's no
> > limit AFAIK on the number of frames you can open) users can edit the
> > same file in the same buffer at the same time.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use make-frame-on-display from an emacs running in a
> tty. I tried : make-frame-on-display ENTER :0.0
> 
> Nothing happens on X, where $DISPLAY is :0.0, though.
> 
> I was hoping to get an error log on the Messages Buffer, but i got no
> such message. 
> 
> Do you think :
> - emacs can't make a frame on X from a tty ?
> - my window manager (ion3) can't accept this feature ? 
> - I did a mistake ?
> 
> Thanks
> -- 
> Bernard Adrian 
> http://bernadrian.free.fr
> 

Its unlikely it can be done from a tty - I don't think emacs will be
loading the X libraries (needed to open an X display).

Tim

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