Re: Question collaborative editing.

[Michael Albinus]

Ergus <spacibba@aol.com> writes:

> Hi Michael:

Hi Ergus,

>>Furthermore, I also don't understand what needs to be done on the remote
>>side wrt collaboration. A remote file in Emacs is still a file,
>>connected to a buffer. All primitive file operations can be applied on
>>this.
>>
> In local or remote side the requirements are similar (From the tramp
> point of view):
>
> Server side:
> Start the OT/CRDT server/service
> Associate with a local file(s)
>
> Client side:
> Start the OT/CRDT server/service (as client)
> Connect to remote server
> Identify
> Request/create remote file copy to work locally.
> Associate

Tramp gives you start-file-process and make-process. This shall be
sufficient to create a client/server connection. What data are over the
line, isn't Tramp's business.

And there's also make-network-process, which doesn't need Tramp at all.

> Best,
> Ergus

Best regards, Michael.