[Tfug] Collaborative editing environments?

[Robert Hunter]

Found this package for emacs.  I'm curious if it works with Google Docs.

http://emacspeak.blogspot.com/2007/03/emacs-client-for-google-services.html

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Claude Rubinson <cjr at grundrisse.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 05:18:25PM -0500, Claude Rubinson wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm revisiting the issue of collaborative editing with my non-Unix
>> using colleagues.  To date, I've usually just used OpenOffice (now
>> LibreOffice), they use MS Word, and we just email drafts back and
>> forth.  It works, but is rather painful and differences between the
>> Windows and Linux and/or Word and OOo continually cause
>> minor-but-annoying problems.
>>
>> Google Docs seems to be continually improving and I'm thinking that it
>> might be the best choice at this point.  We certainly don't need all
>> the capabilities of a full-fledged word processor and Google Docs now
>> has a pretty decent revision history mechanism.  I try to avoid the
>> Google monolith when possible but if Google Docs supported Emacs-style
>> keybindings, it would be a no-brainer.
>
> In reviewing the various options discussed here, it seems that Google
> Docs is probably the best choice.  It's fast, easy to use, and
> supports a limited subset of word processor features--but exactly the
> features that I'd use.  Google's done a good job.
>
> But I also discovered that LibreOffice does support custom
> keybindings.  (I don't know how I missed that previously.)  It's
> somewhat limited but not severely so (not as flexible as some apps,
> more flexible than many), and I now have Emacs-style navigation and
> basic editing in Writer.  I suspect that in combinations with macros,
> I could probably implement an Emacs-style environment.
>
> So now I need to decide whether my desire for an Emacs-style
> environment is stronger or weaker than my desire for easy
> collaboration with colleagues.
>
> Claude
>
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