On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 14:40 +0200, Helmut Hullen wrote: > Hallo, steve, > > Du meintest am 05.09.13: > > >>> School classes often have projects with files that many students > >>> will need to edit. > > [...] > > >> Also, nobody forces applications to keep files open while > >> they are edited. For example even some Windows native editor > >> (I don't remember which) loads files into memory and closes > >> the file until saving. > > > It's a pity that we'll have to work around it. Surely Samba knows if > > a file is open or not doesn't it? What's all this oplock stuff? It > > would be useful if we could have an option for smb.conf like: > > lock open files = Yes > > I realise that it's not for everybody. Would that be hard to > > implement? > > Perhaps you need another tool than a text editor which is designed for > "one man (m/f), one work". I'd test some wikis for such a job. But then > still there is the problem with two pupils (or other persons) one > filling the document and the other deleting word for word. > > Programmers for data bases know this problem ... > > And just for demonstration: group all pupils around the whiteboard or > blackboard in the class room, let them create and edit one text on this > board, everybody with a piece of chalk and a wiping cloth.
Hi Yeah, the lesson plan is a good idea! LibreOffice locks files as you'd expect:) Nothing else works though. I'm amazed that no one else has encountered this before. Cheers, Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
