Jens-Wolfhard Schicke-Uffmann wrote: > Hi Bram, > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:08:30PM +0200, Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > You need to take care of authentication, for example. > Good point, thanks. > > > One thing would be awesome: To have a cross-platform collaboration edit > > mechanism that works will several editors. One that only works with Vim > > will be limited in worldwide acceptance. > >=20 > > Google Drive offers something that might work. The mechanism is working > > very well, at least for Google documents. Problem is that the library > > is only available for JavaScript. So it would require embedding a > > JavaScript interpreter in Vim. It's not impossible... > > https://developers.google.com/drive/realtime/ > This would bind VIm to an API which has a proprietary server > implementation, something I'd rather avoid. > > However, I think that EtherpadLite offers a protocol I could implement > and which should work well. Unless someone stops me, that would be the > one I'll be aiming for then.
There is a Python implementation for etherpad lite, so that would make things much simpler. I have no idea how well etherpad lite works and how good the security is. It does appear to be possible to run your own server or use an existing one on the Internet. -- Courtroom Quote #19: Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people? A: All my autopsies have been performed on dead people. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
