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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 77185] Open a file in read-only mode if it has already been
From:       Christian Mueller <cmueller () gmx ! de>
Date:       2004-03-13 7:08:08
Message-ID: 20040313070808.29764.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From cmueller gmx de  2004-03-13 08:08 -------
I shouldn't have said that this problem is present in mixed
Linux / Windows environments.  Mentioning Windows always seems trigger
a counter-reaction in some people ;-)

It's also there if you have "only" several people
with Linux machines working on documents on a Samba share.
I don't know if the situation is any different if the
share is properly mounted (instead of using an IO slave
to access it), or if NFS is used instead. I'm not an expert
on these matters, I just made some observations.



> It would be far better to be able to see all
> the proposed changes at once (using colors is a possibility)
> and to allow someone to do the final editing,
> accepting or rejecting the changes.

That's a very nice idea of course, but this would mean implementing
something like a content management system (and one with intimate knowledge
about every file format that is involved at that).
Using CVS as also mentioned above would only work properly for plain
text files (so neither koffice, OO.o nor MS Office files).
BTW: That's already available in quanta,
AFAIK it uses a cervisia part as plugin. Dunno about other apps...



> or try to track down the guy that has the file open

Windows / SMB even manages to tell people who it is.
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