A Web App For Real-Time Collaborative Writing

Posted by kdawson on Friday November 21, 2008 @05:05AM from the write-on dept.

adamengst writes in with good news for anyone who needs to collaborate remotely on a writing or editing project — coding too. It's especially good news for those using Windows and Linux. Mac users have had SubEthaEdit for a few years now. With EtherPad, two or more people can edit a document and see all the edits simultaneously. EtherPad's main differences from SubEthaEdit: it's a Web application that de facto supports many platforms without the need for a central Mac OS X host; and it's free. Here is a comparison of EtherPad and SubEthaEdit.

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Re:Mmm... by $RANDOMLUSER · 2008-11-21 05:15 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Finally, a cross-platform version of Mulitplayer Notepad!^K

It was a dark and stormy night.

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Re:Mmm... by arth1 · 2008-11-21 05:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Who needs ctrl-z anyway if not using bash?
Um, is this a trick question? Everyone using job control. (Which, IME, are the people not using bash.)