Bug#561318: console-based multiplayer vim

[James Vega]

user vim at packages.debian.org
usertag 561318 vim vim-uptodo
thanks

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:16 PM, yellowprotoss <yellowprotoss at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am connecting to my friend using SSH, and he would like to work
> together on a document from school. a simple TXT file would be perfect
> !!

If you don't have to work on it at the same time, using a version
control system is a good way to collaborate.

> I know there is gobby for that:
> http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/wiki/Screenshots but it is for X only.
>
> Unfortunately vim do not offer this options of multiplayer edition, or
> not yet. It would be great that several users logged into a machine
> could modify and collaborate on a file store on the machine, or on a
> shared folder.

There has been various discussions[0][1][2] about adding such
functionality to Vim.  It is also on Vim's voting list[3] for features,
but is not very high so I doubt it will get implemented soon.

Regardless, this isn't something that will be implemented as a patch to
the Debian package.  It would be a very large amount of work and is best
done with close coordination to upstream.

[0] - http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.editors.vim/53326
[1] - http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.editors.vim.devel/18592
[2] - http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.editors.vim.devel/19628
[3] - http://www.vim.org/sponsor/vote_results.php