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From: budden@manta.NOSC.MIL (Rex A. Buddenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: multi-user editors???
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Date: 22 Apr 89 01:01:51 GMT
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Reply-To: budden@manta.nosc.mil.UUCP (Rex A. Buddenberg)
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I'll beg off on the first question -- why would anybody want
such an animal.  Perhaps a crash editing session by the whole
crew in order to get a Congressional out the door.  But I can't
see that being a successful, or even rational operation.

But, how to do it.  If we assume something about the construction,
then we can apply database analogy.  Assumption: the text is broken
up into sentences and/or paragraphs that are recognizable by the
editor.  Then have the editor simply record-lock the sentence/
paragraph that you are working on so nobody else can touch it
until you move on and the lock is removed.  Exactly like
record locking in a multi-user database management system.

Rex Buddenberg