*@Thomas*, Thanks for the details given! Now I understand. (I wasn't sure i understood your main inquiry/request because that's already implemented and working in leoserver, so I thought: "i'm probably not understanding what he's trying to do if he needs something different")
So yeah, leoserver already is capable of multiuser, simultaneous connections to work on the SAME leobridge instance running in leoserver. To try it out, you'll have to use leointeg to connect to it, *or take the time to implement a new client* :) hehe! This server feature is obviously useful for two main usages, first, to work on the same Leo file(s) in multiple client window (instead of each having it's own independent leoserver) the second, obviously, is sharing an open leoserver instance running live to multiple window/people on different computers on a network (lan or internet) - because leoserver accepts clients and does not know nor differentiate if they're on localhost, or on the other side of the planet. Take a look a this section of the leoserver documentation for the details to allow multiple connections: *https://leoeditor.com/leoserver.html#multiple-concurrent-connections <https://leoeditor.com/leoserver.html#multiple-concurrent-connections>* Of course, when editing, the leoserver sends 'refresh' notice events to the other connected clients so that they update their UI, so that all editing and changes are reflected 'live' in all other connected clients. allowing for "multiuser LIVE editing sessions" On the other hand, I hope to finish squashing the remaining leointeg bugs, and adding some more features so that people (like you ;) ) who still prefer the original Leo, to eventually switch to using leointeg, altough *I dont blame you: the refreshing bug that happens when expanding/collapsing nodes of big outlines is pretty annoying.* Good news is I've already made a new outline renderer in leojs, which does not have those bugs, and is much more fast and responsive, so I'll duplicate that new framework to leointeg in the following months when I've gotten leojs up to a particular point. Anyways Thomas i want to thank you very much for considering and having interest in those matters! I hope you try it out first with leointeg as client, just to check if it works with that as a first step, before endeavoring in writing a new client with qt/tcltk/or some other python gui framework. You are one of the best and promordial Leointeg tester ! so thanks again for that! *@Edward* Those 2 features are going to be needed sooner than later. so I'll gladly add them to the server even tho it's not needed for now in the particular case Thomas was inquiring about. (but like i said, it might be useful for leojs or some other clients that want to change/set/reset the whole outline at once.) Please Don't hesitate to ask more about any aspect, or to correct me if you think i'm wrong on something! :) Félix On Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 6:11:09 AM UTC-5 Edward K. Ream wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 7:29 PM Félix <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In my mind, the new functions it would need are rather: >> >> 1-get a leo file over the wire as a string in a json package, (sent from >> local clients filesystem to the remote server's) almost akin to a 'paste as >> root node' >> 2- maybe a "copy root node" (whole outline) - to mirror #1 in opposite >> direction to save modifications. >> > > Thanks for these comments. > > I have just created #2475 > <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/2475> for this project. > As noted in the issue itself, I would like to delegate this project to you > and Thomas. It might be good for you two to zoom to compare notes. > > As an experiment in delegating work, I would rather stay out of the loop > :-) Thomas is the one who wants this feature, and you are the expert in > leoserver.py. Of course, I'll be willing to help as needed. > > What do you two think? > > Edward > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/f6461267-d9c8-41ea-aa94-ce67fb3e7dfdn%40googlegroups.com.
