On Jun 3, 2005, at 4:19 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
BTW I just made some changes to the MeetingSchedule page, which seemed
to be plagued by some irrelevant stuff about versions.
phpwiki doesn't seem to have a lock/warn mechanism to prevent
simultaneous editing, therefore it's possible for two copies of a page
to be out for editing simultaneously.
However, it does check the state of a page when you attempt to save
changes - if it sees a conflict, it does something similar to
generating a diff between your changes, the original file, and the
other user's changes. I can't remember if it leaves you in the edit
window or just commits the page with these diff comments in it, but if
you're not expecting to see it, it's easy to not notice them.
I was looking at the Meetings page, and decided to add a map for the
Sydenham hall. It looks like Rik and possibly some others were trying
to edit at the same time. Unfamiliarity with the wiki has led to these
diff messages being left on the page for a while - no big deal, it's a
wiki after all, easy enough to edit them out. Quit sniping at each
other!
-jim
