[snip] > >> > >> > are there any plans for collaborative editing? > >> > >> Yes, both almost-real-time for documents, and merge-mode for things like > >> eBook annotations. > > > > That's very interesting information. > > > > For your information, AbiWord has a total real-time collaborative editing > feature under heavy evelopment (like sub-ethaedit but which handles all > word-processor features). This extends to the ability to update documents > on a remote server also in real time. In other words, we're planning to > leap-frog Writely. The time-frame for stabilizing these developments is > similar to the OLPC. Erik's work can continue in parallel with no worry of > interference. > > Does OLPC plan to have an IM feature? I ask because we use XMPP to connect > our collaborative sessions, but we we can use a diferent protocol for the > OLPC if needed. > > Anyway, we'll keep you informed and you can watch our progress.
Just to add: adding a Markdown import/export filter is not hard. One could even make Markdown the default format real easy to suit the OLPC project even better. If the availability of such a filter would help AbiWord's cause, I'd be glad to write it. Marc -- olpc-software mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/olpc-software
