Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

Ok, I added a ticket with this idea, and pointed to this thread for clarification. Best, -Jose Jose Quesada, PhD. Max Planck Institute, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Berlin http://www.josequesada.name/ http://twitter.com/Quesada On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote:

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:28:47 +0200 Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > > On 04/15/2010 12:07 PM, Typhoon wrote: > >>> If it isn't necessary, I don't think that LyX should lock into one > >>> system. > >> > >> While it is good to support a wide choice of systems for version > >> control, for a "portabl

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On 04/15/2010 12:07 PM, Typhoon wrote: If it isn't necessary, I don't think that LyX should lock into one system. While it is good to support a wide choice of systems for version control, for a "portable LyX document" *one* format is the right way. I see the argument, and you may be right. BU

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:35:46 + (UTC) Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2010-04-14, Typhoon wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:56:10 +0200 > > Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > >> On 04/14/2010 06:42 PM, Jose Quesada wrote: > > >> > Great post Abdel. > >> > The idea of sharing repos as a portable document f

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On 2010-04-14, Typhoon wrote: > On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:56:10 +0200 > Abdelrazak Younes wrote: >> On 04/14/2010 06:42 PM, Jose Quesada wrote: >> > Great post Abdel. >> > The idea of sharing repos as a portable document format is great. Indeed. > I don't know what the technical challenges might b

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On 2010-04-14, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Alan Tyree wrote: >> RCS is what I used for a long time before discovering the distributed >> version control systems. When using RCS you need either 1) a central >> server or 2) some system (like rsync) to keep two computers "on the >> same page" > the point w

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

For those looking for private repos: blog.assembla.com/assemblablog/tabid/12618/bid/12217/April-14-Repo-Blitz-Free-unlimited-SVN-and-GIT-and-much-more.aspx good move assem

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:56:10 +0200 Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > On 04/14/2010 06:42 PM, Jose Quesada wrote: > > Great post Abdel. > > > > The idea of sharing repos as a portable document format is great. > > The only issue I have with git is that it depends on a mixture of > > C, shell and perl scr

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On 04/14/2010 06:42 PM, Jose Quesada wrote: Great post Abdel. The idea of sharing repos as a portable document format is great. The only issue I have with git is that it depends on a mixture of C, shell and perl scripts that make it hardly portable. But I could be wrong. For what we need, on

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

Great post Abdel. The idea of sharing repos as a portable document format is great. The only issue I have with git is that it depends on a mixture of C, shell and perl scripts that make it hardly portable. But I could be wrong. Assuming a working python on the system is not that bad (OSX, *BSDs an

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On 04/13/2010 04:43 PM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: rgheck wrote: It'd be nice to hear precisely what people would want that version control does not provide. I have a hard time myself seeing why it is any more than an "isn't that cool" feature for two people simultaneously to edit a single docume

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

Alan Tyree wrote: > RCS is what I used for a long time before discovering the distributed > version control systems. When using RCS you need either 1) a central server > or 2) some system (like rsync) to keep two computers "on the same page" the point was not to propose rcs for the colaboration...

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Guenter Milde wrote: > > > What about using a distributed version control system? I use Bazaar to > > > collaborate with one of my colleagues. We meed every so often to do a > > > double merge and it works really well. No central server is nee

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

Guenter Milde wrote: > > What about using a distributed version control system? I use Bazaar to > > collaborate with one of my colleagues. We meed every so often to do a > > double merge and it works really well. No central server is needed, > > although if you have one available then you can use i

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On 2010-04-13, Typhoon wrote: > On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:02:23 -0400 > rgheck wrote: >> On 04/13/2010 10:43 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: >> > rgheck wrote: >> > I also think that VC probably provides all you need for >> > collaboration (although a closer integration of VC, comparision and >> > CT

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:02:23 -0400 rgheck wrote: > On 04/13/2010 10:43 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > > rgheck wrote: > > > >> It'd be nice to hear precisely what people would want that version > >> control does not provide. I have a hard time myself seeing why it > >> is any more than an "i

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

ans but I speak English perfectly so there's no problem if u > need anything: we can not only host u but also give u all the coding > services u need: svn, bzr, cvs, forums, anything u need really. Now, can u > please tell me if ou services are needed? > Luca, the discussion is abo

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

Boys I made a polite question because I can offer a personalized and charge free SVN service to Lyx. Weirdly enough, I received no answer. Intilinux Projects, see here: http://projects.intilinux.com/ We are Italians but I speak English perfectly so there's no problem if u need anything: we can not

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > (although a closer integration of VC, comparision and CT would be cool). i'm glad to hear somebody else also thinks it would be cool ;) from the VC point of view things are prepared in LFUN_VC_COMPARE but there is currently no easy way how to call comparison. i still ho

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On 04/13/2010 01:34 PM, Charles de Miramon wrote: rgheck wrote: It'd be nice to hear precisely what people would want that version control does not provide. I have a hard time myself seeing why it is any more than an "isn't that cool" feature for two people simultaneously to edit a single d

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

be a beamer presentation, then a long version, a short version, a version formatted for X, proofs, printed version, my additions and corrections to the printed version, a version for an online repository, bits and pieces discarded from the article that I want to keep with it, etc. Version con

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

Hallo everyone, I'm missing what exactly Are we talking about. Bringing some LyX abilities on The cloud? And u need an svn / data service? Greets, Luca D.M. Inviato da iPhone Il giorno 13/apr/2010, alle ore 17.11, Jürgen Spitzmüller ha scritto: rgheck wrote: Have you asked the IS pe

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

rgheck wrote: > Have you asked the IS people if they'd think about supporting svn on > their servers? Yes, and they're actually quite open to it. However, I would probably be the only one using it (the demand of such things is not great in a humanities faculty), so I am somewhat reluctant in de

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On 04/13/2010 10:43 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: rgheck wrote: It'd be nice to hear precisely what people would want that version control does not provide. I have a hard time myself seeing why it is any more than an "isn't that cool" feature for two people simultaneously to edit a single do

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

rgheck wrote: > It'd be nice to hear precisely what people would want that version > control does not provide. I have a hard time myself seeing why it is any > more than an "isn't that cool" feature for two people simultaneously to > edit a single document. I.e., fun, but hardly revolutionary as

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On 04/13/2010 06:31 AM, Jose Quesada wrote: Thanks Sam, That's good to know. But I think the point here is that if all other tools do collaboration, sooner or later LyX should offer something along the lines. Maybe builnding on top of mercurial vcs (good multiplatform support, python) and sites

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

>> >> New google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends). >> googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-google-docs.html >> >> Most people agree that collaboration tools in latex lag behing word/gdocs. >> LyX has track changes, but it's very hard

Re: new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

On 12/04/10 21:28, Jose Quesada wrote: Hi All, New google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends). googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-google-docs.html Most people agree that collaboration tools in latex lag behing word/gdocs. LyX has track changes, but it's very ha

new google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends)

Hi All, New google docs interface, with wave backend. (collaboration trends). googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-google-docs.html Most people agree that collaboration tools in latex lag behing word/gdocs. LyX has track changes, but it's very hard to convince collaborators to use it. It

Re: Wave

On Sun, 31 May 2009 22:50:47 +0200 A B wrote: > I just viewed a video demo of google wave, and remembered the > collaboration discussion when someone talked about using wiki for > collaborative editing, but google wave sounds to be a much more > interesting tool for collaboration in

Wave

I just viewed a video demo of google wave, and remembered the collaboration discussion when someone talked about using wiki for collaborative editing, but google wave sounds to be a much more interesting tool for collaboration in this way. So either use wave for LyX files or use LyX to edit Waves?