The trouble with trying to use a lockfile with TiddlyWiki is that we don't have atomic file operations. That means that the basic operation of acquiring the lock is intrinsically unreliable, which means that it's unlikely to be supported by the core.
There has been some work on running Node.js apps in locked-down environments: https://github.com/crazy-max/nodejs-portable Best wishes Jeremy. On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Al Stan <[email protected]> wrote: > I suppose this is something that has been asked before but I couldn't find > an answer even though I tried for a couple of hours: > > I have been using TW-Classic for a small group of people (5-10) as a tool > for a project - mainly for documentation and information purposes. In order > to prevent people from overwriting each other's work when editing > simultaneously, I've used the lockfile plugin. It's not perfect, but it > worked. > > Now I want to create a new TW using TW5. I need to use the stand-alone > version of TW5 without node.js since we use a closed system where we cannot > install anything. > > However, I can't find any equivalent to the TW-Classic lockfile plugin. > > Does that mean there isn't any? If so, why? Is there any workaround that I > can use given our restrictions? > > Thank you all! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
