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Re:Lies I was told about collaborative editing, Part 2: Why ... by MrJohz on Monday March 16, 2026 @07:11AM (#47397493)
In our case, we're not using a text editor, but instead building a spreadsheet, so a lot of these collab-built-into-an-editor are, like you say, pedagogically useful but less helpful as direct building blocks that we can just pull in and use. But the advice is very useful, thank you!
Re:Lies I was told about collaborative editing, Part 2: Why ... by nhatcher on Monday March 16, 2026 @06:57PM (#47406191)
Interesting! I am building a spreadsheet and the next few months will be building the collaborative side of it. I think many of the things that work for text don't necessarily translate for spreadsheets.
Re:Lies I was told about collaborative editing, Part 2: Why ... by josephg on Monday March 16, 2026 @10:05PM (#47407720)
We made a spreadsheet on top of OT several years ago. Most OT related documentation doesn't talk about how to do this. But it worked pretty well for us.