DocSynch

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 Open source collaborative editing system on top of IRC

 Author:   Alexander Klimetschek
 Homepage: http://docsynch.sourceforge.net/
 Family:   SpecializedFamily
 Platform: Windows, Mac OS/X, Linux
 License:  GPLv2

DocSynch is a collaborative editing system on top of IRC. By transforming single-user editors into multi-user editors, it allows to remotely edit text documents together. Implementations are targeted as extensions to many popular text editors and IDEs. A working version is available for jEdit.

Features

collaborative editing
different editing modes (currently only manual lock)
- manual lock mode -- manually request write access
- auto-lock mode -- lock acquired by starting to type
- teacher lock mode -- only the master assigns locks/write access'
- real-time mode -- all can type at the same time
tracking of changes
highlighting of changes
integration into existing editors
using IRC as network protocol

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