On-line editing

[sanders_j -at- TBOSCH -dot- DNET -dot- GE -dot- COM]

Hi All,


With all this discussion of red-lining flinging around, I was wondering if
anyone has had any experience in implementing/using an on-line editing system,
particularly where it involves a group of people working on a several documents
at once, with editorial comment, etc. Other than these red-lining programs
everyone is talking about, are there any serious, dedicated applications which
can allow a writing/development group to perform the entire writing process,
including editorial review, entirely on-line?

I'm particularly interested in multi-user environments (i.e. big systems), but
anything will do.

Personally, I've seen precious little in the way of features that would support
this activity. Besides the red-out features everyone has talked to death, I've
only personally seen and used one program that has a editing-online-type
feature: ProPage 4.0 for the Amiga.  Believe or not. It has what I like to
refer to as The Sticky Note Feature. Users can put non-printing, yellow comment
boxes on top of the document just like actual sticky notes. Tremendously useful,
even if your editor is yourself.

Thanks for a great and informative mailing list, even if we do tend to fall
into blithering diatribe now and again. (Sort of like an electronic cocktail
party, huh?)

Get out there and mingle...

-John Sanders-
-GE/Schenectady-