[opencms-dev] Re: External editing

[Ahmed Mohombe]

M Butcher wrote:
> Ahmed Mohombe wrote:
> 
>> M Butcher wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, I see... the client part would function more like the TortoiseSVN 
>>> client (Windows client for Subversion) -- it's main job would be to 
>>> synchronize between a remote and a local CMS repository.
>>
>>
>> I thought that WebDAV does such a thing. The "client to be 
>> implemented" would be just a bridge between the WebDAV client and the 
>> desktop applications (those who does not speak WebDAV), and to start 
>> them.
>> (looking in the source of that Zope module: does not seem to do more :) )
>> Am I right, or did I understood something wrong? :)
> 
> 
> IIRC, WebDAV has no concept of locking or stateful editing. I don't know 
> of any extensions that do, either. 
Hmm, funny, I've just played with Dreamweaver + jakarta Slide(webDav) 
repository, and Dreamweaver really blocks the "check-outed files" on the 
server. Actually there's a small button  icon with "checkout and block". 
I'm not an WebDAV expert, but using "DAVExplorer-0.90", I can "explore" 
the WebDAV repository (the one from Slide), and I can see the files 
locked by Dreamweaver. So, I may be wrong, but what I saw was "Locking" :).

Ahmed.