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An integral part of how edits are transferred is how to keep track of which parts are the work of which editor.
Some kind of syntax-like commands (perhaps a custom methodology) and highlight commands (easy to define with vimscript) will be used to show which editor has edited what text.
Existing mechanisms in in the vimscript command syntax use "match" type and/or "region" type syntax definitions.
Once the method for keeping track of this is understanod, configuration to give a color to each of several users should be configurable via highlight commands. Any data entered remotely will highlight until the end of the editing session. Perhaps an additional user interface and some kind of legend (perhaps using another buffer) could be provided to associate colors with actual users.
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Last updated March 10th, 2005