gobby
{{Short description|Collaborative real-time text editor}}
{{For|the British media producer nicknamed "Gobby"|Paul Lambert (media producer)}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = Gobby
| author = Armin Burgmeier
| logo = Gobby-logo.png
| screenshot = Gobby-0.4.0-dev-linux.png
| caption = Gobby 0.4.0
| developer = [https://web.archive.org/web/20060414003816/http://0x539.de/ 0x539 dev group]
| latest_release_version = 0.6.0
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2021|01|21}}
| programming_language = C++, C.
| operating_system = Unix, Windows
| genre = Text editor
| license = GNU GPLv2+
| website = {{URL|gobby.0x539.de}}
}}
Gobby is a free software collaborative real-time editor available on Windows and Unix-like platforms.{{cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/news/collaborative-text-editing-gobby|title=Collaborative text editing with Gobby|website=Linux.com|access-date=2019-07-09|date=2006-07-11|first=Joe|last=Brockmeier}} (It runs on Mac OS X using Apple's X11.app.) It was initially released in June 2005 by the 0x539 dev group (the hexadecimal value 0x539 is equal to 1337 in decimal). Gobby uses GTK+ for its GUI widgets.
Description
Gobby features a client-server architecture which supports multiple documents in one session, document synchronisation on request, password protection and an IRC-like chat for communication out of band.{{cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/news/group-text-editing-gobby|title=Group text editing with Gobby|website=linux.com|first=Federico|last=Kereki|date=2007-09-24}} Users can choose a colour to highlight the text they have written in a document. Gobby is fully Unicode-aware, provides syntax highlighting for most programming languages, and has basic Zeroconf support.
A dedicated server called Sobby is also provided, together with a script which could format saved sessions for the web (e.g. to provide logs of meetings with a collaboratively prepared transcript).{{Cite web |title=Setting up a dedicated server to host EOS Sessions {{!}} Tutorial |url=https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/eK7q/unreal-engine-setting-up-a-dedicated-server-to-host-eos-sessions |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=Epic Developer Community |language=en-us}} The collaborative editing protocol is named Obby, and there are other implementations that use this protocol (e.g. Rudel,{{cite web|url=http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Rudel |title=Rudel |website=EmacsWiki.org |date=2014-10-23 |access-date=2016-07-16}} a plugin for GNU Emacs). Gobby 0.5 replaces Sobby with a new server called infinoted.{{cite web|url=http://techmonks.net/working-together-on-text-and-source-code-with-gobby-and-infinoted|access-date=2019-07-09|title=Working together on text and source code with Gobby and infinoted|website=TechMonks|date=2010-12-27|first=Evert|last=Mouw|archive-date=27 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327110321/http://techmonks.net/working-together-on-text-and-source-code-with-gobby-and-infinoted/|url-status=dead}}
Version 0.4.0 featured fully encrypted connections and further usability enhancements. Users have commented versions prior to 0.5.0 had some issues.{{cite web|title=Three years of teaching using collaborative tools: patterns and lessons learned|first=Andrea|last=Trentini|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260123171|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709143111/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260123171_Three_years_of_teaching_using_collaborative_tools_patterns_and_lessons_learned|archive-date=9 July 2019|publisher=University of Milan|date=1 January 2013}}
Versions numbered 0.4.9x are preview releases for version 0.5.0. The most noticeable improvement is undo support, using the adOPTed algorithm for concurrency control.
Criticisms
While offering Unicode support it has been suggested the product is suitable for producing plaintext rather than formatted documents.{{cite web|url=https://opensource.com/business/15/7/five-open-source-alternatives-google-docs|title=5 open source alternatives to Google Docs|website=Opensource.com|first=Tatiana|last=Kochedykova|access-date=9 July 2019}}
See also
{{Portal|Free Software}}
References
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External links
{{Wiktionary|gobby}}
- {{Official website|gobby.0x539.de/trac/}}
- [https://debaday.debian.net/2007/04/04/gobby-a-collaborative-text-editor/ Gobby: A Collaborative Text Editor] on Debian
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Category:Collaborative real-time editors
Category:Text editors that use GTK