Does cloud/workspace have local editing? One google drive function I’m having a hard time replacing is the ability to edit on my desktop and have the files sync to the cloud. My transition away from google is slow, but I have a client who wants to share a document for us both to work on, so I’ve started looking for options again. I’d love to send him to murena but don’t want the transition to be too much of a shock to him. Being able to edit locally would smooth the transition, but I haven’t found any documentation saying that is possible. I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss it somewhere. Thanks!
as for “local editing”:
- editing in-browser is easy, no account needed for the second party and just a share link away for plaintext.md or onlyoffice doc, but
- having native sync clients of each user download and re-upload on changes to the same file? that needs the others side use of a webdav / nextcloud client and account setup at murena or nextcloud somewhere (via federated sharing) - Edit: though there is a trick
I think google requires an account to edit as well.
I realized was a little off on what I was describing. Local editing on my desktop of a file is separate from two people editing in-browser. The likelihood (at least in this particular case) that we’d both be editing locally at the same time is low (but not zero). But, also in this case, editing locally is what is important. My client uses Excel and – to make it easier for him – I’d want him to be able to use his file as usual but also allow me access to edit it. I’d love for my editing to also be local, but I’m okay with in-browser.
We’ve discussed me remoting in, but that means he needs to be completely off his computer.
I see the difficulty. There’s a neat trick with webdav + nextcloud to not need collaborators create yet another account, but to delegate them some OS integrated shared storage from your own account:
Use issued share tokens (and optional password) on folders as identity:
For example, with a share link
https://murena.io/s/kFy9Lek5smbogus,kFy9Lek5smboguswill be the username.
It’s important to use the https://murena.io/public.php/webdav url. You even get file locks.
Create a read+write folder (//shared/person2-or-project) and let person2 mount that in their OS, there’s instructions and screenshots for each OS further up that doc article. You need to adjust the url though.
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Thanks. Not sure I’m up for trying that at this point, but I will keep it on the shelf for a project someday. (In the midst of everything my router bit the dust, but luckily I had a backup. That could have been an easy project but I insisted on getting OpenWRT set up on it. Almost there!)