Gobby is a first-class, GUI-based text collaboration tool. You can use it, in conjunction with a collaboration server, to work together in real time with an unlimited number of people on any text based file, code or content. Fedora offers a server for Gobby running infinoted to maximize your online experience with your collaborators.
Prerequisities
To use Gobby with the Fedora Project's server, you need to have a Fedora account, and to set up your secure shell (SSH) access to fedorapeople.org.
Get the Password
Use ssh to login to your fedorapeople.org account:
ssh -l username fedorapeople.org
Read the password from this file (literally type in the following while connected):
cat ~lmacken/gobby
Run Gobby
If needed, install the gobby05 package on your Fedora, CentOS, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux system:
su -c 'yum install gobby05'
or
su -c 'dnf install gobby05'
- Select Applications > Internet > Gobby Collaborative Editor from the main menu.
- Select the Join session... toolbar button, or Gobby > Join Session... from the Gobby menu.
- In the Join Gobby session dialog, enter
infinote.fedoraproject.orgin the Host field. Use the standard Port assignment of 6522. Choose or change the Username and Color as needed. - At the prompt, enter the password you found in the procedure above.
Using Gobby
To see a document list, ensure that Window > Document list is selected on the Gobby menu. To see a list of online users, ensure that Window > User list is selected. You can also view a Chat window which allows you to talk to other participants.
To participate, select a document from the list and Subscribe to it. All participants see each other's changes as they are made. If you need information or want approval before making a large change, use the Chat window.
Git repo and out of band document access
All changes made in documents are synced to a git repo every 60 seconds. This git repo is available in cgit at: https://infinote.fedoraproject.org/cgit/infinote/ the raw text versions of documents are available at: https://infinote.fedoraproject.org/infinote/ and an rss/atom feed is available at: https://infinote.fedoraproject.org/cgit/infinote/atom