COLLABORATIVE EDITING

摘要

Methods are provided for collaborative editing of documents which allow users who are editing source code to see previews of a compiled document as the process of editing continues. During editing, the source code is compiled to provide a compiled document from which previews can be produced. Steps can be taken to ensure that previews are only produced and/or sent to the user for those pages that have been changed since a previous compile. Moreover, a pre-compile checking process may avoid unnecessary attempts to compile incomplete or erroneous source code.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method of previewing a compiled document, comprising:
transmitting document content from a client device to a compile server at determined intervals; compiling a document from the document content at the compile server; generating and storing hash values associated with each page of the compiled document; comparing the generated hash values with previously stored hash values; producing page previews for individual pages of the compiled document; and providing the page previews to the client device for those pages associated with a generated hash value that does not match a previously stored hash value.