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| <H1 class="Head">CVS Watch/Edit</H1> |
| <P class="Para">The following preferences can be changed on the |
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| <strong>Team > CVS > Watch/Edit</strong></a> |
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| preference page.</P> |
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| <TH width="164"> <P class="Para">Option</P></TH> |
| <TH width="490"> <P class="Para">Description</P></TH> |
| <TH width="152"> <P class="Para">Default</P></TH> |
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| <TD valign="top" align="left">Configure projects to use Watch/edit on checkout</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left"> Use this option to indicate that files checked |
| out out from the repository should be made read-only.</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Disabled</TD> |
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| <TD valign="top" align="left">Enable temporary watches on edit</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left"> Use this option to receive a notification whenever a user |
| starts to edit a file that you are currently editing.</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Disabled</TD> |
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| <TD valign="top" align="left">When read-only files are modified in an editor</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left"> Use this option to configure what occurs when |
| a read-only file is modified in an open editor or by another tool. The options |
| are: |
| <ul> |
| <li><strong>Send a cvs edit notification to the server: </strong>Issues |
| a cvs edit notification to the server before making the file writable. |
| If other editors exist on the file, you will be prompted and may |
| continue or cancel.</li> |
| <li><strong>Send a cvs edit notification to the server in the background: |
| </strong>Issues a cvs edit notification to the server in the background |
| after making the file writable. This allows you to keep typing |
| uninterrupted while the edit notification is sent to the server.</li> |
| <li><strong>Edit the file without informing the server: </strong>Makes |
| the file read-only without notifying the server.</li> |
| </ul></TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Send a cvs edit notification to the server in |
| the background</TD> |
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| <TD valign="top" align="left">Before a CVS edit notification is sent to the |
| server </TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to configure what occurs when |
| a cvs edit notification needs to be send to the server. |
| The options are: <ul> |
| <li><strong>Always Prompt: </strong>Always prompt for confirmation.</li> |
| <li><strong>Only prompt if there are other editors: </strong>Shows the |
| user the list of current editors and allows you to confirm or cancel |
| the edit.</li> |
| <li><strong>Never Prompt: </strong>Send the edit notification without |
| prompting</li> |
| </ul></TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Only prompt if there are other editors</TD> |
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| <TD valign="top" align="left">Update edited files</TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Use this option to configure what occurs before |
| editing a file. The options are: <ul> |
| <li><strong>Always update before editing: </strong>Always update a file before editing.</li> |
| <li><strong>Prompt to update if out of date: </strong>Prompt for confirmation of update |
| only if a file is out of date.</li> |
| <li><strong>Never update: </strong>Never update a file before editing.</li> |
| </ul></TD> |
| <TD valign="top" align="left">Never update</TD> |
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| <p>Here is what the preference page looks like:</p> |
| <p><img alt="CVS Watch/Edit preference page" src="../images/cvs-watch-edit.png"></p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts" > <br> |
| <a href="../concepts/concepts-cvs-watch.htm">Watch/Edit</a></p> |
| <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks" |
| > <a href="../tasks/tasks-cvs-watch.htm"><br> |
| Finding out who's working on what: watch/edit</a></p> |
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