make the "Release edit lock" checkbox pre-checked by default in the preview.tmpl template

otherwise a lot of users forget to remove their lock after saving changes.

For inclusion in the distribution, one may consider a way to set this behavior via a preferences variable so that this behavior can be toggled per-user, such as in preview.tmpl

     <INPUT type="checkbox" name="unlock" checked=%RELEASELOCKDEFAULT%> Release edit lock

-- ColasNahaboo - 28 Mar 2001

I would suggest that if this is a problem for you then you ought to decrease the lock time from an hour to about ten minutes or so. The point of the lock is because too many people back arrow after committing the page. (Hmm. could we make it so that TWiki asks the user to reclaim the lock if they back arrow?).

An alternative would be an InstantMessenger mechanism such that it sends a message to a user if you want to check that they are no longer editing the page. Cool, but might raise the RequiredEnvironmentForTWiki.

-- MartinCleaver - 28 Mar 2001

Once again, please look at BetterFileLocking, especially my last comment where I have supplied an example of how file locking can be can be achieved without user intervention (no need for users to explicitly unlock) and without changing the required environment in the slightest (since javascript is already in use).

It easily deals with the back arrow problem by creating and destroying a browser window that is used exclusively for editing.

Click on test1.html for a quick demo.

-- JohnAltstadt - 30 Mar 2001