# CVS Watch/Edit

The following preferences can be changed on the CVS Watch/Edit preference page.

Option | Description | Default
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Configure projects to use Watch/edit on checkout | Use this option to indicate that files checked out out from the repository should be made read-only. | Disabled
When read-only files are modified in an editor | 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: Send a cvs edit notification to the server: Issues a cvs edit notification to the server before making the file writable. If other editors exist on the file, the user will be prompted and may continue or cancel. Send a cvs edit notification to the server in the background: Issues a cvs edit notification to the server in the background after making the file writable. This allows the user to keep typing uninterrupted while the edit notification is sent to the server. Edit the file without informing the server: Makes the file read-only without notifying the server. | Send a cvs edit notification to the server in the background
Before a CVS edit notification is sent to the server | Use this option to configure what occurs when a read-only file is modified in an open editor or by another tool and the Send a cvs edit notification to the server is enabled. The options are: Always Prompt: Always prompt the user for confirmation Only prompt if there are other editors: Shows the user the list of current editors and allows the user to confirm or cancel the edit. Never Prompt: Send the edit notification without prompting | Only prompt if there are editors

Here is what the preference page looks like:

Watch/Edit

Finding out who's working on what: watch/edit