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* Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an existing directory. Multiplatform setup, howto
@ 2012-05-26 19:00 Orlando López D.
  2012-05-27  9:59 ` Ian Barton
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Orlando López D. @ 2012-05-26 19:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

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I configured emacs org-mode on a Mac, working properly, having my org files
and MobileOrg file within my DropBox folder ( ~/DropBox/ ).

Now, I will like to get my emacs setup working properly on my Windows box.
I have been able to get it working in terms of reading my .emacs file and
emacs.d folder, shared through simlink config.

Everything seems to be working properly, except that when I  want to
execute org-mobile-pull or org-mobile-push on Windows, I get the following
error: "Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an existing directory
"

The problem seems to be that emacs isn't configured to read or point to the
org-mobile directory , per the paths set in .emacs (eg. = "~/DropBox/
...........").

I found some info on the web, which pointed to setting a parameter on
.emacs so that it identified while running on Windows, that it should look
into a directory structure.

Now, how should I accomplish this appropriately?

I found some examples of:

;;On Windows
(if (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
    (progn
       (setq default-directory "C:\Usuarios/User/")
     )
)

But it doesn't seem to be doing the job.

Thanks for any help.

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• * Re: Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an existing directory. Multiplatform setup, howto
    2012-05-26 19:00 Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an existing directory. Multiplatform setup, howto Orlando López D.
  @ 2012-05-27  9:59 ` Ian Barton
    2012-05-28 14:45   ` Orlando
    0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
  From: Ian Barton @ 2012-05-27  9:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
    To: emacs-orgmode
  
  On 26/05/12 20:00, Orlando López D. wrote:
  > I configured emacs org-mode on a Mac, working properly, having my org
  > files and MobileOrg file within my DropBox folder ( ~/DropBox/ ).
  >
  > Now, I will like to get my emacs setup working properly on my Windows
  > box. I have been able to get it working in terms of reading my .emacs
  > file and emacs.d folder, shared through simlink config.
  >
  > Everything seems to be working properly, except that when I  want to
  > execute org-mobile-pull or org-mobile-push on Windows, I get the
  > following error: "Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an
  > existing directory "
  >
  > The problem seems to be that emacs isn't configured to read or point to
  > the org-mobile directory , per the paths set in .emacs (eg. =
  > "~/DropBox/ ...........").
  >
  
  Running on Linux I found I needed the following in my .emacs:
  
  (setq org-directory "~/dropbox/org/org_files")
  (setq org-mobile-directory "~/dropbox/MobileOrg")
  (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull 
  "~/dropbox/org/org_files/tasks/org_inbox.org")
  
  Have you got all these set? Somewhere there is a possible bug where a 
  misleading error message gets displayed referring to 
  org-mobile-directory, when it means org-directory. I keep meaning to try 
  and track it down.
  
  Ian.
  
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• • * Re: Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an existing directory. Multiplatform setup, howto
      2012-05-27  9:59 ` Ian Barton
    @ 2012-05-28 14:45   ` Orlando
      2012-05-29  7:17     ` Ian Barton
      0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
    From: Orlando @ 2012-05-28 14:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
      To: emacs-orgmode
    
    Ian Barton <lists <at> wilkesley.net> writes:
    
    > 
    > On 26/05/12 20:00, Orlando López D. wrote:
    > > I configured emacs org-mode on a Mac, working properly, having my org
    > > files and MobileOrg file within my DropBox folder ( ~/DropBox/ ).
    > >
    > > Now, I will like to get my emacs setup working properly on my Windows
    > > box. I have been able to get it working in terms of reading my .emacs
    > > file and emacs.d folder, shared through simlink config.
    > >
    > > Everything seems to be working properly, except that when I  want to
    > > execute org-mobile-pull or org-mobile-push on Windows, I get the
    > > following error: "Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an
    > > existing directory "
    > >
    > > The problem seems to be that emacs isn't configured to read or point to
    > > the org-mobile directory , per the paths set in .emacs (eg. =
    > > "~/DropBox/ ...........").
    > >
    > 
    > Running on Linux I found I needed the following in my .emacs:
    > 
    > (setq org-directory "~/dropbox/org/org_files")
    > (setq org-mobile-directory "~/dropbox/MobileOrg")
    > (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull 
    > "~/dropbox/org/org_files/tasks/org_inbox.org")
    > 
    > Have you got all these set? Somewhere there is a possible bug where a 
    > misleading error message gets displayed referring to 
    > org-mobile-directory, when it means org-directory. I keep meaning to try 
    > and track it down.
    > 
    > Ian.
    > 
    > 
    
    
    Ian, thanks for your e-mail. 
    
    I have the following configuration, which doesn´t seems to defer in concept with 
    yours:
    
    ;; Set to the location of your Org files on your local system
    (setq org-directory "~/DropBox/org")
    ;; Set to the name of the file where new notes will be stored
    (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull "~/DropBox/org/flagged.org")
    ;; Set to <your Dropbox root directory>/MobileOrg.
    (setq org-mobile-directory "~/Dropbox/MobileOrg")
    
    Which could be the reason why Windows isn´t locating the path to the existing 
    directory? Do I need to have any specific configuration on .emacs for Mac and 
    for Windows?
    
    regards, 
    
    Orlando
    
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  • • * Re: Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an existing directory. Multiplatform setup, howto
        2012-05-28 14:45   ` Orlando
      @ 2012-05-29  7:17     ` Ian Barton
        2012-05-29 12:43       ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
        2012-05-29 19:54       ` Achim Gratz
        0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
      From: Ian Barton @ 2012-05-29  7:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
        To: emacs-orgmode
      
      On 28/05/12 15:45, Orlando wrote:
      > Ian Barton<lists<at>  wilkesley.net>  writes:
      >
      >>
      >> On 26/05/12 20:00, Orlando López D. wrote:
      >>> I configured emacs org-mode on a Mac, working properly, having my org
      >>> files and MobileOrg file within my DropBox folder ( ~/DropBox/ ).
      >>>
      >>> Now, I will like to get my emacs setup working properly on my Windows
      >>> box. I have been able to get it working in terms of reading my .emacs
      >>> file and emacs.d folder, shared through simlink config.
      >>>
      >>> Everything seems to be working properly, except that when I  want to
      >>> execute org-mobile-pull or org-mobile-push on Windows, I get the
      >>> following error: "Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an
      >>> existing directory "
      >>>
      >>> The problem seems to be that emacs isn't configured to read or point to
      >>> the org-mobile directory , per the paths set in .emacs (eg. =
      >>> "~/DropBox/ ...........").
      >>>
      >>
      >> Running on Linux I found I needed the following in my .emacs:
      >>
      >> (setq org-directory "~/dropbox/org/org_files")
      >> (setq org-mobile-directory "~/dropbox/MobileOrg")
      >> (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull
      >> "~/dropbox/org/org_files/tasks/org_inbox.org")
      >>
      >> Have you got all these set? Somewhere there is a possible bug where a
      >> misleading error message gets displayed referring to
      >> org-mobile-directory, when it means org-directory. I keep meaning to try
      >> and track it down.
      >>
      >> Ian.
      >>
      >>
      >
      >
      > Ian, thanks for your e-mail.
      >
      > I have the following configuration, which doesn´t seems to defer in concept with
      > yours:
      >
      > ;; Set to the location of your Org files on your local system
      > (setq org-directory "~/DropBox/org")
      > ;; Set to the name of the file where new notes will be stored
      > (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull "~/DropBox/org/flagged.org")
      > ;; Set to<your Dropbox root directory>/MobileOrg.
      > (setq org-mobile-directory "~/Dropbox/MobileOrg")
      >
      > Which could be the reason why Windows isn´t locating the path to the existing
      > directory? Do I need to have any specific configuration on .emacs for Mac and
      > for Windows?
      >
      
      Orlando,
      
      I haven't used emacs on Windows for a long time. However, I don't know 
      if Windows understands the concept of "~/", unless there is some emacs 
      configuration that allows this. Have you tried setting the paths 
      explicitly e.g. (setq org-directory "C:/DropBox/org")
      
      Ian.
      
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    • • * Re: Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an existing directory. Multiplatform setup, howto
          2012-05-29  7:17     ` Ian Barton
        @ 2012-05-29 12:43       ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
          2012-05-29 16:14         ` Orlando López D.
          2012-05-29 19:54       ` Achim Gratz
          1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
        From: Jonathan Leech-Pepin @ 2012-05-29 12:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
          To: orlando.1982; +Cc: ian, emacs-orgmode
        
        Hello,
        
        I think by default Windows tries to treat C:\ as ~ when it isn't
        explicitly defined beforehand.
        
        If you evaluate the following, does it give the same Windows path as
        to the actual folder?
        
        #+begin_src emacs-lisp
          (expand-file-name "~/Dropbox/MobileOrg")
        #+end_src
        
        If not you'll want to try one of the following:
        
        1) Set the Windows Environment Variable "HOME" to the desired location
        (C:\Users\<username> for example)
        2) Move your Dropbox folder to the location shown by the above code
        snippet, it should then recognize it.
        3) Replace =~/Dropbox/= in your configuration with the full path to
        the Dropbox folder.
        
        Regards,
        
        Jonathan
        
        On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Ian Barton <lists@wilkesley.net> wrote:
        > On 28/05/12 15:45, Orlando wrote:
        >>
        >> Ian Barton<lists<at>  wilkesley.net>  writes:
        >>
        >>>
        >>> On 26/05/12 20:00, Orlando López D. wrote:
        >>>>
        >>>> I configured emacs org-mode on a Mac, working properly, having my org
        >>>> files and MobileOrg file within my DropBox folder ( ~/DropBox/ ).
        >>>>
        >>>> Now, I will like to get my emacs setup working properly on my Windows
        >>>> box. I have been able to get it working in terms of reading my .emacs
        >>>> file and emacs.d folder, shared through simlink config.
        >>>>
        >>>> Everything seems to be working properly, except that when I  want to
        >>>> execute org-mobile-pull or org-mobile-push on Windows, I get the
        >>>> following error: "Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an
        >>>> existing directory "
        >>>>
        >>>> The problem seems to be that emacs isn't configured to read or point to
        >>>> the org-mobile directory , per the paths set in .emacs (eg. =
        >>>> "~/DropBox/ ...........").
        >>>>
        >>>
        >>> Running on Linux I found I needed the following in my .emacs:
        >>>
        >>> (setq org-directory "~/dropbox/org/org_files")
        >>> (setq org-mobile-directory "~/dropbox/MobileOrg")
        >>> (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull
        >>> "~/dropbox/org/org_files/tasks/org_inbox.org")
        >>>
        >>> Have you got all these set? Somewhere there is a possible bug where a
        >>> misleading error message gets displayed referring to
        >>> org-mobile-directory, when it means org-directory. I keep meaning to try
        >>> and track it down.
        >>>
        >>> Ian.
        >>>
        >>>
        >>
        >>
        >> Ian, thanks for your e-mail.
        >>
        >> I have the following configuration, which doesn´t seems to defer in
        >> concept with
        >> yours:
        >>
        >> ;; Set to the location of your Org files on your local system
        >> (setq org-directory "~/DropBox/org")
        >> ;; Set to the name of the file where new notes will be stored
        >> (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull "~/DropBox/org/flagged.org")
        >> ;; Set to<your Dropbox root directory>/MobileOrg.
        >> (setq org-mobile-directory "~/Dropbox/MobileOrg")
        >>
        >> Which could be the reason why Windows isn´t locating the path to the
        >> existing
        >> directory? Do I need to have any specific configuration on .emacs for Mac
        >> and
        >> for Windows?
        >>
        >
        > Orlando,
        >
        > I haven't used emacs on Windows for a long time. However, I don't know if
        > Windows understands the concept of "~/", unless there is some emacs
        > configuration that allows this. Have you tried setting the paths explicitly
        > e.g. (setq org-directory "C:/DropBox/org")
        >
        > Ian.
        >
        >
        
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      • • * Re: Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an existing directory. Multiplatform setup, howto
            2012-05-29 12:43       ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
          @ 2012-05-29 16:14         ` Orlando López D.
            2012-05-29 17:38           ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
            0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
          From: Orlando López D. @ 2012-05-29 16:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
            To: Jonathan Leech-Pepin; +Cc: ian, emacs-orgmode
          
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          Jonathan,
          
          Thanks for your attention to this matter.
          
          After doing an evaluation, I am getting the correct path on my Windows
          machine, which is "c:/Users/User/Dropbox/MobileOrg"
          
          What do you recommend that I try next?
          
          Thanks,
          
          
          
          On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Jonathan Leech-Pepin <
          jonathan.leechpepin@gmail.com> wrote:
          
          > Hello,
          >
          > I think by default Windows tries to treat C:\ as ~ when it isn't
          > explicitly defined beforehand.
          >
          > If you evaluate the following, does it give the same Windows path as
          > to the actual folder?
          >
          > #+begin_src emacs-lisp
          >  (expand-file-name "~/Dropbox/MobileOrg")
          > #+end_src
          >
          > If not you'll want to try one of the following:
          >
          > 1) Set the Windows Environment Variable "HOME" to the desired location
          > (C:\Users\<username> for example)
          > 2) Move your Dropbox folder to the location shown by the above code
          > snippet, it should then recognize it.
          > 3) Replace =~/Dropbox/= in your configuration with the full path to
          > the Dropbox folder.
          >
          > Regards,
          >
          > Jonathan
          >
          > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Ian Barton <lists@wilkesley.net> wrote:
          > > On 28/05/12 15:45, Orlando wrote:
          > >>
          > >> Ian Barton<lists<at>  wilkesley.net>  writes:
          > >>
          > >>>
          > >>> On 26/05/12 20:00, Orlando López D. wrote:
          > >>>>
          > >>>> I configured emacs org-mode on a Mac, working properly, having my org
          > >>>> files and MobileOrg file within my DropBox folder ( ~/DropBox/ ).
          > >>>>
          > >>>> Now, I will like to get my emacs setup working properly on my Windows
          > >>>> box. I have been able to get it working in terms of reading my .emacs
          > >>>> file and emacs.d folder, shared through simlink config.
          > >>>>
          > >>>> Everything seems to be working properly, except that when I  want to
          > >>>> execute org-mobile-pull or org-mobile-push on Windows, I get the
          > >>>> following error: "Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an
          > >>>> existing directory "
          > >>>>
          > >>>> The problem seems to be that emacs isn't configured to read or point
          > to
          > >>>> the org-mobile directory , per the paths set in .emacs (eg. =
          > >>>> "~/DropBox/ ...........").
          > >>>>
          > >>>
          > >>> Running on Linux I found I needed the following in my .emacs:
          > >>>
          > >>> (setq org-directory "~/dropbox/org/org_files")
          > >>> (setq org-mobile-directory "~/dropbox/MobileOrg")
          > >>> (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull
          > >>> "~/dropbox/org/org_files/tasks/org_inbox.org")
          > >>>
          > >>> Have you got all these set? Somewhere there is a possible bug where a
          > >>> misleading error message gets displayed referring to
          > >>> org-mobile-directory, when it means org-directory. I keep meaning to
          > try
          > >>> and track it down.
          > >>>
          > >>> Ian.
          > >>>
          > >>>
          > >>
          > >>
          > >> Ian, thanks for your e-mail.
          > >>
          > >> I have the following configuration, which doesn´t seems to defer in
          > >> concept with
          > >> yours:
          > >>
          > >> ;; Set to the location of your Org files on your local system
          > >> (setq org-directory "~/DropBox/org")
          > >> ;; Set to the name of the file where new notes will be stored
          > >> (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull "~/DropBox/org/flagged.org")
          > >> ;; Set to<your Dropbox root directory>/MobileOrg.
          > >> (setq org-mobile-directory "~/Dropbox/MobileOrg")
          > >>
          > >> Which could be the reason why Windows isn´t locating the path to the
          > >> existing
          > >> directory? Do I need to have any specific configuration on .emacs for
          > Mac
          > >> and
          > >> for Windows?
          > >>
          > >
          > > Orlando,
          > >
          > > I haven't used emacs on Windows for a long time. However, I don't know if
          > > Windows understands the concept of "~/", unless there is some emacs
          > > configuration that allows this. Have you tried setting the paths
          > explicitly
          > > e.g. (setq org-directory "C:/DropBox/org")
          > >
          > > Ian.
          > >
          > >
          >
          
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        • • * Re: Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an existing directory. Multiplatform setup, howto
              2012-05-29 16:14         ` Orlando López D.
            @ 2012-05-29 17:38           ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
              2012-05-29 17:40             ` Orlando López D.
              0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
            From: Jonathan Leech-Pepin @ 2012-05-29 17:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
              To: Orlando López D.; +Cc: ian, emacs-orgmode
            
            Orlando,
            
            Is your username on the machine User?
            
            If it isn't you'll have to change "User" to whatever your account name is.
            
            If it is the right username, then I'm not sure why it wouldn't be
            detecting the correct path.
            
            Regards,
            
            On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Orlando López D.
            <orlando.1982@gmail.com> wrote:
            > Jonathan,
            >
            > Thanks for your attention to this matter.
            >
            > After doing an evaluation, I am getting the correct path on my Windows
            > machine, which is "c:/Users/User/Dropbox/MobileOrg"
            >
            > What do you recommend that I try next?
            >
            > Thanks,
            >
            >
            >
            > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Jonathan Leech-Pepin
            > <jonathan.leechpepin@gmail.com> wrote:
            >>
            >> Hello,
            >>
            >> I think by default Windows tries to treat C:\ as ~ when it isn't
            >> explicitly defined beforehand.
            >>
            >> If you evaluate the following, does it give the same Windows path as
            >> to the actual folder?
            >>
            >> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
            >>  (expand-file-name "~/Dropbox/MobileOrg")
            >> #+end_src
            >>
            >> If not you'll want to try one of the following:
            >>
            >> 1) Set the Windows Environment Variable "HOME" to the desired location
            >> (C:\Users\<username> for example)
            >> 2) Move your Dropbox folder to the location shown by the above code
            >> snippet, it should then recognize it.
            >> 3) Replace =~/Dropbox/= in your configuration with the full path to
            >> the Dropbox folder.
            >>
            >> Regards,
            >>
            >> Jonathan
            >>
            >> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Ian Barton <lists@wilkesley.net> wrote:
            >> > On 28/05/12 15:45, Orlando wrote:
            >> >>
            >> >> Ian Barton<lists<at>  wilkesley.net>  writes:
            >> >>
            >> >>>
            >> >>> On 26/05/12 20:00, Orlando López D. wrote:
            >> >>>>
            >> >>>> I configured emacs org-mode on a Mac, working properly, having my org
            >> >>>> files and MobileOrg file within my DropBox folder ( ~/DropBox/ ).
            >> >>>>
            >> >>>> Now, I will like to get my emacs setup working properly on my Windows
            >> >>>> box. I have been able to get it working in terms of reading my .emacs
            >> >>>> file and emacs.d folder, shared through simlink config.
            >> >>>>
            >> >>>> Everything seems to be working properly, except that when I  want to
            >> >>>> execute org-mobile-pull or org-mobile-push on Windows, I get the
            >> >>>> following error: "Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an
            >> >>>> existing directory "
            >> >>>>
            >> >>>> The problem seems to be that emacs isn't configured to read or point
            >> >>>> to
            >> >>>> the org-mobile directory , per the paths set in .emacs (eg. =
            >> >>>> "~/DropBox/ ...........").
            >> >>>>
            >> >>>
            >> >>> Running on Linux I found I needed the following in my .emacs:
            >> >>>
            >> >>> (setq org-directory "~/dropbox/org/org_files")
            >> >>> (setq org-mobile-directory "~/dropbox/MobileOrg")
            >> >>> (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull
            >> >>> "~/dropbox/org/org_files/tasks/org_inbox.org")
            >> >>>
            >> >>> Have you got all these set? Somewhere there is a possible bug where a
            >> >>> misleading error message gets displayed referring to
            >> >>> org-mobile-directory, when it means org-directory. I keep meaning to
            >> >>> try
            >> >>> and track it down.
            >> >>>
            >> >>> Ian.
            >> >>>
            >> >>>
            >> >>
            >> >>
            >> >> Ian, thanks for your e-mail.
            >> >>
            >> >> I have the following configuration, which doesn´t seems to defer in
            >> >> concept with
            >> >> yours:
            >> >>
            >> >> ;; Set to the location of your Org files on your local system
            >> >> (setq org-directory "~/DropBox/org")
            >> >> ;; Set to the name of the file where new notes will be stored
            >> >> (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull "~/DropBox/org/flagged.org")
            >> >> ;; Set to<your Dropbox root directory>/MobileOrg.
            >> >> (setq org-mobile-directory "~/Dropbox/MobileOrg")
            >> >>
            >> >> Which could be the reason why Windows isn´t locating the path to the
            >> >> existing
            >> >> directory? Do I need to have any specific configuration on .emacs for
            >> >> Mac
            >> >> and
            >> >> for Windows?
            >> >>
            >> >
            >> > Orlando,
            >> >
            >> > I haven't used emacs on Windows for a long time. However, I don't know
            >> > if
            >> > Windows understands the concept of "~/", unless there is some emacs
            >> > configuration that allows this. Have you tried setting the paths
            >> > explicitly
            >> > e.g. (setq org-directory "C:/DropBox/org")
            >> >
            >> > Ian.
            >> >
            >> >
            >
            >
            
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          • • * Re: Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an existing directory. Multiplatform setup, howto
                2012-05-29 17:38           ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
              @ 2012-05-29 17:40             ` Orlando López D.
                0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
              From: Orlando López D. @ 2012-05-29 17:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
                To: Jonathan Leech-Pepin; +Cc: ian, emacs-orgmode
              
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              Yes, my user on the computer is "User". Thanks,
              
              On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Jonathan Leech-Pepin <
              jonathan.leechpepin@gmail.com> wrote:
              
              > Orlando,
              >
              > Is your username on the machine User?
              >
              > If it isn't you'll have to change "User" to whatever your account name is.
              >
              > If it is the right username, then I'm not sure why it wouldn't be
              > detecting the correct path.
              >
              > Regards,
              >
              > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Orlando López D.
              > <orlando.1982@gmail.com> wrote:
              > > Jonathan,
              > >
              > > Thanks for your attention to this matter.
              > >
              > > After doing an evaluation, I am getting the correct path on my Windows
              > > machine, which is "c:/Users/User/Dropbox/MobileOrg"
              > >
              > > What do you recommend that I try next?
              > >
              > > Thanks,
              > >
              > >
              > >
              > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Jonathan Leech-Pepin
              > > <jonathan.leechpepin@gmail.com> wrote:
              > >>
              > >> Hello,
              > >>
              > >> I think by default Windows tries to treat C:\ as ~ when it isn't
              > >> explicitly defined beforehand.
              > >>
              > >> If you evaluate the following, does it give the same Windows path as
              > >> to the actual folder?
              > >>
              > >> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
              > >>  (expand-file-name "~/Dropbox/MobileOrg")
              > >> #+end_src
              > >>
              > >> If not you'll want to try one of the following:
              > >>
              > >> 1) Set the Windows Environment Variable "HOME" to the desired location
              > >> (C:\Users\<username> for example)
              > >> 2) Move your Dropbox folder to the location shown by the above code
              > >> snippet, it should then recognize it.
              > >> 3) Replace =~/Dropbox/= in your configuration with the full path to
              > >> the Dropbox folder.
              > >>
              > >> Regards,
              > >>
              > >> Jonathan
              > >>
              > >> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Ian Barton <lists@wilkesley.net>
              > wrote:
              > >> > On 28/05/12 15:45, Orlando wrote:
              > >> >>
              > >> >> Ian Barton<lists<at>  wilkesley.net>  writes:
              > >> >>
              > >> >>>
              > >> >>> On 26/05/12 20:00, Orlando López D. wrote:
              > >> >>>>
              > >> >>>> I configured emacs org-mode on a Mac, working properly, having my
              > org
              > >> >>>> files and MobileOrg file within my DropBox folder ( ~/DropBox/ ).
              > >> >>>>
              > >> >>>> Now, I will like to get my emacs setup working properly on my
              > Windows
              > >> >>>> box. I have been able to get it working in terms of reading my
              > .emacs
              > >> >>>> file and emacs.d folder, shared through simlink config.
              > >> >>>>
              > >> >>>> Everything seems to be working properly, except that when I  want
              > to
              > >> >>>> execute org-mobile-pull or org-mobile-push on Windows, I get the
              > >> >>>> following error: "Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an
              > >> >>>> existing directory "
              > >> >>>>
              > >> >>>> The problem seems to be that emacs isn't configured to read or
              > point
              > >> >>>> to
              > >> >>>> the org-mobile directory , per the paths set in .emacs (eg. =
              > >> >>>> "~/DropBox/ ...........").
              > >> >>>>
              > >> >>>
              > >> >>> Running on Linux I found I needed the following in my .emacs:
              > >> >>>
              > >> >>> (setq org-directory "~/dropbox/org/org_files")
              > >> >>> (setq org-mobile-directory "~/dropbox/MobileOrg")
              > >> >>> (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull
              > >> >>> "~/dropbox/org/org_files/tasks/org_inbox.org")
              > >> >>>
              > >> >>> Have you got all these set? Somewhere there is a possible bug where
              > a
              > >> >>> misleading error message gets displayed referring to
              > >> >>> org-mobile-directory, when it means org-directory. I keep meaning to
              > >> >>> try
              > >> >>> and track it down.
              > >> >>>
              > >> >>> Ian.
              > >> >>>
              > >> >>>
              > >> >>
              > >> >>
              > >> >> Ian, thanks for your e-mail.
              > >> >>
              > >> >> I have the following configuration, which doesn´t seems to defer in
              > >> >> concept with
              > >> >> yours:
              > >> >>
              > >> >> ;; Set to the location of your Org files on your local system
              > >> >> (setq org-directory "~/DropBox/org")
              > >> >> ;; Set to the name of the file where new notes will be stored
              > >> >> (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull "~/DropBox/org/flagged.org")
              > >> >> ;; Set to<your Dropbox root directory>/MobileOrg.
              > >> >> (setq org-mobile-directory "~/Dropbox/MobileOrg")
              > >> >>
              > >> >> Which could be the reason why Windows isn´t locating the path to the
              > >> >> existing
              > >> >> directory? Do I need to have any specific configuration on .emacs for
              > >> >> Mac
              > >> >> and
              > >> >> for Windows?
              > >> >>
              > >> >
              > >> > Orlando,
              > >> >
              > >> > I haven't used emacs on Windows for a long time. However, I don't know
              > >> > if
              > >> > Windows understands the concept of "~/", unless there is some emacs
              > >> > configuration that allows this. Have you tried setting the paths
              > >> > explicitly
              > >> > e.g. (setq org-directory "C:/DropBox/org")
              > >> >
              > >> > Ian.
              > >> >
              > >> >
              > >
              > >
              >
              
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      • * Re: Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an existing directory. Multiplatform setup, howto
          2012-05-29  7:17     ` Ian Barton
          2012-05-29 12:43       ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
        @ 2012-05-29 19:54       ` Achim Gratz
          1 sibling, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
        From: Achim Gratz @ 2012-05-29 19:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
          To: emacs-orgmode
        
        Ian Barton writes:
        > I haven't used emacs on Windows for a long time. However, I don't know
        > if Windows understands the concept of "~/", unless there is some emacs
        > configuration that allows this. Have you tried setting the paths
        > explicitly e.g. (setq org-directory "C:/DropBox/org")
        
        Emacs understands "~" to mean %USERPROFILE% by default, but if that "~"
        transpires to any Windows program it won't know what that is.
        
        
        Regards,
        Achim.
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