From: Gijs Hillenius <gijs@hillenius.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Syncing methods for org files and org-mobile.el
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:00:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o9zb2pix.fsf@hillenius.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ziivdzy5.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (Eric S. Fraga's message of "Fri, 13 Jan 2017 10:19:46 +0000")
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Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
> On Friday, 13 Jan 2017 at 08:50, Anssi Saari wrote:
>> When I tried MobileOrg I think I used Dropbox. But since initiating
>> manual sync from Emacs seemed mandatory I just didn't get much use out
>> of MobileOrg.
>
> But automatic sync in Emacs should be quite straightforward and is
> independent of the mobile end. You can use a timer, for instance:
>
> ,----[ C-h f run-with-idle-timer RET ]
> | run-with-idle-timer is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
> | ‘timer.el’.
> |
> | (run-with-idle-timer SECS REPEAT FUNCTION &rest ARGS)
> |
> | Perform an action the next time Emacs is idle for SECS seconds.
> | The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
> | SECS may be an integer, a floating point number, or the internal
> | time format returned by, e.g., ‘current-idle-time’.
> | If Emacs is currently idle, and has been idle for N seconds (N < SECS),
> | then it will call FUNCTION in SECS - N seconds from now. Using
> | SECS <= N is not recommended if this function is invoked from an idle
> | timer, because FUNCTION will then be called immediately.
> |
> | If REPEAT is non-nil, do the action each time Emacs has been idle for
> | exactly SECS seconds (that is, only once for each time Emacs becomes idle).
> |
> | This function returns a timer object which you can use in ‘cancel-timer’.
> |
> | [back]
> `----
>
>>
>> So whatever you want to provide, make sure sync is automatic. And
>> preferably supporting private sync options too.
I have this in my emacs init.el
(run-at-time "10:15" 86400 'org-mobile-push)
This works in combination with a cron job (a few minutes later) that
syncs the files to my 'cloud', where my phone picks them up.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-13 11:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-12 3:30 Syncing methods for org files and org-mobile.el Sean Escriva
2017-01-12 9:31 ` Alan Schmitt
2017-01-12 15:48 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2017-01-13 8:50 ` Anssi Saari
[not found] ` <f526a3a2b7c64704b31745155948bef4@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com>
2017-01-13 10:19 ` Eric S Fraga
2017-01-13 11:00 ` Gijs Hillenius [this message]
2017-01-13 14:13 ` Anssi Saari
[not found] ` <5ac759095a61410cb97fa7addd9665b8@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com>
2017-01-13 15:44 ` Eric S Fraga
2017-01-13 16:18 ` Nick Dokos
2017-01-16 14:48 ` Karl Voit
2017-01-16 22:05 ` FAb
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