From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jorge.alfaro-murillo@yale.edu (Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo) Subject: Re: MobileOrg documentation? Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:38:50 -0400 Message-ID: <87vbq3cah1.fsf@yale.edu> References: <86vbq7ftos.fsf@gmail.com> <86vbq4zsa3.fsf@gmail.com> <87egws1ko9.fsf@yale.edu> <86egwrjznk.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44658) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XFlJs-0003A3-Lb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:39:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XFlJl-000538-SR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:39:00 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:47495) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XFlJl-000534-LJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:38:53 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XFlJk-0001OE-8J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 16:38:52 +0200 Received: from nat-130-132-173-153.central.yale.edu ([130.132.173.153]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 16:38:52 +0200 Received: from jorge.alfaro-murillo by nat-130-132-173-153.central.yale.edu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 08 Aug 2014 16:38:52 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org David Masterson writes: > Not looking for complete org functionality in my phone -- just a > reasonable ability to edit org outlines while I'm on the road. Well you can do that with MobileOrg... sort of. Once you edit and save a change, synchronize in your phone and then pull from your computer (org-mobile-pull). From (info (org) Pulling from MobileOrg): "Some changes are applied directly and without user interaction. Examples are all changes to tags, TODO state, headline and body text that can be cleanly applied. Entries that have been flagged for further action will receive a tag ‘:FLAGGED:’, so that they can be easily found again. When there is a problem finding an entry or applying the change, the pointer entry will remain in the inbox and will be marked with an error message. You need to later resolve these issues by hand." I do not understand when "cleanly applied" is the case, but my experience is that resolving "these issues by hand" is the most likely outcome. Even simple edits in the text of an entry in my phone generally result in errors of synchronization. Note that besides adding a comment of when the file was changed in the mobile, the local file does not change. Also you can see the differences in the files in the from-org-mobile.org file (or whatever you set the org-mobile-inbox-for-pull variable to). Because of this limitation, I am better off just adding simple captures on my phone as remainders to do something in my computer, even adding information to a certain file. Then, when I synchronize in the phone and pull in my computer, the only file that changes is from-org-mobile.org, I open that buffer and use org-refile to send things to the right place. Save all org buffers, org-mobile-push and repeat. I you have access by ssh to a computer that is always on, then I recommend leaving an emacsclient open and using JuiceSSH of ConnectBot for editing your org files on the go. Best, -- Jorge.