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From: Gregor Kappler <g.kappler@gmx.net>
To: Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Best way to set up Org mode with MobileOrg over Dropbox
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:30:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wrbgvnye.fsf@univie.ac.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADdV=MuUGzV++OUQSSGg99wEi=oybA-TTKspk17WFufS2LKOFQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Nikolai,

> As I can hardly be the only person with two computers, a mobile, and a
> desire to keep my org-agenda-files in sync between these three
> computers, I’ll pose this question here: How do you have this set up?

I am using git to sync several laptops and Desktop computers.

Every 5 minutes a cronjob runs a shell script that automatically runs
=git pull= -- and =git add= on org files as well files listed in the
=.gitcroncommit= file.  The commit message is comprised of the filenames
of all changed files as well as a prefix for detection in git logs
("cron autocommit", parameterized) and the hostname.

The auto commit is performed only if
 - no files have been staged manually.
 - git is in the auto branch (where mine is always). This prevents
   cluttering the git history of the master branch.

When I change computers I run
[[http://www.neilvandyke.org/revbufs/revbufs.el][revbufs]] and can thus
quite seamlessly switch computers and just work on.

I know, tracking of text changes in 5 min intervals is obsessive.  But
it eases agenda clocking reviews tremendously.  I use git log for
displaying changes during an entry in the agenda.

I do not use MobileOrg because, when I last checked, the Android app
was not able to handle all my org files (it would need some fiddling
on what exactly I want mobile) and seemed to lack functionality
compared to the iphones.  Maybe I will give it another shot shortly.

I guess when you have synced org files across all your emacs instances,
pushing and pulling to mobileorg from any at (nearly) all times is possible.

I am glad to share the code, but it needs some cleanups and some stuff
is first emacs-lisp steps, clumsy and irresponsible.

Best,  

Gregor

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2011-11-03 22:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-03 19:03 Best way to set up Org mode with MobileOrg over Dropbox Nikolai Weibull
2011-11-03 22:30 ` Gregor Kappler [this message]
2011-11-04 12:38   ` OT: syncing computers with git (was: Best way to set up Org mode with MobileOrg over Dropbox) Karl Voit

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