Hi Nathan, I'm the maintainer of MobileOrg for Android.   Have you read the
org-mode documentation for MobileOrg?

http://orgmode.org/manual/MobileOrg.html#MobileOrg

That's a good place to start in figuring out what MobileOrg expects of
org-mode, and also what org-mode expects from MobileOrg.

The synchronization modes refer mostly to where you stage your org-mode
files.   The outline mode will work in the upcoming version of the
application.   You should definitely read the org-mode documentation about
MobileOrg and I think that will give you a pretty good idea of how
synchronization is handled from both sides.

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Nathan Neff <nathan.neff@gmail.com> wrote:

> I just joined the 21st century and got a smart phone.
>
> I downloaded the MobileOrg for Android application, and have some
> questions,
> most of them are probably dumb, because I have only played with the
> phone for a bit.
>
> 1) Is there documentation regarding the various setups/syncing modes?
> I would like to know how to get data off my phone, put .org files on my
> phone.
> I know how to use Dropsend, etc, but I would probably rather just use
> rsync or git to
> sync the phone's data.
>
> 2) The menu for MobileOrg Android has an "Outline" button, but it
> doesn't do anything.
>
> 3) In "Configure Synchronization Settings" there's a setting where you
> specify where index.org
> is.  What do I put in there?  Is this setting affected by the other
> Synchronization settings?
>
> 4) What does "Sync" actually mean?  Is it like rsync where it copies
> the latest file, or does it attempt
> a merge?  What happens if you have new stuff in each file?  Does
> DropSend asking you which one you want, or
> provide a diff tool?
>
>
> As you can see, I'm very new to Android and have no idea what I'm doing :-)
>
> I do plan (within the next few months) to start learning how to
> develop on Android platform,
> and I think that Mobile Org Android would be a good "Scratch your own
> itch" program to start with.
>
> I'd be more than willing to start a FAQ on the Github Wiki with any
> answers that I get from this post.
>
> Thanks,
> --Nate
>
>