On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Ed Hirgelt wrote: > On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 10:42:24 -0500 > Peter Davis wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015, at 03:58 PM, dean wrote: >> > On 11/21/15 00:14, Peter Davis wrote: >> > Hi pd, >> > >> > > I'm just starting out with MobileOrg, using Dropbox, but I'm >> > > confused by the setup instructions. I've gotten the app linked to >> > > my Dropbox account, but the next step in the setup instructions >> > > >> > > involve setting up some emacs stuff on my "local system." My >> > > question is: *Which* local system? I have several sync'ed to >> > > Dropbox. Is the mobile app going to require a single point of >> > > contact? >> > > >> > >> > Im fairly new to emacs and mobileorg, so im no expert here but... >> > I believe Mobile org will be using your dropbox folder as its single >> > point of contact. >> > For example your workflow would be: >> > - Create/edit notes/todo's on your phone >> > - sync the app (which should save to dropbox) >> > - Open emacs on your pc, issue org-mobile-pull >> > - This should add your edits to your org files on your pc >> > >> > For the other direction: >> > - Edit org files on your pc, issue org-mobile-push >> > - sync on the app should import your edits into the app >> > >> > Im assuming you have a dropbox daemon taking care of the syncing in >> > this process. >> > >> > This should be the same no matter how many pc's/emacs you use. >> > Does this help answer your question? >> > >> >> Thanks, Dean. Actually, I can't even sync mobileorg. When I try >> (Pressing the sync button in the upper right corner), I get: >> >> >> *Error downloading checksums* >> >> An error was encountered while downloading checksums.dat from the >> server. The file isn't required, but the error received was unusual. >> The error was: >> >> Unexpected error >> >> >> I don't know what that's about, but I can't get past It. >> >> Thanks, >> -pd >> >> >> Peter Davis >> www.techcurmudgeon.com >> www.timebums.com >> >> > > I ran into this same problem. The source of the problem appears to be > that MobileOrg really, really wants to create the directory > ~/Dropbox/Apps/MobileOrg. My workaround was to: > > 1. Delete any and all MobileOrg directories in Dropbox so you don't get > confused as to which one is really the right one. > > 2. Bring up MobileOrg on your iPhone or iPad. Let it create the > directory. Another missing part of the equation in the original post... is this for IOS or Android? I'm setting up on Android. > > 3. Configure org on your desktop/laptop to export to > ~/Dropbox/Apps/MobileOrg. Dropbox is back, and I was successful doing: - $ mkdir ~/Dropbox/mobile-org - added the following to min-config: (setq org-mobile-directory "~/Dropbox/mobile-org") - M-x org-mobile-push - When signing into mobile-org on phone the first time (choosing Dropbox sync), it prompted me for which folder to use. I chose mobile-org, and it picked it up. Unfortunately, I seem to get blank files in mobile-org on my phone. They're correct (populated with headlines/content) in Dropbox, but my phone shows the attached. Not sure how to help from here. John > > 4. Now export from your desktop via org. > > 5. You should now be able to sync on your mobile device. > > Note that is you want to sync to multiple mobile devices you need to > repeat steps 1 and 2 for each device before you do anything from org on > your desktop. Each of the MobileOrg instances will create the target > directory when it initializes. > > This could be avoided if there were a way in MobileOrg to set the > synchronization directory. But, at least it is still possible to get > all this to work. > > Good luck and happy org-ing. > Ed > > >