From: Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com>
To: Ed Hirgelt <ehirgelt@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: MobileOrg
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 17:52:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m237vzklrw.fsf@PFDStudio-Air.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151121110750.ed4a215845e6bfdd25de82b9@gmail.com> (Ed Hirgelt's message of "Sat, 21 Nov 2015 11:07:50 -0800")
Ed Hirgelt <ehirgelt@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 10:42:24 -0500
> Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> 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
>> > > <http://mobileorg.ncogni.to/doc/getting-started/using-dropbox/>
>> > > 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.
>>
Thank you, Ed, but this raises a number of questions for me:
>
> 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.
The only MobileOrg directory is the one created by the app, ~/Dropbox/apps/MobileOrg
> 2. Bring up MobileOrg on your iPhone or iPad. Let it create the
> directory.
Ok, done, I guess.
> 3. Configure org on your desktop/laptop to export to
> ~/Dropbox/Apps/MobileOrg.
How? This doesn't seem to be any of the variables specified in the
instructions at http://mobileorg.ncogni.to/doc/getting-started/using-dropbox/
> 4. Now export from your desktop via org.
Export what? Each file I want to sync? If I just save a copy of an org
file to ~/Dropbox/Apps/MobileOrg, will that have the same effect?
> 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.
I'm confused. All my .org files are already in Dropbox, sync'ed across a
number of different machines, so the directory structures and contents
should be identical (once Dropbox syncs them.)
Thank you,
-pd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-21 22:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-20 14:14 MobileOrg Peter Davis
2015-11-20 20:58 ` MobileOrg dean
2015-11-21 15:42 ` MobileOrg Peter Davis
2015-11-21 18:44 ` MobileOrg John Hendy
2015-11-21 23:24 ` MobileOrg Peter Davis
2015-11-21 23:39 ` MobileOrg John Hendy
2015-11-21 19:07 ` MobileOrg Ed Hirgelt
2015-11-21 21:17 ` MobileOrg John Hendy
2015-11-21 22:05 ` MobileOrg dean
2015-11-21 22:52 ` Peter Davis [this message]
2015-11-21 23:25 ` MobileOrg John Hendy
2015-11-21 23:30 ` MobileOrg dean
2015-11-21 23:52 ` MobileOrg Peter Davis
2015-11-22 6:34 ` MobileOrg dean
2015-11-22 13:43 ` MobileOrg Peter Davis
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-08-06 14:07 MobileOrg Noah Slater
2014-08-06 16:11 ` MobileOrg Subhan Michael Tindall
2014-08-06 16:33 ` MobileOrg Alexis
2014-08-06 18:33 ` MobileOrg Xebar Saram
2014-08-14 1:50 ` MobileOrg Sean Escriva
2014-02-28 4:34 MobileOrg David Masterson
2014-03-01 7:07 ` MobileOrg Bastien
2014-03-02 3:14 ` MobileOrg John Hendy
2014-03-02 3:20 ` MobileOrg John Hendy
2014-03-03 19:20 ` MobileOrg Sean Escriva
2014-03-03 19:29 ` MobileOrg Ken Mankoff
2014-03-15 0:12 ` MobileOrg Aric Gregson
2014-03-15 0:50 ` MobileOrg Sean Escriva
2014-03-15 0:59 ` MobileOrg Aric Gregson
2014-06-25 18:56 ` MobileOrg Aric Gregson
2014-06-25 19:17 ` MobileOrg Nick Dokos
2014-07-04 0:47 ` MobileOrg Aric Gregson
2014-07-04 13:14 ` MobileOrg Nick Dokos
2014-07-04 13:17 ` MobileOrg Nick Dokos
2013-03-13 13:09 mobileorg Marvin Doyley
2013-03-13 13:53 ` mobileorg Rainer M Krug
2013-03-14 11:13 ` mobileorg Rasmus
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