From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dean Subject: Re: MobileOrg Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 09:30:27 +1000 Message-ID: <5650FE93.6040905@gmail.com> References: <6sw6c7610whi5u.fsf@pfdstudio.com> <564F8989.1010606@gmail.com> <1448120544.3716674.446155745.23995073@webmail.messagingengine.com> <20151121110750.ed4a215845e6bfdd25de82b9@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51170) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0Hc4-0008GD-3W for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:30:37 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0Hc0-0003Nm-Sb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:30:36 -0500 Received: from mail-pa0-x231.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::231]:35829) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0Hc0-0003Nf-MO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:30:32 -0500 Received: by pacej9 with SMTP id ej9so152808257pac.2 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 15:30:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.10] ([122.109.65.64]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 24sm4413048pfm.75.2015.11.21.15.30.29 for (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 21 Nov 2015 15:30:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: 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 On 11/22/15 08:52, Peter Davis wrote: > 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 I think the point Ed is making is that you should make sure you only have 1 "mobileorg" directory, which seems to be true for you. > >> 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/ > (setq org-mobile-directory "~/Dropbox/Apps/MobileOrg") >> 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? No. export by issuing M-x org-mobile-push MobileOrg needs index.org and checksums.dat which the above function should create from org-mobile-files. > >> 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.) I use 2 separate folders: 1 for my org files and another for MobileOrg files, just to make my life easier and then I don't have to let MobileOrg near my org files. If I'm ever in doubt I can wipe the MobileOrg folder and recreate all it's files with org-mobile-push. > Thank you, > -pd Hope this helps, Dean