From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Subject: Re: syncing my life (orgmode :)) to a mobile (android) device..cant find a holistic reliable way..how do you guys manage to do it? Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 10:15:14 +0100 Message-ID: <877fkqoc0t.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34395) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a5rtD-0004fC-FN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 04:15:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a5rt9-0001Mx-3u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 04:15:23 -0500 Received: from mail-wm0-x22b.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c09::22b]:32968) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a5rt8-0001Mo-Tj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 04:15:19 -0500 Received: by wmec201 with SMTP id c201so155485469wme.0 for ; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 01:15:18 -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: Xebar Saram Cc: org mode On Sat, 05-12-2015, at 08:10, Xebar Saram wrote: > > So my question is (sorry for the long intro :)) what do orgmode users (who > also are heavy mobile users) do? do they give up on contacts and > calendaring on the mobile? maintain 2 separate databases? what tools do > people use to overcome this issue? I make a fairly standard, non-sophisticated, usage of MobileOrg. I set it to update the entries in the built-in Google Calendar: I find Google Calendar easier to read than what is provided by MobileOrg. I sync the Mobile org directory between computer(s) and tablet(s)/phone using syncthing (https://syncthing.net/), which requires that at least two devices be up (but I have a server that is supposed to be up all the time, so no problem here ---having a tablet and a phone, a tablet and a laptop, etc, would also do). So the computer -> tablet way works just fine. The other way around is slightly more cumbersome (I capture in the tablet and then, in the computer, process the flagged.org file created by MobileOrg --- this has been discussed in this list before, and other people have much more sophisticated procedures here). Contacts I do not worry about (I rarely do email on a tablet/phone). > > I once had a nokia n900 which ran basically Debian linux, and thus emacs > could be run naively , these days it seems like all are android devices. I > still haven't found a gui friendly way to run emacs there. > A few years ago I tried using emacs for android, etc, in the tablet, but I eventually gave up using it since it was too cumbersome for me. MobileOrg covers my needs pretty well. Note, however, that you can install Debian (or several other Linuxes) relatively easily in rooted Android devices and maybe even in non-rooted devices. There are two or three apps available; I use "Complete Linux Installer", and you should be able to get X in there, etc (I use it without X), so you might do Emacs and even start it from a shortcut in a desktop linux environment running inside your Android. But I haven't tried it (and it seems to me it'd probably not be the smoothest and most efficient experience). Best, R. > thanks so much > > best > > Z -- Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Department of Biochemistry, Lab B-25 Facultad de Medicina Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Arzobispo Morcillo, 4 28029 Madrid Spain Phone: +34-91-497-2412 Email: rdiaz02@gmail.com ramon.diaz@iib.uam.es http://ligarto.org/rdiaz