Re: working on cloud

[Ted Wiles <thewiles@wharton.upenn.edu>]

I used to use dropbox, but then I just went all-in, got some server
space from linode, and now I just SSH into a running emacs daemon. The
really cool thing is that I can also SSH in with my Droid 3 phone
(physical keyboard droids are the only ones I've found with the
requisite ctrl and meta keys).

Now, I never have to worry about versioning or maintaining multiple
.emacs, and org-mode is available wherever there is cell service
(grocery store, bus, etc.).

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Barton
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Date: Thu 09 Jan 2014 03:48:34 AM EST

On 09/01/14 08:36, David Belohrad wrote:
> I was using before Dropbox for all sort of syncing, especially my org
> mode files, which change quite often. Dropbox is generally very fine (as
> well e.g. for sharing screenshots between windows and linux
> machines). At certain moment I started to have two issues with this:
>
I have had problems with Dropbox generating "Conflicting files". I think 
this is because some of my computers are only intermittently connected 
to Dropbox. Sorting this out can be very time consuming, especially if 
it happens inside a .git directory.
>
I have now gone down the git route for emacs init files and all my .org 
files. I keep a separate branch for each computer and do a git pull and 
git merge when I move to a different computer. This does have some 
disadvantages - you need to remember to commit and push your changes on 
each computer. However, sorting out mistakes is generally much easier.
>
Regarding your .emacs you can use elisp to distinguish various bits of 
your configuration on an OS and computer name basis. Have a look at 
http://sigquit.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/single-dot-emacs-file/ for a 
good guide.
>
Ian.