Re: Emacs mobile org

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>]

On 2018-09-10, at 14:47, Greg Troxel <gdt@lexort.com> wrote:

> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
>
>> On 2018-09-10, at 09:46, Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I use orgzly, and it works great with syncthing https://syncthing.net/
>>
>> BTW, in my experience syncthing seems quite flaky.  I turn it on on both
>> the coputer and my phone, but I'm not sure what to do to start syncing.
>> Sometimes it just works, sometimes it doesn't (or takes a lot of time,
>> I'm not sure).  Any hints?  Is it possible to make the phone start
>> syncing manually?  (I'm almost sure that my problems stem from my
>> incompetence, hence the question.)
>
> There are actually some issues in android syncthing tracker about this.
>
> my experience:
>
> syncthing the protocol and the desktop versions works very solidly
>
> the android version used to have an issue with timestamps, since on
> android you can't (couldn't) (as a non-root user) set mod times.  I
> think, but I'm not 100% sure, that there's now a sidecar cache so that
> syncthing can store the mod times and have a virtual view where they are
> as they should be, vs. having them at time of sync.  This has been a
> non-issue for me for a long time now, but including it for completeness.
>
> The big problem is the dreaded "run conditions".  Syncthing uses both
> cpu and data, both of which are a problem on a phone.  There are
> multiple modes; one is to sync only when opening the app.  The other is
> to sync always, and then "sync only when charging" (means power applied
> really) and "sync only on wifi".   So you can uncheck those to force it
> to run, and maybe restart syncthing.   It tends to be a bit android
> rom-specific how well it works.
>
> So my advice is to go into syncthing on the phone, and if it tells you
> "syncthing is configured not run, [exit] or [change settings], that's a
> clue.  If not, you can look at the devices tab and see if it's
> connected.  Also look at the dashboard on your desktop client.
>
> https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android/issues/1193

Thanks a lot, I'll check it out!

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