From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: Emacs mobile org Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 21:46:45 +0200 Message-ID: <87va7aqz16.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <87wortpu4r.fsf@mbork.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47253) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g0B7Z-0000rk-Ih for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:48:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g0B7W-0002Z2-BZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:48:17 -0400 Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:40685) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g0B7W-0002Ys-3s for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:48:14 -0400 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" To: Greg Troxel Cc: Alan Schmitt , Kaushal Modi , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, "M. P." On 2018-09-10, at 14:47, Greg Troxel wrote: > Marcin Borkowski writes: > >> On 2018-09-10, at 09:46, Alan Schmitt 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! -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl