From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Rettke Subject: Re: Keeping up to date Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:12:35 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20140429161623.GA72660@pdavismbp15.iscinternal.com> <20140429182726.GB72660@pdavismbp15.iscinternal.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48370) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WfHCX-0001i3-EG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:12:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WfHCW-0004DZ-95 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:12:37 -0400 Received: from mail-ob0-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c01::232]:34239) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WfHCW-0004DP-3g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:12:36 -0400 Received: by mail-ob0-f178.google.com with SMTP id wn1so1092219obc.23 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 16:12:35 -0700 (PDT) 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: John Hendy Cc: emacs-orgmode , Peter Davis I use Cask https://github.com/cask/cask for 5 machines and it works quite well if you like that style. Grant Rettke | AAAS, ACM, ASA, FSF, IEEE, SIAM, Sigma Xi grettke@acm.org | http://www.wisdomandwonder.com/ =E2=80=9CWisdom begins in wonder.=E2=80=9D --Socrates ((=CE=BB (x) (x x)) (=CE=BB (x) (x x))) =E2=80=9CLife has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to st= op taking it seriously.=E2=80=9D --Thompson On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:34 PM, John Hendy wrote: > On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Peter Davis wrote: >> Thanks, John (and Greg) for your replies. >> >> At some point, I'm going to have to bite the bullet and put all my emacs= stuff in a Dropbox folder, so all my Macs will be in sync all the time. Ap= art from org-mode versions, I >> have inconsistencies in init files, etc. that cause me headaches. John, = I'm inclined to agree that getting all my init stuff sync'ed is more import= ant, but I think part of that is >> having all packages in one place so they're in sync as well. > > I wondered about that. Technically, it seemed you only mentioned > Emacs/Org, which I wasn't sure if that encompassed Emacs (the binary > application), other Emacs .el files, and Org, or if you just meant > keeping your Emacs binary version up to date (and Emacs doesn't rev > /that/ often). > > If you meant the former ("Emacs" meant your stash of various .el > files), then I agree that an be a headache. I'll often try some .el > program du jour, maybe keep it, maybe not, and just have them littered > about it ~/.elisp/site-lisp. Then I potentially have to add a line to > add that to my load path if it's a more involved program with it's on > dir vs. being a singular .el file. So, yes, that's a bit of a headache > as well and I think if you are doing a bunch with extra Emacs add-ons, > it would be worth syncing. > > I'm thinking I fiddle with some .el or another perhaps 2-4 times a > year, so again, it's not really impacting me. > > > John > >> >> Thanks! >> -pd >> >> >> -- >> ---- >> Peter Davis >> The Tech Curmudgeon >> www.techcurmudgeon.com >> >