Re: Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an existing directory. Multiplatform setup, howto

["Orlando López D." <orlando.1982@gmail.com>]

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Jonathan,

Thanks for your attention to this matter.

After doing an evaluation, I am getting the correct path on my Windows
machine, which is "c:/Users/User/Dropbox/MobileOrg"

What do you recommend that I try next?

Thanks,



On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Jonathan Leech-Pepin <
jonathan.leechpepin@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I think by default Windows tries to treat C:\ as ~ when it isn't
> explicitly defined beforehand.
>
> If you evaluate the following, does it give the same Windows path as
> to the actual folder?
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>  (expand-file-name "~/Dropbox/MobileOrg")
> #+end_src
>
> If not you'll want to try one of the following:
>
> 1) Set the Windows Environment Variable "HOME" to the desired location
> (C:\Users\<username> for example)
> 2) Move your Dropbox folder to the location shown by the above code
> snippet, it should then recognize it.
> 3) Replace =~/Dropbox/= in your configuration with the full path to
> the Dropbox folder.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Ian Barton <lists@wilkesley.net> wrote:
> > On 28/05/12 15:45, Orlando wrote:
> >>
> >> Ian Barton<lists<at>  wilkesley.net>  writes:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> On 26/05/12 20:00, Orlando López D. wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I configured emacs org-mode on a Mac, working properly, having my org
> >>>> files and MobileOrg file within my DropBox folder ( ~/DropBox/ ).
> >>>>
> >>>> Now, I will like to get my emacs setup working properly on my Windows
> >>>> box. I have been able to get it working in terms of reading my .emacs
> >>>> file and emacs.d folder, shared through simlink config.
> >>>>
> >>>> Everything seems to be working properly, except that when I  want to
> >>>> execute org-mobile-pull or org-mobile-push on Windows, I get the
> >>>> following error: "Variable `org-mobile-directory` must point to an
> >>>> existing directory "
> >>>>
> >>>> The problem seems to be that emacs isn't configured to read or point
> to
> >>>> the org-mobile directory , per the paths set in .emacs (eg. =
> >>>> "~/DropBox/ ...........").
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Running on Linux I found I needed the following in my .emacs:
> >>>
> >>> (setq org-directory "~/dropbox/org/org_files")
> >>> (setq org-mobile-directory "~/dropbox/MobileOrg")
> >>> (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull
> >>> "~/dropbox/org/org_files/tasks/org_inbox.org")
> >>>
> >>> Have you got all these set? Somewhere there is a possible bug where a
> >>> misleading error message gets displayed referring to
> >>> org-mobile-directory, when it means org-directory. I keep meaning to
> try
> >>> and track it down.
> >>>
> >>> Ian.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Ian, thanks for your e-mail.
> >>
> >> I have the following configuration, which doesn´t seems to defer in
> >> concept with
> >> yours:
> >>
> >> ;; Set to the location of your Org files on your local system
> >> (setq org-directory "~/DropBox/org")
> >> ;; Set to the name of the file where new notes will be stored
> >> (setq org-mobile-inbox-for-pull "~/DropBox/org/flagged.org")
> >> ;; Set to<your Dropbox root directory>/MobileOrg.
> >> (setq org-mobile-directory "~/Dropbox/MobileOrg")
> >>
> >> Which could be the reason why Windows isn´t locating the path to the
> >> existing
> >> directory? Do I need to have any specific configuration on .emacs for
> Mac
> >> and
> >> for Windows?
> >>
> >
> > Orlando,
> >
> > I haven't used emacs on Windows for a long time. However, I don't know if
> > Windows understands the concept of "~/", unless there is some emacs
> > configuration that allows this. Have you tried setting the paths
> explicitly
> > e.g. (setq org-directory "C:/DropBox/org")
> >
> > Ian.
> >
> >
>

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