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

[Orlando <orlando.1982@gmail.com>]

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?

regards, 

Orlando