From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Davis Subject: Re: MobileOrg Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:24:32 -0500 Message-ID: References: <6sw6c7610whi5u.fsf@pfdstudio.com> <564F8989.1010606@gmail.com> <1448120544.3716674.446155745.23995073@webmail.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50024) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0HWH-0005GI-63 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:24:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0HWE-0002KW-1W for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:24:37 -0500 Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:37588) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0HWD-0002KS-QZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:24:33 -0500 Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AEFB203B3 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:24:33 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (John Hendy's message of "Sat, 21 Nov 2015 12:44:34 -0600") 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 John Hendy writes: > On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Peter Davis wrote: >> >> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015, at 03:58 PM, dean wrote: >>> On 11/21/15 00:14, Peter Davis wrote: >>> Hi pd, >>> >>> > I'm just starting out with MobileOrg, using Dropbox, but I'm confused by the setup instructions. I've gotten the app linked to my >>> > Dropbox account, but the next step in the setup instructions involve >>> > setting up some emacs stuff on my "local system." My question is: *Which* local system? I have several sync'ed to Dropbox. Is the >>> > mobile app going to require a single point of contact? > > Well, to my knowledge, mobile-org isn't meant to function as a way to > sync a bunch of emacs/org setups, ... Yes, that is the function of Dropbox. In my setup, I have org files in several directories within the ~/Dropbox/... tree. What I failed to understand earlier is that MobileOrg syncs with one and only one directory, so when I'm on a desk/laptop machine, I have to either edit directly in ~/Dropbox/Apps/MobileOrg/, or use org-mobile-push to copy all my files, in their current state, to that directory. That was the piece I missed. > ... so yes. You'd have one primary > system with your files to sync, you'd push to Dropbox from that > system, and the changes would get picked up from the phone. All of my .org files are already in the ~/Dropbox tree, but in various directories. > Changes/additions from the phone are not automatic, to my knowledge. > These get put in the file pointed to by =org-mobile-inbox-for-pull=, > which you can then re-file or whatever into your main org files. You > could certainly sync various files with Dropbox on several systems, > re-create the same local mobileorg setup on said systems, edit them > from the Dropbox folder and invoke org-mobile-push from that system. > This will use Dropbox to sync the local file since it's under Dropbox > control, and also update it for your phone. > >>> > >>> >>> Im fairly new to emacs and mobileorg, so im no expert here but... >>> I believe Mobile org will be using your dropbox folder as its single >>> point of contact. >>> For example your workflow would be: >>> - Create/edit notes/todo's on your phone >>> - sync the app (which should save to dropbox) >>> - Open emacs on your pc, issue org-mobile-pull >>> - This should add your edits to your org files on your pc >>> >>> For the other direction: >>> - Edit org files on your pc, issue org-mobile-push >>> - sync on the app should import your edits into the app >>> >>> Im assuming you have a dropbox daemon taking care of the syncing in this >>> process. >>> >>> This should be the same no matter how many pc's/emacs you use. >>> Does this help answer your question? >>> >> >> Thanks, Dean. Actually, I can't even sync mobileorg. When I try >> (Pressing the sync button in the upper right corner), I get: >> > > Well, like my comments on your subtree export thread, no one can > diagnose what they can't reproduce. You've literally supplied no > information about what you've done. The errors I encountered were all in MobileOrg, so there was no information to supply other than the message that MobileOrg displayed, which I did include. > Did you set any of the variables > described in the manual? What are they set to? As I understood it, the exchange between MobileOrg and Dropbox is independent of any one particular machine and it's emacs setup, so the variables seemed irrelevant. > Did you run =M-x > org-moble-push=? No, I overlooked that step. >Do you have the Dropbox daemon on so that the changes > were pushed to the cloud? Yes. > You're doing yourself a serious disservice > by not posting full details and reproducible examples. 1) you're going > to get *vastly* less responses because people don't even know what to > make of the post and won't try, and 2) people will get frustrated > making a suggestion to one email (say, about directing you on how to > use mobileorg) and meeting a response that's completely different (I > can't get it to sync due to checksums.dat missing). How is this response different? This *is* the problem I encountered in trying to use MobileOrg. > Basically, these > detail lacking posts waste the time of others. I do try to supply as much detail as I can, and I appreciate your and others' efforts to help me unravel these problems. Thank you. > I've been wanting to try mobileorg for some time so I took the time to > go through the instructions from scratch. See attached pdf and .org > file. I can't verify that mobileorg picks it up on my phone because > Dropbox is down, but the created file structure in ~/Dropbox/MobileOrg > looks sane. I'll try dropbox later to see if that part succeeds. > > > John > >> >> *Error downloading checksums* >> >> An error was encountered while downloading checksums.dat from the >> server. The file isn't required, but the error received was unusual. The >> error was: >> >> Unexpected error >> >> >> I don't know what that's about, but I can't get past it. >> Thanks! -pd