On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 9:58 AM, mzatanoskas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > > I've been happily using Mnemosyne for six months or so (thanks Peter > and everyone who contributes for a great program) now on XP, but > decide to dual boot Ubuntu again for various reasons. > > I was wondering is it possible to directly share a database and files > like you can a Firefox profile across the two systems on the same > harddrive? For example my Firefox profiles are set up on a shared > partition which both the XP Firefox and Linux Firefox use so that I > don't have to worry about any syncing. In that case I'd have mnemosyne > running on both systems and just learn my cards on which ever system I > was running at the time. > > If not, is there a recommended method to move the database and all > your files from XP to Ubuntu. Is it just a case of moving > the .mnemosyne file from your Documents and Settings place in XP to > the appropriate place in Ubuntu? My cards only refer to media > contained within that directory. Any dangers or pitfalls to watch out > for? > > I'm a little paranoid because I've been pushing the cards quite hard > for a while now and hate the idea of even losing just a few days worth > of data. > > Thanks for any advice!
Offhand, I'm not sure it's possible; I find myself wondering whether a Linux Python instance would write a different default.mem than a Windows Python. Windows/DOS deliberately chose different line-endings than Unix, after all... But if a Windows Mnemosyne and Linux Mnemosyne can read and write the same .mnemosyne/ without issue, I think what I would do is look into how to mount the Windows partition in a Linux folder, and symlink ~/.mnemosyne to the 'real' .mnemosyne-equivalent on the Windows partition. So while you run Windows, Mnemosyne reads and writes its default folder, and when you run Linux, the symlink diverts that Mnemosyne to read and write the Windows folder. -- gwern -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en.
