Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-09 Thread Rasmus
Xebar, its funny you just posted this as of all the excellent responses in this thread i was looking into git-annex as a solution. The issue is that im not very technical (im an academic not a programmer) and its seems mighty complicated. Also in addition git-assistant is currently isnt

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-08 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Ian Barton writes: On 01/07/13 13:06, Xebar Saram wrote: Hi all I have been using dropbox since i started using orgmode a few weeks ago (yeah im a neewb :)), which kinda works but i find it very annoying as it keeps creating conflicted copies, isnt reliable on my Linux main machine etc

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-08 Thread Xebar Saram
Thx Chris its funny you just posted this as of all the excellent responses in this thread i was looking into git-annex as a solution. The issue is that im not very technical (im an academic not a programmer) and its seems mighty complicated. Also in addition git-assistant is currently isnt

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-04 Thread Alan Schmitt
fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 04:27:27PM +0200, Alan Schmitt wrote: If someone can show me how to launch ediff from the command line, I can explain how to set up Unison for it (I found this old question

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-04 Thread Ian Barton
On 01/07/13 13:06, Xebar Saram wrote: Hi all I have been using dropbox since i started using orgmode a few weeks ago (yeah im a neewb :)), which kinda works but i find it very annoying as it keeps creating conflicted copies, isnt reliable on my Linux main machine etc etc.. I was wondering what

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-04 Thread Nicolas Richard
Ian Barton li...@wilkesley.net writes: I used to use Dropbox and git. However, as you have found I often got Conflicted Files. This is a particular problem if it happens in your .git folder, because it can lead to a corrupt git repo. Even though I have a remote git repo, this still lead to

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-03 Thread Samuel Loury
Hi, Xebar Saram zelt...@gmail.com writes: I was wondering what you guys do for syncing org files between PC's, Os's, devices (android etc).. There have been lot's of awesome solutions provided in this thread. Mine is quite similar but I think it is worth describing it anyway. I use git (a

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-03 Thread G. Martin Butz
Hi Itai, you have been given a lot of detailed advice, so I do not know, if my contribution will add anything. I have made good experiences with a combination of unison and git. I currently synchonise my netbook and my laptop; it is a rather simple and homebrew setup but it works for my

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-03 Thread Nick Dokos
G. Martin Butz m...@mkblog.org writes: I wrote a blog entry about the issue [1], but it's in German. If you interested I can give further information in English. The Chromium browser did an OK job of translating it: I think the translation is rough but readable. [1]

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Alan Schmitt
devn...@karl-voit.at writes: Unison does not offer any merge functionality. However, you can easily use third party tools to handle merge conflicts (Emacs, vim, ...). (Disclaimer, I participate in Unison's development). Just to clarify what I think Karl is saying: one can plug in external

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Karl Voit
* Alan Schmitt alan.schm...@polytechnique.org wrote: devn...@karl-voit.at writes: Unison does not offer any merge functionality. However, you can easily use third party tools to handle merge conflicts (Emacs, vim, ...). (Disclaimer, I participate in Unison's development). Jay! \o/ Just

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Rasmus
Hi, Nice discussion. I hope it makes it into a Worg page eventually :) Karl Voit devn...@karl-voit.at writes: * Alan Schmitt alan.schm...@polytechnique.org wrote: Just to clarify what I think Karl is saying: one can plug in external tools to handle merge into unison, these tools can be

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Myles English
Hi, Rasmus writes: Another option is Git Annex. In my experience, it takes some effort to get used to it, but perhaps less so if you're used to git. One can configure it to use regular git for e.g. text files. It's build with Haskell (and success of building it is more or less random),

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hello, On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 01:25:26PM -0300, Tomas Grigera wrote: On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Brian van den Broek brian.van.den.br...@gmail.com wrote: bzr and hg are (superficially?) easier and git is pretty dominant. [...chomp...chomp...chomp...] But I agree with Brian that in

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Xebar Saram
Wow thx guys, so many great tips ill slowly start looking into them. as i said i am a neewb (and not to technical :)). Alan, a unison guide focused on org would be great as some of the guys mentioned. best to all and thx alot for the info its truly helpful take care -Itai On Tue, Jul 2,

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Alan Schmitt
Hello Karl, devn...@karl-voit.at writes: Alan, how about a short how-to on Worg about Unison and Org-mode methods? Well, what would be there? If there is (and there may be) an external tool that knows how to merge org files (it can be a 3-way merge, if it makes things simpler), I could try to

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Rasmus
Alan Schmitt alan.schm...@polytechnique.org writes: Alan, how about a short how-to on Worg about Unison and Org-mode methods? Well, what would be there? If there is (and there may be) an external tool that knows how to merge org files (it can be a 3-way merge, if it makes things simpler), I

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Alan Schmitt
ras...@gmx.us writes: Alan Schmitt alan.schm...@polytechnique.org writes: Alan, how about a short how-to on Worg about Unison and Org-mode methods? Well, what would be there? If there is (and there may be) an external tool that knows how to merge org files (it can be a 3-way merge, if it

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Brett Viren
Alan Schmitt alan.schm...@polytechnique.org writes: Well, what would be there? If there is (and there may be) an external tool that knows how to merge org files (it can be a 3-way merge, if it makes things simpler), I could try to devise the magical incantation to use it. It is not

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread David Engster
Suvayu Ali writes: I have noticed that git *always* conflicts with TODO state changes. It seems changes to a headline is not easy to resolve. You mean you change state in a file and git fails to merge this on the other side, although you didn't change the same line there? I've never seen such

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 04:27:27PM +0200, Alan Schmitt wrote: If someone can show me how to launch ediff from the command line, I can explain how to set up Unison for it (I found this old question http://superuser.com/questions/81958/how-to-make-emacsclient-wait-when-using-the-eval-option

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hi David, On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 05:59:36PM +0200, David Engster wrote: Suvayu Ali writes: I have noticed that git *always* conflicts with TODO state changes. It seems changes to a headline is not easy to resolve. You mean you change state in a file and git fails to merge this on the

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread David Engster
Suvayu Ali writes: That said, I think you might be right. Possibly it could be resolved by just changing the algorithm, I don't know why I never tried that though. You might want to try setting diff.algorithm to 'patience' and maybe also raise diff.context to something like 6 or so if that

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 06:11:14PM +0200, David Engster wrote: Suvayu Ali writes: That said, I think you might be right. Possibly it could be resolved by just changing the algorithm, I don't know why I never tried that though. You might want to try setting diff.algorithm to 'patience' and

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Juan G .
Xebar Saram zeltakc at gmail.com writes: Alan, a unison guide focused on org would be great as some of the guys mentioned. As an example, I use the following ~/.unison/Org.prf file to sync files between Org folders on a Debian Linux laptop and an Android phone: # Unison preferences label =

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-02 Thread Simon Thum
Hi, I use git-sync against my own server, and replicate mobileOrg to a webdav directory from there. https://github.com/simonthum/git-sync git-sync is intended for people who are git-savy, though. Cheers, Simon On 07/01/2013 02:06 PM, Xebar Saram wrote: Hi all I have been using dropbox

[O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-01 Thread Xebar Saram
Hi all I have been using dropbox since i started using orgmode a few weeks ago (yeah im a neewb :)), which kinda works but i find it very annoying as it keeps creating conflicted copies, isnt reliable on my Linux main machine etc etc.. I was wondering what you guys do for syncing org files

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-01 Thread Brian van den Broek
On Jul 1, 2013 8:26 AM, Xebar Saram zelt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all I have been using dropbox since i started using orgmode a few weeks ago (yeah im a neewb :)), which kinda works but i find it very annoying as it keeps creating conflicted copies, isnt reliable on my Linux main machine etc

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-01 Thread Tomas Grigera
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Brian van den Broek brian.van.den.br...@gmail.com wrote: On Jul 1, 2013 8:26 AM, Xebar Saram zelt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all I have been using dropbox since i started using orgmode a few weeks ago (yeah im a neewb :)), which kinda works but i find it

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-01 Thread Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
Hi Itai, zelt...@gmail.com writes: Hi all I have been using dropbox since i started using orgmode a few weeks ago (yeah im a neewb :)), which kinda works but i find it very annoying as it keeps creating conflicted copies, isnt reliable on my Linux main machine etc etc.. I was wondering

Re: [O] advice needed: how do you guys sync org files between devices?

2013-07-01 Thread Karl Voit
* Tomas Grigera tgrig...@gmail.com wrote: To me, a rather reliable way (without version control) has been unison. Easy to set up and learn, fast. Only problem is that it doesn't deal well (actually, at all) with merges (i.e. a file that has been modified in both computers). I am using