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

[Jonathan Leech-Pepin]

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 <address@hidden> 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.
>
>