Re: [O] Syncing methods for org files and org-mobile.el

[Gijs Hillenius]

Eric S Fraga <address@hidden> writes:

> On Friday, 13 Jan 2017 at 08:50, Anssi Saari wrote:
>> When I tried MobileOrg I think I used Dropbox. But since initiating
>> manual sync from Emacs seemed mandatory I just didn't get much use out
>> of MobileOrg.
>
> But automatic sync in Emacs should be quite straightforward and is
> independent of the mobile end.  You can use a timer, for instance:
>
> ,----[ C-h f run-with-idle-timer RET ]
> | run-with-idle-timer is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
> | ‘timer.el’.
> | 
> | (run-with-idle-timer SECS REPEAT FUNCTION &rest ARGS)
> | 
> | Perform an action the next time Emacs is idle for SECS seconds.
> | The action is to call FUNCTION with arguments ARGS.
> | SECS may be an integer, a floating point number, or the internal
> | time format returned by, e.g., ‘current-idle-time’.
> | If Emacs is currently idle, and has been idle for N seconds (N < SECS),
> | then it will call FUNCTION in SECS - N seconds from now.  Using
> | SECS <= N is not recommended if this function is invoked from an idle
> | timer, because FUNCTION will then be called immediately.
> | 
> | If REPEAT is non-nil, do the action each time Emacs has been idle for
> | exactly SECS seconds (that is, only once for each time Emacs becomes idle).
> | 
> | This function returns a timer object which you can use in ‘cancel-timer’.
> | 
> | [back]
> `----
>
>>
>> So whatever you want to provide, make sure sync is automatic. And
>> preferably supporting private sync options too.

I have this in my emacs init.el 

(run-at-time "10:15" 86400 'org-mobile-push)

This works in combination with a cron job (a few minutes later) that
syncs the files to my 'cloud', where my phone picks them up.

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