Yes, my user on the computer is "User". Thanks, On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Jonathan Leech-Pepin < jonathan.leechpe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Orlando, > > Is your username on the machine User? > > If it isn't you'll have to change "User" to whatever your account name is. > > If it is the right username, then I'm not sure why it wouldn't be > detecting the correct path. > > Regards, > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Orlando López D. > <orlando.1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jonathan, > > > > Thanks for your attention to this matter. > > > > After doing an evaluation, I am getting the correct path on my Windows > > machine, which is "c:/Users/User/Dropbox/MobileOrg" > > > > What do you recommend that I try next? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Jonathan Leech-Pepin > > <jonathan.leechpe...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> 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 <li...@wilkesley.net> > 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. > >> > > >> > > > > > >
