Here is a quick summary of the alternatives: Dropbox vs. the Alternatives: Which Online Syncing Service Is Right for You? http://lifehacker.com/5818908/dropbox-vs-the-alternatives-which-online-syncing-service-is-right-for-you
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 11:11, Francis Wright <f.j.wri...@qmul.ac.uk> wrote: > A Windows-only solution might be to use Windows Live Mesh. It synchronizes > directories rather than files. I use it to synchronize a few directories > between > my desktop at work and my laptop at home. If you also synchronize with > SkyDrive > then it is not necessary for both/all computers to be running at the same time > and you get 5GB of free cloud backup (for Mesh; 25GB in total for one SkyDrive > account). However, Mesh can hang (no idea why), so don't rely on it for > anything > mission-critical! > > Francis > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: help-emacs-windows-bounces+f.j.wright=qmul.ac...@gnu.org >> [mailto:help-emacs-windows-bounces+f.j.wright=qmul.ac...@gnu.org] On >> Behalf Of Sarir Khamsi >> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 11:08 PM >> To: ntemacs >> Subject: [h-e-w] Syncing Emacs org files >> >> I've recently started down the spiritually enlightening path that is org mode > and >> noticed that I now have a bunch of org files on my laptop >> (WinXP) and my desktop (Windows 7). There now seems to be a problem of >> keeping these files synced up. Ediff is an option but that means knowing what >> files have changed, and they are in a variety of dirs in my "home" >> dir. rsync has been an option for directories, but with org files, it's > possible that >> the contents may need to be merged. >> >> As you might guess, the laptop is not always connected to the same network as >> the desktop, but eventually, they get hooked up, so using a single file >> shared > by >> both computer is not an option. >> >> Ideally, I'd like a platform-neutral approach but I'd be OK with a > Windows-only >> solution. So my questions are: >> >> 1) What have people done in Emacs to sync up files in a somewhat >> automated fashion? >> >> 2) Is this best handled outside of Emacs with something like git (and >> mapping drives in Windows)? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Sarir >> >> -- >> Sarir Khamsi >> software guy >> sarir.kha...@raytheon.com > > > >
