Good point about MikTeX - I don't recall making too many direct edits to MikTeX, so it's probably not necessary to sync.
For LyX: here is a rough outline of the procedure I had in mind. Does it seem sensible? 1. Install LyX on machine A. 2. [?] Do something out of the ordinary for a LyX installation, e.g. putting ~/.lyx somewhere other than the default? 3. Back up ~/.lyx to SpiderOak. 4. Install LyX on machine B. 5. [?] Repeat of 2? 6. Sync ~/.lyx with SpiderOak, doing [?] to ensure that settings made on Machine A are carried over to Machine B rather than overwritten. Many thanks again for your help. BL On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 7:25 PM, Bert Lloyd <bert.lloyd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Dear Liviu, >> >> Thanks for suggesting SpiderOak. It looks like a nice service. >> >> Aside from the particular service I use, though, would it be >> sufficient to synchronize a certain folder or set of folders (if so, >> which ones?) or should I have it sync all of LyX and MikTeX? >> > I think for LyX it should suffice to backup: ~/.lyx > > But for MikTeX, it would be a tall order. I guess as long as you have > 'Install packages on the fly' option enabled and run Tools > > REconfigure in LyX, MikTeX should install all relevant packages that > you might be using. This should take care of most sync issues, I > think. > > Liviu > > >> Best, >> BL >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Bert Lloyd <bert.lloyd...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Dear LyX Users, >>>> >>>> I would like to keep my LyX settings synchronized between my home and >>>> work PCs. Is there a preferred way to do this? >>>> >>>> I have plenty of space in my Dropbox account and was thinking about >>>> just installing LyX (and MikTeX too, I suppose?) to Dropbox, but I >>>> suspect there is a more efficient way to go about this. >>>> >>> I would certainly advise against this! >>> >>> If you wish to synchronize a config file across machines you could use >>> SpiderOak. Unlike Dropbox, SpiderOak is more flexible and can backup >>> and synchronize arbitrary files on a given machine, not only those put >>> in a special folder. In addition to this, SpiderOak provides too >>> privacy (they never have plain-data access to anything that you put on >>> their servers). And SpiderOak Hive provides the exact same >>> functionality as the My Dropbox folder. The downside of SpiderOak's >>> flexibility is that it can be less intuitive than Dropbox, but this is >>> very easy to work around. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Liviu >>> >>> PS You can get an additional 1GB of free storage space (for at total >>> of 3GB) if you created your account using my referral link: >>> https://spideroak.com/download/referral/55f89bacc25641617a230e47766115ee >>> . This is part of the traditional SpiderOak Refer-A-Friend program. >>> >>> >>>> Many thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> BL >>>> >>>> PS - Win 7 Pro 64-bit, using LyX 2.1.2 and MikTeX 2.9. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Do you think you know what math is? >>> http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/ian-stewart-2013-08-02 >>> Or what it means to be intelligent? >>> http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-duncan-2013-08-30 >>> Think again: >>> http://www.ideasroadshow.com/library > > > > -- > Do you think you know what math is? > http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/ian-stewart-2013-08-02 > Or what it means to be intelligent? > http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-duncan-2013-08-30 > Think again: > http://www.ideasroadshow.com/library
