Am 22.07.2011 00:51, schrieb Chris Seidel: > I see. However, I'm not always on the network. This is why I like the > Dropbox idea. Dropbox(.com) allows you to create a folder on your > computer that is shared by all your computers (regardless of system > type). If you happen to go away from the network and work on the files > in that folder, the moment you float back into the network the folder > synchronizes among all computers. So your data is always with you, and > always synchronized. > > Perhaps I can rephrase my question using a similar concept: if you > wanted to create a desktop wiki on a flash drive, is it possible to use > that wiki regardless of machine type?
You have to call moin ... maint cleancache to invalidate machine dependent cache files before you start moin on a different platform or different python version same platform. Sometimes I use http://www.portablepython.com/ to show the same wiki on a windows system and on a linux. Because you don't need python installed beforehand on windows this makes it easy to demonstrate the wiki. > > For example, I work with Windows machines, Macintosh machines, linux > machines. I often go away from the network. I want to plug the flash > drive into any of the machines, launch the wiki (using whatever python > is on that machine), and write some pages. Is this possible? If it is > possible, then it should be possible to replace the flash drive concept > with a Dropbox folder (thus bringing the luxury of the network). > > My experience so far is that it is not currently possible. I can install > separate desktop wikis for each platform on a flash drive, launch (by > platform) and use them to write pages. But if I configure them to use a > common directory for the 'data' and 'underlay' directories (using the > instance_dir variable as directed in wikiconfig.py), it works for the > first machine to touch that directory structure, but when a second > machine tries to touch the structure later, the server process crashes. > Thus I was wondering if it is possible for a windows machine, and a > Macintosh machine to (non-simultaneously) share the data directory. If > the pages are just text files, it should be possible. But I'm having no > luck. (I understand they can't share the other directories, because > otherwise the python would get recompiled every time I plugged the flash > drive into a different platform). I am pretty sure that this crash happens because of the incompatible python cache files of pages, links, name2id etc. But you don't showed the traceback. So I suggest for now to call moin ... maint cleancache to invalidate platform, python version dependent cachefiles. cheers Reimar > > -Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: Reimar Bauer [mailto:rb.p...@googlemail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 5:10 PM > To: Seidel, Chris > Subject: Re: [Moin-user] desktop edition mac windows dropbox > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:03 AM, chris <sei...@phaget4.org> wrote: >> Hi, > Hi > >> >> I don't understand your question (thus I'm responding to you and not > the list). When I look in wikiserverconfig.py I don't see anything that > looks like it would help. I guess I don't understand what you're getting at. > > Well if you set > http://hg.moinmo.in/moin/1.9/file/62202e5435e2/wikiserverconfig.py#l40 > to '' or your IP then you can access the same desktop wiki from all of > your PCs. You store then the pages only on one system and don't need to > sync. > >> >> Are you saying I should set up a wiki for each machine, using data > files on drop box, and then set up another wiki (say called uber wiki) > that get's it's content from each of the individual wikis? If so, what > process serves uber wiki? It would seem I'd need two wikis for each > machine - one that I can write with, and one that can grab content from > all others and serve it back to me. > > see above >> >> I'm not sure how to make a wiki accessible from other wikis. I can > currently run a local wiki for every machine using dropbox (as long as > the instances are separate for each machine). > > If you have on all wikis the same content and because they are connected > to the network, just setup one wiki and access it from all others. You > can do this also from the desktop wiki. That's what I tried to explain. > > Reimar > > >> >> -Chris >> ________________________________________ >> From: R.Bauer [rb.p...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 8:45 AM >> To: moin-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [Moin-user] desktop edition mac windows dropbox >> >> Just a question why don't you configure one of your wikis to be >> accessible from all others? >> >> see wikiserverconfig.py >> >> >> Am 17.07.2011 23:56, schrieb Chris Seidel: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'd like to install the desktop edition on several computers, but put >>> the wiki folder (with data and overlay dirs) on dropbox, so that >>> whatever computer I'm on at a given time I can edit pages and they'll >>> get updated for all my desktop instances. Over the course of a day I >>> use >>> 4 or 5 computers that are mixed between mac, windows, and linux. I >>> first installed the wiki on windows and made some pages. But when I >>> try to use it from a mac, python quits with a segmentation fault. I >>> can install the wiki stand alone on the mac (and have been using a >>> separate desktop instance for years). >> >> I guess the cache files of the pages are incompatible to your >> different python versions. >> >>> >>> So my question is: given that dropbox is a shared point between >>> platforms, is it possible to have two desktop instances of moinmoin >>> (one on windows, one on mac) write to a common data directory? Does >>> python write files identically on both platforms? Is there some >>> obvious reason why mac moinmoin crashes if reading a windows-written > data directory? >> >> I guess this won't help. >> >> Reimar >> >>> >>> Of course I'm not expecting each instance to be able to write >>> simultaneously - as I only use one computer at a time. >>> >>> Does anyone use moinmoin via dropbox across several platforms? >>> >>> -Chris >>> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 5 Ways to Improve & Secure Unified Communications > Unified Communications promises greater efficiencies for business. UC can > improve internal communications as well as offer faster, more efficient ways > to interact with customers and streamline customer service. Learn more! > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51426253/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 Tips for Better Web Security Learn 10 ways to better secure your business today. 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