Re: [O] New user, my use case, request basic advice
At Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:03:58 -0700, David Rogers wrote: Hi I'm gradually getting accustomed to org-mode; thanks to all those whose work makes this great software keep getting even better. I've been trying to figure out how to integrate org-mode into my gadgets and my situation, and realize that I've been thinking about it upside down. The missing piece of the puzzle, for me, the thing I don't know how to accomplish, is the most important one to have. So, here's what I've got and what I'm trying to do: […] Thanks for any thoughts or advice on how this might be done. Hi David, My setup, for slightly different goals, but which could probably meet your needs, is as follows. I keep my computers (laptop, work desktop, server) notes directory (which contain my org files) synced using gitdocs [1]. This means that I always have the same org files on each machine. You could use the same setup to keep your org files synced with a server and use the rest of the setup below to accomplish mobile syncing. (Some remarks on gitdocs follow. Disadvantages: if I leave an org file open on one machine, and it gets updated on another, emacs complains because the file has changed. Alternatives: sync using dropbox.) I have an android phone, on which I use mobileorg. I use this, as near as I can tell, in the ordinary way, except that I run org-mobile-pull/push in crontabs on a server (actually, I just set this up, but it seems to work). Because my notes are synced (via gitdocs) across computers, this works fine. 15 * * * * emacs24 --batch -l /home/egh/.emacs --eval (org-mobile-pull) 20 * * * * emacs24 --batch -l /home/egh/.emacs --eval (org-mobile-push) I use org-caldav to sync my events to a google calendar. This is connected to my calendar on android. I suppose that I could use the mobileorg sync calendar function, but this seemed safer. My phone has a widget on the main screen that displays my next appointment. I assume that getting audible notifications is just a matter of settings. I run the caldav sync on my server [2] every hour, using the following: 10 * * * * emacs24 --batch -l /home/egh/.emacs --eval (load-library \org-caldav\) --eval (org-caldav-sync) /dev/null 21 Because my server’s notes dir is synced (using gitdocs) with my laptop desktop, if I add an appointment on my laptop or desktop, it should be pushed to my google calendar in an hour at most. For the record, I also run the following: 0 5 * * * emacs --batch -l /home/egh/.emacs --eval (org-batch-store-agenda-views) /dev/null 21 mailx -s Agenda e...@e6h.org /tmp/agenda_schedule_day This generates an agenda emails it to me daily. Furthermore, my agenda is pushed to an HTTP server, and I use it as my home page. So I look at it every time I see a new browser window. Hope that helps! best, Erik 1. https://github.com/bazaarlabs/gitdocs 2. Note that getting credentials set up is a little tricky. See https://github.com/dengste/org-caldav/issues/2 Sent from my free software system http://fsf.org/.
[O] New user, my use case, request basic advice
Hi I'm gradually getting accustomed to org-mode; thanks to all those whose work makes this great software keep getting even better. I've been trying to figure out how to integrate org-mode into my gadgets and my situation, and realize that I've been thinking about it upside down. The missing piece of the puzzle, for me, the thing I don't know how to accomplish, is the most important one to have. So, here's what I've got and what I'm trying to do: - Working at home part of the time, usually near the computer; and at various other locations the rest of the time, NOT near a computer. - Android phone, with root access and (often) able to use wi-fi at work - Home computer, with internet access obviously - Off-site web server where I'm free to install and run whatever is necessary - No laptops or tablets, and none planned. Got more than enough machinery already. :) My main goals: 1. I need audible alerts from my phone for appointments reminders when I'm away from home. I don't really mind how those are accomplished, but I have to hear a sound of some kind at the appropriate times. I can't be counted on to check my phone periodically - I need the phone to check me instead, or I'll forget a lot of things. For example, I'm very attracted to 0rg-notify, but have no clue how to transfer that functionality onto the phone. (SSH the phone onto the server and run emacs on there? But I don't even know if that would give audible alerts.) 2. I need a way (any reasonable way) of keeping the home computer's appointments reminders, and the phone's appointments reminders, in sync. Automatic sync is nice but definitely not a requirement - I can sync manually if needed. (MobileOrg the obvious choice? or something else?) 3. In all of this, I want to maximize use of org-mode/gnus/emacs and associated tools, and minimize use of other tools. Thanks for any thoughts or advice on how this might be done. -- David Rogers
Re: [O] New user, my use case, request basic advice
David Rogers davidandrewrog...@gmail.com writes: Hi David: My main goals: 1. I need audible alerts from my phone for appointments reminders when I'm away from home. I don't really mind how those are accomplished, but I have to hear a sound of some kind at the appropriate times. I can't be counted on to check my phone periodically - I need the phone to check me instead, or I'll forget a lot of things. For example, I'm very attracted to 0rg-notify, but have no clue how to transfer that functionality onto the phone. (SSH the phone onto the server and run emacs on there? But I don't even know if that would give audible alerts.) 2. I need a way (any reasonable way) of keeping the home computer's appointments reminders, and the phone's appointments reminders, in sync. Automatic sync is nice but definitely not a requirement - I can sync manually if needed. (MobileOrg the obvious choice? or something else?) Since you use Android, the solution is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.matburt.mobileorgfeature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5tYXRidXJ0Lm1vYmlsZW9yZyJd in conjunction with org-mobile.el, which is part of org-mode. Please read the manual: http://orgmode.org/manual/MobileOrg.html Cheers, Charles -- How do I type for i in *.dvi do xdvi i done in a GUI? (Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc on the intuitiveness of interfaces.)
