Re: syncing lyx documents

[Rainer M Krug]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:31 AM, xPol xtek...@gmail.com wrote:

 I would like to be able to easily store and retrieve my lyx docs from a web
 server.


You could look into copiers which might be able to achieve at least the
writing to the web server.

The automatic reading, I don't know (and I would rather do that manually
before starting lyx).

You could add your support to the enhancement request

http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/6393

which suggests user defined pre-processor and post-processor support, which
could achieve the writing to web server through a script which is executed
after compilation of the document.

The other option would be a version control module for what you want to do -
but don't ask me how, and I don't think that could be easily done.

Cheers,

Rainer


I am intrigued to know what you have devised to set up such facility.

 Thank you
 ---P




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Re: syncing lyx documents

[Abdelrazak Younes]

xPol wrote:
I would like to be able to easily store and retrieve my lyx docs from a web 
server. 
I am intrigued to know what you have devised to set up such facility.


Just use svn with apache web server. LyX has now pretty good integration 
with svn.


Abdel.

Re: syncing lyx documents

[Paul A. Rubin]

xPol wrote:
I would like to be able to easily store and retrieve my lyx docs from a web 
server. 
I am intrigued to know what you have devised to set up such facility.


Thank you 
---P





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_synchronization ?

/Paul

RE: syncing lyx documents

[Rob Oakes]

Subversion on a remote server with local copies could be one way of
accomplishing this.  LyX has good support for SVN built-in and there are
many good user interfaces (such as Tortoise SVN for Windows, Rabbit VCS for
Linux and Versions for Mac OS X) that make it a point and click affair.

Moreover, you can get free hosting from companies like Beanstalk
(http://beanstalkapp.com/).  In addition to syncing files, another benefit
of version control is that it keeps a log of every change.  This can be
invaluable if you are working on a complicated project (like a thesis, paper
or book).

This link has some good information on Version Control in general and
Subversion in particular.

http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/science-and-technology/svn

Cheers,

Rob Oakes

Re: syncing lyx documents

[Typhoon]

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:09:28 -0500
Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 xPol wrote:
  I would like to be able to easily store and retrieve my lyx docs
  from a web server. 
  I am intrigued to know what you have devised to set up such
  facility.
  
  Thank you 
  ---P
  

It may depend on your access to the remote machine. I normally use
sshfs to mount the remote file system to a local directory. All the
remote files then appear as local.

If I am going to be working off line, I use a distributed version
control system (I use Bazaar, but others have the same functionality).
Even if I forget to do a proper update before heading off with the
laptop, the merge is usually easy. If you do a proper update first,
then it is dead simple to push back to the original.

I add my vote to *always* using a reversion control system just for the
complete record keeping. 

HTH,
Alan

  
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_synchronization ?
 
 /Paul
 
 


-- 
Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan
Tel:  04 2748 6206

Re: syncing lyx documents

[Rainer M Krug]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:31 AM, xPol xtek...@gmail.com wrote:

 I would like to be able to easily store and retrieve my lyx docs from a web
 server.


You could look into copiers which might be able to achieve at least the
writing to the web server.

The automatic reading, I don't know (and I would rather do that manually
before starting lyx).

You could add your support to the enhancement request

http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/6393

which suggests user defined pre-processor and post-processor support, which
could achieve the writing to web server through a script which is executed
after compilation of the document.

The other option would be a version control module for what you want to do -
but don't ask me how, and I don't think that could be easily done.

Cheers,

Rainer


I am intrigued to know what you have devised to set up such facility.

 Thank you
 ---P




-- 
NEW GERMAN FAX NUMBER!!!

Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology,
UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Natural Sciences Building
Office Suite 2039
Stellenbosch University
Main Campus, Merriman Avenue
Stellenbosch
South Africa

Cell:   +27 - (0)83 9479 042
Fax:+27 - (0)86 516 2782
Fax:+49 - (0)321 2125 2244
email:  rai...@krugs.de

Skype:  RMkrug
Google: r.m.k...@gmail.com

Re: syncing lyx documents

[Abdelrazak Younes]

xPol wrote:
I would like to be able to easily store and retrieve my lyx docs from a web 
server. 
I am intrigued to know what you have devised to set up such facility.


Just use svn with apache web server. LyX has now pretty good integration 
with svn.


Abdel.

Re: syncing lyx documents

[Paul A. Rubin]

xPol wrote:
I would like to be able to easily store and retrieve my lyx docs from a web 
server. 
I am intrigued to know what you have devised to set up such facility.


Thank you 
---P





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_synchronization ?

/Paul

RE: syncing lyx documents

[Rob Oakes]

Subversion on a remote server with local copies could be one way of
accomplishing this.  LyX has good support for SVN built-in and there are
many good user interfaces (such as Tortoise SVN for Windows, Rabbit VCS for
Linux and Versions for Mac OS X) that make it a point and click affair.

Moreover, you can get free hosting from companies like Beanstalk
(http://beanstalkapp.com/).  In addition to syncing files, another benefit
of version control is that it keeps a log of every change.  This can be
invaluable if you are working on a complicated project (like a thesis, paper
or book).

This link has some good information on Version Control in general and
Subversion in particular.

http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/science-and-technology/svn

Cheers,

Rob Oakes

Re: syncing lyx documents

[Typhoon]

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:09:28 -0500
Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 xPol wrote:
  I would like to be able to easily store and retrieve my lyx docs
  from a web server. 
  I am intrigued to know what you have devised to set up such
  facility.
  
  Thank you 
  ---P
  

It may depend on your access to the remote machine. I normally use
sshfs to mount the remote file system to a local directory. All the
remote files then appear as local.

If I am going to be working off line, I use a distributed version
control system (I use Bazaar, but others have the same functionality).
Even if I forget to do a proper update before heading off with the
laptop, the merge is usually easy. If you do a proper update first,
then it is dead simple to push back to the original.

I add my vote to *always* using a reversion control system just for the
complete record keeping. 

HTH,
Alan

  
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_synchronization ?
 
 /Paul
 
 


-- 
Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan
Tel:  04 2748 6206

Re: syncing lyx documents

[Rainer M Krug]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:31 AM, xPol  wrote:

> I would like to be able to easily store and retrieve my lyx docs from a web
> server.
>

You could look into "copiers" which might be able to achieve at least the
writing to the web server.

The automatic reading, I don't know (and I would rather do that manually
before starting lyx).

You could add your support to the enhancement request

http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/6393

which suggests user defined pre-processor and post-processor support, which
could achieve the "writing to web server" through a script which is executed
after compilation of the document.

The other option would be a version control module for what you want to do -
but don't ask me how, and I don't think that could be easily done.

Cheers,

Rainer


I am intrigued to know what you have devised to set up such facility.
>
> Thank you
> ---P
>
>


-- 
NEW GERMAN FAX NUMBER!!!

Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology,
UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)

Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology
Natural Sciences Building
Office Suite 2039
Stellenbosch University
Main Campus, Merriman Avenue
Stellenbosch
South Africa

Cell:   +27 - (0)83 9479 042
Fax:+27 - (0)86 516 2782
Fax:+49 - (0)321 2125 2244
email:  rai...@krugs.de

Skype:  RMkrug
Google: r.m.k...@gmail.com

Re: syncing lyx documents

[Abdelrazak Younes]

xPol wrote:
I would like to be able to easily store and retrieve my lyx docs from a web 
server. 
I am intrigued to know what you have devised to set up such facility.


Just use svn with apache web server. LyX has now pretty good integration 
with svn.


Abdel.

Re: syncing lyx documents

[Paul A. Rubin]

xPol wrote:
I would like to be able to easily store and retrieve my lyx docs from a web 
server. 
I am intrigued to know what you have devised to set up such facility.


Thank you 
---P





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_synchronization ?

/Paul

RE: syncing lyx documents

[Rob Oakes]

Subversion on a remote server with local copies could be one way of
accomplishing this.  LyX has good support for SVN built-in and there are
many good user interfaces (such as Tortoise SVN for Windows, Rabbit VCS for
Linux and Versions for Mac OS X) that make it a point and click affair.

Moreover, you can get free hosting from companies like Beanstalk
(http://beanstalkapp.com/).  In addition to syncing files, another benefit
of version control is that it keeps a log of every change.  This can be
invaluable if you are working on a complicated project (like a thesis, paper
or book).

This link has some good information on Version Control in general and
Subversion in particular.

http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/science-and-technology/svn

Cheers,

Rob Oakes

Re: syncing lyx documents

[Typhoon]

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:09:28 -0500
"Paul A. Rubin"  wrote:

> xPol wrote:
> > I would like to be able to easily store and retrieve my lyx docs
> > from a web server. 
> > I am intrigued to know what you have devised to set up such
> > facility.
> > 
> > Thank you 
> > ---P
> > 

It may depend on your access to the remote machine. I normally use
sshfs to mount the remote file system to a local directory. All the
remote files then appear as local.

If I am going to be working off line, I use a distributed version
control system (I use Bazaar, but others have the same functionality).
Even if I forget to do a proper update before heading off with the
laptop, the merge is usually easy. If you do a proper update first,
then it is dead simple to "push" back to the original.

I add my vote to *always* using a reversion control system just for the
complete record keeping. 

HTH,
Alan

> > 
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_synchronization ?
> 
> /Paul
> 
> 


-- 
Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan
Tel:  04 2748 6206