Re: [Zim-wiki] How does zim react to files being changed behind its back?
Hi Svenn, On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:53:19AM +0100, Svenn Are Bjerkem wrote: > Hi, > reason I ask is that I have started using SparkleShare for company > internal sharing. When using zim with dropbox for non-secret files I > am always in front of two different computers at different times and > zim is closed on the other computer. When using SparkleShare, I am in > front of a laptop and a desktop at the same time, and I would like to > alternate between editing on the laptop (in the lab) and the desktop > (in my office) and still have some kind of safety that the notes I > write on one computer is not lost by editing the same page on the > other computer. The time it takes me to physically move from one > location to the other location is enough for SparkleShare to > synchronize, but I am not really confident about how zim reacts to the > updated file. I use zim notebooks on different locations ans sync directly via git. Most of the time this works fine, but sometimes I get problems because zim does not recognize that a file was changed in the background. When I start to modify this (outdated) page, I get a warning message, when zim tries to save the file, with the options to revoke all changes or overwrite the file. For new zim pages, a manual index update is needed. cheers, stefan ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] How does zim react to files being changed behind its back?
In my case Zim was running, but not running on the page that I changed from droptext. I go back to my laptop, and load the changed page and that is when I see the change. Hope that helps. -- Colin Henderson On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 09:33, Svenn Are Bjerkem < svenn.bjer...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 17 November 2011 14:30, Colin Henderson > wrote: > > Svenn ... If I understand the question, let me describe my scenario. I > use > > droptext, an iphone app, to edit my zim *.txt files. When I return to my > > laptop and launch Zim I see those changes in the files. My changes are > text > > changes only. > > Well, if you start zim _after_ you have posted your changes from the > app, then I understand that the text is updated. My issue is more > posting new text _while_ zim is still running. I have found so far > that ctrl-r will re-read a page from its file system location. I am > now concerned about adding new sub-pages. > > >From SparkleShare repository git logs, I see that there is quite a bit > of traffic between the client and the repository during edit of a > file. This is probably the autosave feature of zim. The SparkleShare > local copy is just a git clone of the central repository and all the > typical git caveats for zim applies. Since SparkleShare is git, it is > easy to roll back in case of accidental deletes of pages. > > -- > Svenn > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] How does zim react to files being changed behind its back?
On 17 November 2011 14:30, Colin Henderson wrote: > Svenn ... If I understand the question, let me describe my scenario. I use > droptext, an iphone app, to edit my zim *.txt files. When I return to my > laptop and launch Zim I see those changes in the files. My changes are text > changes only. Well, if you start zim _after_ you have posted your changes from the app, then I understand that the text is updated. My issue is more posting new text _while_ zim is still running. I have found so far that ctrl-r will re-read a page from its file system location. I am now concerned about adding new sub-pages. >From SparkleShare repository git logs, I see that there is quite a bit of traffic between the client and the repository during edit of a file. This is probably the autosave feature of zim. The SparkleShare local copy is just a git clone of the central repository and all the typical git caveats for zim applies. Since SparkleShare is git, it is easy to roll back in case of accidental deletes of pages. -- Svenn ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] How does zim react to files being changed behind its back?
Svenn ... If I understand the question, let me describe my scenario. I use droptext, an iphone app, to edit my zim *.txt files. When I return to my laptop and launch Zim I see those changes in the files. My changes are text changes only. -- Colin Henderson On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 04:53, Svenn Are Bjerkem < svenn.bjer...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > reason I ask is that I have started using SparkleShare for company > internal sharing. When using zim with dropbox for non-secret files I > am always in front of two different computers at different times and > zim is closed on the other computer. When using SparkleShare, I am in > front of a laptop and a desktop at the same time, and I would like to > alternate between editing on the laptop (in the lab) and the desktop > (in my office) and still have some kind of safety that the notes I > write on one computer is not lost by editing the same page on the > other computer. The time it takes me to physically move from one > location to the other location is enough for SparkleShare to > synchronize, but I am not really confident about how zim reacts to the > updated file. > > -- > Svenn > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
