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Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] Re: sync 2 korganizers?
From:       jedd <jedd () progsoc ! org>
Date:       2004-03-19 0:16:16
Message-ID: 200403191116.16786.jedd () progsoc ! org
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On Fri March 19 2004 07:55 am, Neal D. Becker wrote:
 ] Thanks for the info.  Sorry, I don't know how to do this.  I tried saveas, but 
 ] I don't think that made the new file the "active" calendar.  Actually, I 
 ] don't even know how to tell.  Any hints?

 This may or may not be a good solution for you anyway.

 You know that you [probably] won't be able to have concurrent
 access from the laptop and the desktop (to kaddressbook/Contacts
 and korganizer/Calendar) at the same time, right?  I've not tried
 doing that, but I don't think [m]any kde apps cope with concurrent
 read-write access to data files.  If you're going to experiment, do
 regular backups.

 I have the same situation, btw, and manage it all manually.  When
 I'm going away, I copy out of my home directory:
 ~/Mail
 ~/.kde/share/apps/korganizer/jedd.ics
 ~/.kde/share/apps/kabc/std.vcf
 ~/.kde/share/apps/kabc/distlists

 I used to copy the knotes stuff, but I tend to not use them much lately.

 Wrapping scripts around these copies are a trivial process.

 This means I can sync my Palm to either machine, depending where I am,
 and it finds the same data on whichever host it's talking to at the time.

 Anyhoo, this is the most workable method I've found so far - copying
 those files to the laptop when I head out, copying them back to the
 desktop machine when I return.  Filters in kmail are a problem, because
 the only bug ever filed at kde.org on the lack of separation of filters
 config information was resolved with the suggestion to 'just edit the
 files manually', which kind of missed the point -- automating the
 process becomes extremely difficult.

 Actually there's a lot of cases where host-specific and user-specific
 data is shared in a single config file, and that can really make life
 difficult.  But that's something for another time.

 To do what was originally suggested (in case you want to look at
 doing this) you have a couple of approaches.

 You could set up an nfs server on your desktop, and share your home
 directory.  Setting up an nfs client on your laptop and mount the
 desktop into a sub-directory on your laptop, and then make symlinks
 for the relevant files.  Do not (!) share the same home directory, as
 it's unlikely you'll have the same screen resolution on the two displays
 (and that's just the first thing that'll bite you).

 Alternatively use samba / smbmount to achieve the same goal.

 Alternatively you could use the fish: package (assuming you have
 an ssh server running on your desktop) and, if they handle it, telling
 korganizer & kaddressbook to refer to files on the desktop box.

 These approaches give you full access to everything from the laptop,
 *as long as you're plugged in at home*.  As soon as you wander away
 the laptop loses sight of these files, and if you want 'offline' access
 to them, you're back to the top of this email and you're copying files
 around whenever you dock / undock.

 Whacky suggestion #27 -- if your desktop has a fast always-on connection
 you could fish (if possible) or just vnc back to that box whenever you're
 travelling to get access to those apps.  Apart from the speed of the
 connection it also depends upon how often your laptop is net-connected
 while travelling, and how complicated you want the solution to be.

 Jedd.

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