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2010-03-11
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Originally Posted by sorodoros
Use e.g. emelfm2 filemanager to move/copy a Conboy note file to a FAT partition on your NIT.
Excuse the ignorance, but that appears to require copying via xTerm, using the SCprotocol - just to get a note over to a PC? I was hoping for an "easy" way, like drag and drop or something. No?
Connect by USB to PC and use the PC to move the file there.
Both are drag-and-drop operations.
Or, as I do, I have symlinked /home/user/.conboy to a FAT partition.
Advantage: reflashing does not erase notes.
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2010-03-11
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Originally Posted by KristianW
Thanks for that. Much appreciated.
Use e.g. emelfm2 filemanager to move/copy a Conboy note file to a FAT partition on your NIT.
Connect by USB to PC and use the PC to move the file there.
Both are drag-and-drop operations.
Or, as I do, I have symlinked /home/user/.conboy to a FAT partition.
Advantage: reflashing does not erase notes.
Since we do not have anyway to sync Conboy .note files to a PC or Mac, it would be really great to have a very easy way to export or copy them over, short of having a "share via service" method.
If I symlink the conboy folder, it is still hidden, and still can't be seen by a PC, for example. Isn't that correct? Other Maemo note apps let you export your note to any directory, including an SD card. How hard would it be to export or even copy those Conboy .note files (.XML) to a non-hidden directory? Wouldn't that simplify things a lot, and possibly obviate the need for direct syncing to your desktop?
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2010-03-11
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Your PC knows nothing about the symlink or whatever you have called it. It just sees whatever folder you have pointed the symlink to.
The disadvantage is that the notes suddenly become unavailable to the N900 when you connect to the PC in mass storage mode, so you would probably want to close Conboy before doing that each time.
The alternative is to just type cp -r ~/.conboy ~/MyDocs/ before plugging in the USB. Then you have a copy visible to your PC.
The disadvantage is that the notes suddenly become unavailable to the N900 when you connect to the PC in mass storage mode, so you would probably want to close Conboy before doing that each time.
The alternative is to just type cp -r ~/.conboy ~/MyDocs/ before plugging in the USB. Then you have a copy visible to your PC.
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2010-03-11
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Originally Posted by Flandry
Yes, that does work perfectly. Thanks. What do you read/edit it with?
... just type cp -r ~/.conboy ~/MyDocs/ before plugging in the USB. Then you have a copy visible to your PC.
I see this as a good work-around, assuming the file is usable on aPC/Mac, but don't you thnk it would be better to export/copy the file as something actually usable?
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2010-03-11
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Originally Posted by sorodoros
Well, i guess "usable" is subjective. One of the selling points of Conboy, the raison d'être so to speak, is that it is compatible with Tomboy, a PC note app. It's probably best used by people who are going to use that capability.
Yes, that does work perfectly. Thanks. What do you read/edit it with?
I see this as a good work-around, assuming the file is usable on aPC/Mac, but don't you thnk it would be better to export/copy the file as something actually usable?
On the other hand, one of the selling points of Zim, a somewhat similar wiki-notepad, is that it stores its notes in plain text. Maybe Zim is a better fit for you?
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2010-03-11
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Originally Posted by Flandry
True, "usable" is certainly subjective.
Well, i guess "usable" is subjective. One of the selling points of Conboy, the raison d'être so to speak, is that it is compatible with Tomboy, a PC note app. It's probably best used by people who are going to use that capability.
On the other hand, one of the selling points of Zim, a somewhat similar wiki-notepad, is that it stores its notes in plain text. Maybe Zim is a better fit for you?
I did try to open the Conboy notes in Tomboy, but nothing happened. Looks like there still needs to be a conversion of some sort?
Assuming Tomboy can read Conboy, (is it the only way to read/edit a Conboy file?) I would be very happy to use both if I could get it to work, and if there were a simple-non-terminal way for Tomboy to fetch a Conboy note off my n900, but it doesn't look like that is supported.
I still think that Conboy could export/copy a note to any directory as an editable file (XML, RTF, etc.) I guess consider that a feature request.
[edit] One can also place a shortcut (e.g., on your PC desktop) to the .conboy folder, and access that folder on the device quicky, even without any further xTerm commands. It seems running that command once unhides the folder permanently?
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2010-03-12
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#318
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Originally Posted by sorodoros
The note needs not to be converted. Conboy and Tomboy share the same file format. What desktop OS are you using? You need to copy the .note files into a directory Tomboy knows about. The directories are listed here: http://live.gnome.org/Tomboy/Directories
True, "usable" is certainly subjective.
I did try to open the Conboy notes in Tomboy, but nothing happened. Looks like there still needs to be a conversion of some sort?
Also you should activate the "Note Directory Watcher" add-in in Tomboy. This plugin automatically loads new notes once they have been placed into the right directory.
Assuming Tomboy can read Conboy, (is it the only way to read/edit a Conboy file?) I would be very happy to use both if I could get it to work, and if there were a simple-non-terminal way for Tomboy to fetch a Conboy note off my n900, but it doesn't look like that is supported.
I still think that Conboy could export/copy a note to any directory as an editable file (XML, RTF, etc.) I guess consider that a feature request.
Did you try the latest -devel version? It offers synchronization between Conboy <-> Ubuntu One <-> Tomboy. Maybe that's what you're looking for?
Or do you really just want an RTF, HTML representation of your note? What is your use case?
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2010-03-12
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And for information i use the win version of tomboy at work synced with ubuntuone, conboy on the n900 synced too with ubuntuone, and on my 3 other linux machines i use also tomboy synced with ubuntuone.
And it s works very well, excepted yesterday for 2 hours as the ubuntuone server was down for hw upgrade, so cannot sync.
And it s works very well, excepted yesterday for 2 hours as the ubuntuone server was down for hw upgrade, so cannot sync.
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2010-03-12
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Originally Posted by Khertan
Sound cool
And for information i use the win version of tomboy at work synced with ubuntuone, conboy on the n900 synced too with ubuntuone, and on my 3 other linux machines i use also tomboy synced with ubuntuone.
But please remember, it's not stable yet. I still only use it with a test account and not my "production" account/notes. I hope to add support for deleted notes during the weekend. After that some more polishing and it should go into a new release
Originally Posted by Khertan
I noticed this too. I was developing at this time and though I broke my code. Turned out it wasn't my fault
And it s works very well, excepted yesterday for 2 hours as the ubuntuone server was down for hw upgrade, so cannot sync.
Well, anyways, as a result of this, the error messages in Conboy are a bit better now...
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Thx
(And the sync with ubuntu one works very well)
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