Lens2d ago
codebuzz 🐧

I've been looking at quite a few #emacs video's lately (yes, also with Prot).

Emacs looks dangerously addictive, and fun!
Recent months I have been coding some PHP thingies, all on flat-file DB. It aligns philosophically in several ways with Emacs and mapping. It can easily replace several tools, like todo, agenda, IDE, into one app! like that idea!

Q: I am wondering about portability. I sometimes switch between 2 pc's. Can I keep #emacs synced in between in some way?

#emacs #question

Mar 26 at 8:34pmWeb
Show threadLens2d ago
@codebuzz You could sync things however you'd like. Emacs is a text editor and operates on files, for the most part. Configuration is done in a file, just like everything else. You could rsync directly, host a git repo (or multiple) somewhere. Syncthing is popular for this sort of thing.
Show threadcodebuzz 🐧2d ago

@lens_r Thanks! I'm not on Emacs (yet). I just see once someone goes in, they never come back. So just making sure.

Thanks!

Show threadslackline :emacs: :orgmode:2d ago

@codebuzz Make your config a git repository and syncrhonise the configuration between computers.

Emacs also has the amazing TRAMP for editing files on remote servers which works pretty well for most use cases.

Also worth looking into running emacs as daemon so you can connect to running sessions once you've SSH'd in.

Be wary its a deep 🐇 🕳️ once you fall in (but a fun one!).

#emacs

Show threadcodebuzz 🐧2d ago

@slackline Thanks slackline. I will see what the comments bring.

I know it can be a deep fun hole. That's why this would become important. I guess I'm in one foot allready. Just finding a good block of time to dive in.

Show threadRobert Pluim 🇪🇺2d ago
@slackline @codebuzz It's normally better to start with Emacs server mode rather than the daemon. The daemon has a different startup environment from normal Emacs, and thus will not behave the same
Show threadcodebuzz 🐧2d ago
@rpluim @slackline Thanks for mentioning. I'm sure I will have some fun challenges ahead :)
Show threadThe wanderer2d ago
@codebuzz You should read up about magit. It's how I sync my notes and config with git. Enjoy!
Show threadChristian Tietze2d ago

@codebuzz It's easier to sync your settings files if your computers are using the same operating system. Otherwise, testing may be annoying until you figured everything out per platform. Depending on what you do, of course, this also may not be an issue at all!

Good news is that if you sync your files, you can sync your configuration just as well in an emacs config folder. So that's nice.