Re: [O] Google Tasks integration

[Robert Goldman]

On 9/3/11 Sep 3 -12:44 PM, Sven Bretfeld wrote:
> Hi Brad
> 
> I don't know anything about your question proper, but ...
> 
> Brad Collette <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> I've also been using mobileorg to get my stuff on my iphone.  However, I'm 
>> less
>> satisfied with that.  Having to both push and pull from both ends to keep 
>> things
>> in sync is a pain and I often forget.
> 
> This is absolutely automatized on my system. I don't have to do anything
> except keep the computer running. As an Android user I don't know if
> MobileOrg on iPhone can sync automatically, the Android app can. I have
> configured it to sync every 30 min. on my phone and pad. My computer
> runs a cronjob every 20 minutes that pulls and pushes. Here is the
> script that does the job:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> emacs --batch --load ~/.emacs --eval "(gtd)" --eval "(org-mobile-pull)" 
> --eval "(org-save-all-org-buffers)" --eval "(org-mobile-push)"
> 
> If you are on Linux or Mac the script should work as a cronjob. I don't
> know about Windows. 
> 

Could you amplify a little on how this works?  I believe that
org-mobile-push is a side-effecting operation (among other things it
adds ID properties).  So how can you run this cron job all the time?
Doesn't it interact badly with running your own interactive emacs job?

thanks,
r