Re: Need help understanding desktop/handheld relationship

I think I know the correct dir from #2 below: "Refreshing outline
directory" (DUH!). Still wondering how/if I can change it, as well as
the answers to the others questions.

Thx!
Mark

--- In [email protected], "Mark Einersen" <me.me@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your reply, Jeff. Just to make sure I understand correctly...
> 
> 1. I could keep all my outlines on a memory card on the HH side. Then
> when I want to edit them I could simply insert the card into my PC and
> "Open raw..." directly from the card? I guess the only disadvantage of
> this scenario is that I would NOT be able to categorize the outlines
> on the HH, correct?
> 
> 2. When I look at the info in the Expert console, where should the
> index be looking? Can I change this path or is it automatically set? I
> see the following path descriptions:
> 
> -Registration file path
> -Filter file path
> -Tag file path
> -Refreshing outline directory
> 
> 3. Should the path that the index is looking for be the location where
> I store the corresponding files I have on my HH? If so, how do I make
> that the default location where they are stored upon sync (or at least
> how do I get the HH files to sync to the corresponding files in the DT
> directory)?
> 
> 4. Theoretically, I should "Open..." the same directly that the index
> is looking for, right (at least on a "normal" basis)?
> 
> Thanks again!  This is very helpful.
> Mark
> 
> --- In [email protected], Jeff Mitchell <skeezix@> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Mark Einersen wrote:
> > 
> > # 1. Am I correct that files on my memory card have NO ASSOCIATION
> > # whatsoever with what is backed up on and/or synced with the desktop?
> > 
> > 	More-or-less correct; there was a time when I had planned to have 
> > the desktop do some really tricky things so you could edit files
on the 
> > card after hotsync, but in the end.. devices started to get a lot of
> RAM, 
> > Palm made the tricky stuff really buggy to pull off, and I added
> Open Raw 
> > which would let you edit the card-side files directly (via a USB
flash 
> > reader say, or mounting the files via the Palm evice as a card
reader, 
> > etc.)
> > 
> > 	So to sync it is easiest to keep files in RAM.
> > 
> > # 3. On the DT my visual list of outlines shows 8 outlines,
including a
> > # new one I created a couple weeks ago that appears to have been
synced
> > # properly onto my HH. Yet when I choose "Open..." I see a list of 10
> > # outlines (8 are the same as what I see on the DT UI, plus two others
> > # that I have previously used). Why?
> > 
> > 	Could check the Exprt -> Console option and read through (its 
> > cryptic) to see where it is looking.. essentially, the left-side
index 
> > shows from one directory the files it could find; the Open could be 
> > looking in another place (it tries to remember the last palced you've 
> > opened a file, and you could have opened somewhere else).
> > 
> > 	The DT can open files anyplace on your computer, the trick is what 
> > it is showing in the index and File -> Open.
> > 
> > # 4. I have also created a "test" outline on the HH and upon sync
it is
> > # not visible in EITHER of the aforementioned list of files. However, 
> > # when I click on the last outline listed on the DT UI, it opens the
> > # "test" list--although it is an old outline with a totally different
> > # name!! What the heck?
> > 
> > 	Simialr to (3). Theres probably a mixup of where it is seeing. 
> > (Which could also be complicated by some of Vista's odd
behaviours, if 
> > you're using that OS.)
> > 
> > # 5. When on choose "Open raw..." all I see are 3 files, all three of
> > # which are presently in internal memory on the HH (other files with
> > # corresponding names on the DT are presently on my HH memory card).
> > # When/why would I want to open/modify on the DT a "raw" file
(PDB) vs.
> > # a "normal" file (XML)?
> > 
> > 	Open Raw is provided for those who need it, but it is generally 
> > not needed much for Windows users. (It is mostly used by Mac and
Linux 
> > users, or Windows folks who need to recover based on a pdb file,
or who 
> > want to edit on an SD card, or other crazy tricks :) Generally the
XML 
> > file is the way to go, but as always.. I like to provide tools so
> people 
> > can work how they see fit.
> > 
> > 		jeff
> > 
> > --
> > If everyone would put barbecue sauce on their food, there would be
> no war.
> >
>