Re: [tlug] Common bus over devices

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 7:53 AM Christian Horn <chorn@example.com> wrote:
> My idea was to have the content already in both places, i.e. the full
> video file.  Then, just the seek position needs to be exchanged, and
> after exchange the client is also not depending on a stable network
> connection.  Handover for a pdf also fits better into this, as the
> files are relatively small.


I guess it would be great if the "seek position" was stored physically
in a file, and then you can just sync that file.  Some of these
settings are stored in the various .* files (and directories) in one's
home directory.  This is perhaps true for PDF viewers and maybe
KDE-based text editors.  But I don't know about media players.

I actually rsync my files between computers (i.e., work and home) and
I could never figure out what files I should sync and which I should
not.  For example, I'd like the option to sync the "last opened PDF
file and page" since I can continue reading on another computer.  But
if there are display settings that are specific to a computer, I don't
want that sync'ed.  I find myself repeatedly tweaking my rsync
exclusion list because of this...

Of course, one can just put the files into Syncthing / Dropbox and add
a symbolic link from the home directory to these files to have them
automatically sync (provided it's the same application on the computer
and mobile device...  Sometimes, standards would help...  :-) ).

Ray