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[IDV #ONX-380426]: how to use Dropbox for my history, favorites, custom color tables, etc.

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  • Subject: [IDV #ONX-380426]: how to use Dropbox for my history, favorites, custom color tables, etc.
  • Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:28:40 -0600
Brian,

We just sent you a private note about the plugin details.

Best Wishes,

Unidata IDV Support

> Symbolic link to Dropbox/.unidata folder seems to work, good idea!
> 
> Yes I'd be interested in trying the Dropbox plugin please.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
> 
> 
> On Mar 4, 2013, at 12:00 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> 
> Brian,
> 
> This sounds like a good idea. I would suggest accomplishing this with 
> symbolic link from the file system. Also see the -userpath IDV command line 
> option to change the location of the of the .unidata directory. There may be 
> problems we have not anticipated, but it is still worth a shot.
> 
> On a somewhat related note, I wrote an IDV dropbox plugin 
> https://github.com/julienchastang/idvbox that allows you to publish bundles 
> to dropbox (just like you do with RAMADDA). If interested, I can give you 
> more details.
> 
> Best Wishes,
> 
> Unidata IDV Support
> 
> I am tired of my laptop and desktop IDV sessions saving their custom color 
> tables, history, favorites, etc. in my home directories on different machines.
> 
> Can I store that stuff in Dropbox and somehow tell IDV on both machines to 
> look there, instead of in ~/.unidata/idv when I click it to life?
> I'd rather not have to launch it from a command line with an argument, but I 
> guess that would be acceptable.
> 
> Can I consolidate them from different machines, or will I have to favor one 
> machine's version as the new starting point for my future consolidated 
> preferences file?
> 
> Thanks for any assistance.
> Brian
> 
> Brian Mapes
> address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden><mailto:address@hidden>
> 
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> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: ONX-380426
> Department: Support IDV
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Closed
> 
> 
> Brian Mapes
> address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden>
> 
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ONX-380426
Department: Support IDV
Priority: High
Status: Closed