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diff --git a/doc/C/config-sync.sgml b/doc/C/config-sync.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ae78a6daaf --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/C/config-sync.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ + <chapter id="config-sync"> + + <!-- THIS ENTIRE CHAPTER MAY BE DELETED --> + + <title>Setting up your synchronization system</title> + <para> + Synchronization presents you with two issues you'll need to + deal with. The first one is pretty simple: you'll need to get + the data to move among the various devices you're using. If + you've already got <application>Gnome-Pilot</application> + working, then all you have to do is tell it to use Evolution + as a conduit. If you haven't used + <application>Gnome-Pilot</application> before, you'll need to + run the GNOME <application>Control Center</application> and go + through the hand-held device setup assistant. Then you can + create the Evolution conduit and press the hotsync button. + </para> + <para> + If that doesn't work, jump up and down several times and swear + loudly. Then make sure you've got + <application>Gnome-Pilot</application> going to the right + device (for my serial port, it's /dev/ttys0, not the default + /dev/pilot) and that you have read and write permission on + that device. If you don't you'll need to be added to whatever + group has those permissions (for my system, it's tty). + Alternately, if you're the only user of your computer and + don't care too much about security, just use + <command>su</command> to become root, and then use + <command>chmod a+rw /dev/[DEVICENAME]</command> to set + universal read and write permissions on that port— just + don't tell your sysadmin I said you could. (Sysadmins, of + course, would never do such a thing.) + </para> + <para> + Once <application>Evolution</application> knows where to get + the mail, address, and calendar data, it needs to know what to + do with it. When you synchronize your local data with the data on + a server or handheld device, you may run into conflicts: + perhaps you have ended up with two cards with the same name + and different addresses, or old mail that has been deleted + from one device but not the other. What if you want to keep + only the most recent mail on your hand-held or your laptop, + but all the mail on the LDAP server or your desktop machine? + Select the <guibutton>Synchronization</guibutton> tab from the + <interface>Preferences</interface> window to set up the + conflict resolution preferences. + </para> + <para> + You can set <application>Evolution</application>'s + synchronization behavior in the following ways: + <!-- LIST HERE --> + </para> + <para> + <warning> + <title>Data Loss Prevention</title> + <para> + It's always a good idea to make a backup. If you set your + synchronization behaviors wrong, you could end up deleting + the messages and cards you want to keep, and keeping the + ones you want to delete. Before you change these + preferences, make a backup of your + <application>Evolution</application> files. You can do + this by... <!--DESCRIBE HERE --> + </para> + </warning> + </para> + </chapter> |