Will this be added as “a service” soon?
Thanks for your help!
Eric
I have been using Dropbox and LibreOffice in windows 10 and linux lite. Works great. Easy install. If I change a file or make a new file, in one laptop, as soon as the other laptop is turned on, it updates itself to changes. www.dropbox.com
@MarkMcLean This is not a service from LO. It must be started and the connected folder used. In Google Drive, for example, you can access & load or save directly from the LO document. This is why I retracted my answer. Not accessible directly from LO and not sure if it is in the works to do so. May be requested in Bug 103506.
Thanks for info @Ratslinger. I’m not understanding fully. But I have used Dropbox for 3 years or so and ever time I open, save, save as, it always shows up in Cacl and Writer in LibreOffice in four different laptops! Never lost a file, yet. Dropbox makes its own folder in drive not LibreOffice and shows up in all programs looking at my drive to open, save or download. I hope it continues to work. Not sure I understood the bug, but I feel safe so far with such an easy cloud.
For example, you create a new writer document which you keep in folder “X”. If you want a copy of this document on Dropbox you need to place a copy in the dropbox folder. With others, again using Google Drive as an example, you save it directly to Google Drive. No need for the “special” folder. Dropbox can create confusion on what is where. Try using it with Base & linked spreadsheet. Real hassle.
Or, you have a document you are working on or updating but not ready to put on Dropbox (shared with others). Can’t work from the Dropbox folder else it updates on the cloud. Again have to make copies somewhere else & hope to keep things straight. If wanted, you don’t need to save it anywhere except on the cloud. The bug mentioned, I surmise, would actually provide the same type process for Dropbox as Google Drive. Direct save/retrieval from LO. No separate/special folder.
Oh! Good to know. Google would be much more personal, and would save a little room on ones drive. I do not share files with anyone, but if I did it would help keep them updated more so on google. I’m 66! I recall having to backup files on different drives to be safe, it just feels good having them on my laptops, not having to look online, but letting dropbox working in background doing its thing. But now you have interested me to try it, I may play with google drive a little. Thanks @Ratslinger