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Hi
A number of us have started using dropbox paper at work. We want to save documents that we create in paper to an existing Team folder but I can't see how to do this. Any ideas anyone?
There are quite a few users (e.g. academic users, researchers, coders), I imagine, who have an external editor they like to use (e.g. sublime or emacs or some markdown editor) and also a separate primary work environment (e.g. emacs org-mode). I'm one of those users, using emacs and org-mode for most of my work. (I keep my files with Dropbox, of course, wink wink).
I also enjoy using dropbox paper because (1) It's easy to open and start writing, and (2) it's easy for people to read, and (3) the document interface is lean and without the feeling of a full editor, like google docs, which I immensely enjoy and appreciate, and (4) at least for me, easy LaTeX and drag-and-drop or copy-paste image import (e.g. taking a screenshot, copying it to clipboard, and simply ctrl-v-ing to screen) are really important.
But it's also a bit odd that these documents only lie in Dropbox web interface, and they need to be exported (to .md or to .doc) in order for me to view or edit on another offline editor.
It would be great if (1) there could be an actual location on Dropbox -- a folder -- where the most current version of Dropbox paper documents can be synced to (preserving their original folder and file structure), and (2) optionally, if there could be an export option to .org files, or some seamless sync with .org files, this would be awesome.
My example workflow would be:
1. Have a brilliant idea, during a meeting.
2. Quickly open Dropbox Paper, and write a bunch of notes with figures and LaTeX (awesome!)
3. Later, when I have more time, using my editor (emacs), I can open this document from an actual Dropbox folder (synced to my computer).
- Ideally, this would be an .org file, or an .md file at the least,
4. Edit it using my editor,
5. Then, later, when I need to (1) make quick edits, or (2) give a presentation, or (3) share this file with someone, I open this same document on Dropbox paper and take these actions.