edit Google Docs using Emacs?

Question

How can I edit Google Drive text documents using Emacs and mirror my changes back to the Google Doc?

I found a Google command line program, as well as something called gclient, which is part of Emacsspeak, but they seem to require Linux or Windows, and I'm on OSX using Aquamacs. Or maybe I just don't understand how to install them.

Is this doable?

Answer 1

googlecl can be installed from macports. You can then open files with local emacs using emacs server.

Once it is installed, you can follow these commands:

$ google docs list          # gets a list of the files
$ google docs get <FILE> /tmp/edit$$.txt   # gets the <FILE> to /tmp/edit$$.tmp
$ emacsclient /tmp/edit$$.tmp
$ google docs upload /tmp/edit$$.tmp <FILE>

However, I've found that google docs get doesn't work as well as it should.

Answer 2

There is no need to Fetch, Edit(emacs), and Push the file back.

First install "Google Drive" on your mac. Then you can edit the file directly. Look under ~/Google\ Drive.