Question: Does the sync work in both directions?

[arbox]

Question: Does the sync work in both directions?

[meedstrom]

No, it doesn't have functionality for this.

So the possible workflows are

1. use anki-editor as a once-off way to create new notes, optionally keeping the Org subtree afterwards only for posterity.
2. use anki-editor as the sole way to edit notes and decline editing them in Anki.
   • For this, it'd be easier if anki-editor was instructed to add a file link to every card. Teleotortium has some code for this that uses org-protocol.
   • Instead of org-protocol, it could be a simple file path openable with the Anki addon https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/879473266, which you'd configure to call emacsclient.

Bidirectional sync would be amazing, but I'm told sync is in general a fragile thing to program -- it's better if pushes only happen in one direction. I'd love if org-drill/org-fc/pamparam could work well on the phone. They already do work with a Bluetooth keyboard so I guess we just need a few "last mile" hacks... that will turn out to be not so last mile.