Hi all,
I wrote a converter for NoteCase files (http://www.virtual-sky.com/).
Not all features are supported but that seems to work with basic
features, which are those I use.
The Python script is my first one and mainly for my own needs (yes, I'm
joining the Zim fans !) but other may think it's usefull.
Script is enclosed in this e-mail, along with a sample NoteCase file
(.ncd).
I could post it to the Wiki
(http://zim-wiki.org/wiki/doku.php?id=tips_and_tricks) if needed.
Jigho
notecase.ncd
Description: application/notecase-plain
#!/usr/bin/python
# Simple script to convert NoteCase Document to a Zim notebook folder
#
# NoteCase reference:
#http://notecase.sourceforge.net/ (Free version, discontinued)
#http://www.virtual-sky.com/ (Pro version)
#
# Based on BeautifulSoup (you need to install it before running notecase2zim):
#http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/
#
# Adapted to my use of NoteCase and Zim = other may want to adapt it
# For instance:
# Color red in NoteCase = I use italic in Zim
# Background Color grey in NoteCase = Title 3 in Zim
#
# Usage :
# ---
# 1. Save NoteCase document to .ncd format (plain text, no compression)
# 2. This script assumes the name is notecase.ncd. This can be changed below
# 3. Run: python notecase2zim.py
# 4. Get a Folder named notecase.zim with the main file notebook.zim inside
#
# v1.1
# Jigho 2011
# Contact: https://launchpad.net/~jigho
#
import os
import shutil
import sys
import re
import datetime
sys.path.append('./BeautifulSoup')
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
notecasefile = 'notecase.ncd'
def create_file_zim():
# You may change the name and endofline mode here
fileZim = open('notebook.zim', 'w')
fileZim.write('[Notebook]\nname=Notes\nversion=0.4\nendofline=dos')
fileZim.close()
def process_title(titre, date):
# Some titles are plain, but some have information that we do not use in Zim
if (titre.span):
m = titre.span.contents
titre2 = str(m[1])
elif (titre.string):
titre2 = titre.string
else:
m = titre.contents
titre2 = str(m[1])
# Delete white space, / and in the filename
output1 = str(titre2 + '.txt').replace(' ', '_')
output2 = output1.replace('/', '')
output3 = output2.replace('\', '')
output = unicode(output3, 'utf-8', errors='ignore')
# Some verbose, usefull on large contents
# to be aware that the program is still processing...
print 'Creating file: ', output
fileOut = open(output, 'w')
# Standard information at the start of any Zim file
fileOut.write('Content-Type: text/x-zim-wiki\n')
fileOut.write('Wiki-Format: zim 0.4\n')
fileOut.write('Creation-Date: ' + str(date) + '\n')
fileOut.write('\n== ' + titre2 + ' ==\n')
fileOut.write('\n')
return fileOut
def create_subdir(repertoire):
rep = repertoire.name.replace('.txt', '')
os.mkdir(rep)
os.chdir(rep)
def process_format(c, fichier, formatString):
# for basic formatting tags (underline, bold, italic,...)
# do the core job
newLine = False
# Open Wiki format
fichier.write(formatString)
# Another trick in case of formatted content ends with a newline
# I then prefer to close the formatting tag and then write the
# new line without formatting
if (len(c.contents) 1):
if (c.contents[-2].__class__.__name__ == 'Tag'):
if (c.contents[-2].name == 'br'):
c.contents[-2].extract()
c.contents[-1].extract()
newLine = True
# Process content (recursively !)
process_content(c, fichier, formatString)
# Close Wiki format
fichier.write(formatString)
# End of the trick for content finishing with a newline
if newLine:
fichier.write('\n')
def process_content(contenu, fichier, currentFormat):
# currentFormat is a trick to close the Wiki format at end of each line
# even if the format is applied to multi-lines
# Nota: this trick would need to be be enhanced
# when multiple formats are nested
for c in contenu:
if (c.__class__.__name__ == 'Tag'):
# dl tag stands for new note, ie new Zim file
if c.name == 'dl':
create_subdir(fichier)
process_page(c)
os.chdir('..')
# br tag stands for new line
# use the currentFormat trick to properly close format tag
# and then reopen it on the the new line
elif c.name == 'br':
fichier.write(currentFormat)
fichier.write('\n')
fichier.write(currentFormat)
# u tag stands for underline
elif c.name == 'u':
process_format(c, fichier, '__')
# b tag stands for bold
elif c.name == 'b':
process_format(c, fichier, '**')
# i tag
