[Zim-wiki] go with the dominant syntaxes: label/tags and tables
I'm writing a Python script that expires tasks (with an '[x]') out to my HTML page of done stuff. My done stuff page has been syndicated in the past, and I've considered emitting it as a twitter stream. In which case I'll likely convert '@' labels to '#' hashtags. Any chance of following the twitter conventions within zim itself? (I suspect zim actually preceded twitter on this front.) Also, I noted some discussion of tables. I hope one day zim will adopt a common markup syntax (ideally pandoc markdown) but until then I think it makes sense to still go with a dominant syntax. fyi: The markdown community is trying to converge across its various extension syntaxes and implementations. http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/markdown-discuss/ ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] go with the dominant syntaxes: label/tags and tables
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Joseph Reagle joseph.2...@reagle.orgwrote: ** I'm writing a Python script that expires tasks (with an '[x]') out to my HTML page of done stuff. My done stuff page has been syndicated in the past, and I've considered emitting it as a twitter stream. In which case I'll likely convert '@' labels to '#' hashtags. Any chance of following the twitter conventions within zim itself? (I suspect zim actually preceded twitter on this front.) If you want to plug into zim you could have a look at the print to browser plugin, which adds a button to the tasklist dialog for html export. If you want to make it a background script, try re-using the code of the tasklist plugin for accessing the index. No zim's @ syntax does not predate the twitter convention. But you will find there are older systems using @ for tags as well. Main reason I choose this syntax is that in HTML # is used for anchors, which is a feature we still want to add to zim. Also, I noted some discussion of tables. I hope one day zim will adopt a common markup syntax (ideally pandoc markdown) but until then I think it makes sense to still go with a dominant syntax. fyi: The markdown community is trying to converge across its various extension syntaxes and implementations. http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/markdown-discuss/ Actually work is ongoing to make zim support multiple syntaxes. No need to have one-size-fits all in this respect. See previous discussion on this list, as well as various syntax related feature requests in the bug tracker. Regards, Jaap ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Zim-wiki] go with the dominant syntaxes: label/tags and tables
On Wednesday, September 28, 2011, Jaap Karssenberg wrote:
If you want to plug into zim you could have a look at the print to browser
plugin, which adds a button to the tasklist dialog for html export. If you
want to make it a background script, try re-using the code of the tasklist
plugin for accessing the index.
It's just two functions in my script that runs whenever I synchronize my flat
files with the Web server. It's actually rather stupid, just pulling the text
out of the txt files. I've attached it below though I doubt it would be of use
to others, but perhaps an expire plugin that moves [x] tasks to a
journal/calendar might be.
No zim's @ syntax does not predate the twitter convention. But you will
find there are older systems using @ for tags as well. Main reason I
choose this syntax is that in HTML # is used for anchors, which is a
feature we still want to add to zim.
OK.
Actually work is ongoing to make zim support multiple syntaxes. No need to
have one-size-fits all in this respect. See previous discussion on this
list, as well as various syntax related feature requests in the bug tracker.
Yes, I saw some discussion of that a month or so ago, but I didn't know it was
being actively developed. (My fingers are crossed.) BTW: no bugs are listed
here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/~zim-wiki
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def log2work(done_tasks):
'''
Log completed zim tasks to work microblog
'''
import hashlib
log_items = []
for activity, task in done_tasks:
# zim syntax for href/em to HTML
task = re.sub('\[\[(.*?)\|(.*)\]\]', ur'a href=\1\2/a', task)
task = re.sub('\/\/(.*?)\/\/', ur'em\1/em', task)
date_token = get_Now_YMD()
digest = hashlib.md5(task.encode('utf-8', 'replace')).hexdigest()
uid = e + date_token + - + digest[:4]
log_item = 'li class=event id=%s%s: %s] %s/li\n' % \
(uid, date_token, activity, task)
log_items.append(log_item)
OUT_FILE = HOME+'/data/2web/reagle.org/joseph/plan/plans/index.html'
fd = codecs.open(OUT_FILE, 'r', 'utf-8', 'replace')
content = fd.read()
fd.close()
insertion_regexp = re.compile('(h2Done Work/h2\s*ol)')
newcontent = insertion_regexp.sub(u'\\1 \n %s' %
''.join(log_items), content, re.DOTALL|re.IGNORECASE)
if newcontent:
fd = codecs.open(OUT_FILE, 'w', 'utf-8', 'replace')
fd.write(newcontent)
fd.close()
else:
print_usage(Sorry, output regexp subsitution failed.)
def retire_tasks(directory):
'''
Removes completed '[x]' zim tasks form zim
'''
if 'zim' in check_output([ps, axw]):
print(Zim is presently running; tasks not retired.)
return
else:
zim_files = locate('*.txt', directory)
for zim_filename in zim_files:
info(zim_filename)
done_tasks =[]
activity = 'misc'
new_wiki_page = []
with open(zim_filename, 'r') as wiki_page:
for line in wiki_page:
label = re.search('@\w+', line)
if label:
activity = label.group(0).strip()[1:]
if '[x]' in line:
item = line.split(']',1)[1].strip()
done_tasks.append((activity, item))
else:
new_wiki_page.append(line)
if done_tasks:
new_wiki_page_fd = open(zim_filename, 'w')
new_wiki_page_fd.writelines(%s % line for line in
new_wiki_page)
new_wiki_page_fd.close()
log2work(done_tasks)
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Re: [Zim-wiki] go with the dominant syntaxes: label/tags and tables
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Joseph Reagle joseph.2...@reagle.orgwrote: Yes, I saw some discussion of that a month or so ago, but I didn't know it was being actively developed. (My fingers are crossed.) BTW: no bugs are listed here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Well actively being planned may be a more accurate description, but I have good hopes :) For the bug tracker see https://bugs.launchpad.net/zim Regards, Jaap ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
