Re: [Zim-wiki] howto strip metadata header

2012-03-02 Thread hansbkk
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Jaap Karssenberg < jaap.karssenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You might want to use the HeadersDict class from zim.config. The read() > method actually parses the lines and only strips lines that are actually > headers. Much safer, because it will not change files that

Re: [Zim-wiki] howto strip metadata header

2012-03-02 Thread Jaap Karssenberg
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Adam Porter wrote: > This will process a directory tree and remove the first 4 lines of > each file. I did a quick test on a copy of my tree, but please make > sure to back up your data first, and if it blows up, it's your fault. > You might want to use the Head

Re: [Zim-wiki] howto strip metadata header

2012-03-02 Thread hansbkk
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Adam Porter wrote: > Of course, then I remembered that old adage, "Those who don't know > Unix are doomed to reinvent it, poorly." :) > > $ find . -iname "*.txt" | while read f; do tail -n +5 "$f" | cat >"$f"; > done > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Adam Porte

Re: [Zim-wiki] howto strip metadata header

2012-03-02 Thread Adam Porter
Of course, then I remembered that old adage, "Those who don't know Unix are doomed to reinvent it, poorly." :) $ find . -iname "*.txt" | while read f; do tail -n +5 "$f" | cat >"$f"; done On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 08:47, Adam Porter wrote: > This will process a directory tree and remove the first

Re: [Zim-wiki] howto strip metadata header

2012-03-02 Thread Adam Porter
This will process a directory tree and remove the first 4 lines of each file. I did a quick test on a copy of my tree, but please make sure to back up your data first, and if it blows up, it's your fault. :) #! /usr/bin/env python # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or witho

Re: [Zim-wiki] howto strip metadata header

2012-02-29 Thread hansbkk
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Jaap Karssenberg < jaap.karssenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would say there is no way to do this, as zim will put them back as soon > as you edit a page. > Thanks Jaap, I understand and am not asking for any changes to zim other than putting it out there for genera

Re: [Zim-wiki] howto strip metadata header

2012-02-29 Thread hansbkk
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Jaap Karssenberg < jaap.karssenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Let's start with the obvious question: why ? Zim needs these headers to > function properly, and plan is to use them more in the future. > I haven't seen anything useful for my use of Zim, it's just annoyin

Re: [Zim-wiki] howto strip metadata header

2012-02-29 Thread Jaap Karssenberg
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:57 AM, wrote: > I'd like to be able to strip out the four-line (including the lat blank > one) from all files in a given filesystem branch, or an entire notebook > data tree. > Let's start with the obvious question: why ? Zim needs these headers to function properly, a