Iggy, I know exactly what you are asking for and think that the suggestions below don't go quite far enough to do what you are asking (though I am open to see otherwise).
An example of where this almost exists in in the great freeware Freemind, use the file/import/folder structure. you can then edit a folder node and add metadata but retain the link to the folder/file. Freemind has good export capabilities you could then bring into TiddlyWiki but not in the way you ask. The main issue is linking updates to the file system back to the meta data that in this case TiddlyWiki would support. How do you detect and reflect changes between them ?. This would more than likely become an OS specific solution or one for each. I have had exactly the same ideas as you and think this would put the file system on steroids and tiddlywiki for that matter, as you gain an abstraction layer from which you can use tiddlywiki's great tag handling and develop alkinds of views and processes. I actually think this idea could have great utility. I would almost never leave my tiddlywiki with this tool. Like you perhaps, I need to learn allot before I can do this, lets hope a developer can discover the passion and possibilities. Tony TonyM If you have not found an easy way to do it with TiddlyWiki, you have missed something. www.tiddlywiki.com On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 01:54, Iggy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > I am really happy I found this group. My first question it was quickly > and very productively! Thanks again! > > I have a new question/idea for all of you: Has anybody developed a TW, > plugin or script, to be used to manage documents in different files > that have been previously stored in a tree (hiearchical) structure? > I'll put an example: > > - I have a folder tree structure, with folders and subfolders, each > folder relating to a certain matter, and each subfolder, relating to > matters withing the matter corresponding to the folder on top of such > subfolder). > > - Stored inside the folders and subfolders, there are files in > different formats (basically, PDF files, WORD/RTF, and JPG). > > - It would be great if I could generate within my TW (automatically, > using a plugin) as many tiddlers as in this tree structure in my > folders and subfolders. The plugin would instantly create tiddlers for > each folder (let's call them FolderTids), tiddlers for the subfolders > (lets call them SubFolderTids) and tiddlers for each and every file or > document within the Subfolders (DocTids). Once reached the tiddler > relating to a certain documents, you could click on a link within the > tiddler, to open that document. > > I know this sounds a little like the Windows tree structure (or any > other OS). But the good thing here that I see useful it is that, I > understand, per the operative of TW, the user would be able, apart > from looking for a certain documents, to: > > 1. add comments to each tiddlers (whether FolderTids, SubFolderTids or > DocTids). E.g. add certain comments within DocTid, describing the > content of such document. > 2. search within the comments in all the tiddlers, to find a certain > document. I don't know if it would be even possible to search within > the content documents (such as the Windows search tool does for Word > documents). > > Well, that's it. This is just an idea and maybe it can be considered a > big piece of work with very few utility. I just wanted to ask about > it, in case somebody had came accross the same idea and is or has > developed something like this > > Thanks for reading. All the best, > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
