I just noticed Freemind can export as a Twiki, perhaps an export as tiddlers/tiddlywiki could be created to leverage the freemind code. Though this still does not have a 2 way sync.
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 12:22, Anthony Muscio <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
