Thanks for the ideas. There are some things to try, questions to ask and answer. I wanted to write something so you didn’t think I disappeared. I had a few other things on my plate. I’ll get back with some further comments and questions as soon as I can.
On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 at 2:04 am, Sycom <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks for your feedback. I don't know if the whole community can do > something for all this (or will), but it's interesting, at least for me as > a person involved in the conversation. > > >> I recently (a recent post?) read about writing to a google spreadsheet >> and then reading that with Tiddlywiki. That person has obviously worked out >> how to read a google spreadsheet. >> > There is an xls importer for TiddlyWiki > <https://tiddlywiki.com/editions/xlsx-utils/>. But considering what you > want to do, It does not really mean less expert knowledge. I might be wrong > though, each one can have a different feeling of what is complexity. > > Is there a way to auto import another toddler/tiddlywiki? >> > Definitly. You can try this. Go to an empty wiki, look for the *tools *tab > in the sidebar and click on import. You can choose a tiddlywiki file and > then select tiddlers you want. You can also import files in your wiki, just > by drag and drop. Try it directly on the online empty wiki > <https://tiddlywiki.com/empty.html> to see what happens. You may drag any > tiddler or markdown file from your PC or from another TW elsewhere on the > web. > > There may be another IFTTT solution? >> > This one looks like a dead end. TiddlyWiki is not a SAAS you can request > from iFTTT. > > there are Drafts "scripts" that do all kinds of amazing things >> > Maybe this is the good way to go. Since you like Drafts very much, maybe > you could find (or ask for scripts) that could do what you want? > > (...) I'm trying to work with what I know and don't need to learn. >> > I think this is an issue. At least you will have to learn how to import > things (Drafts notes?) and then how to save your TiddlyWiki to avoid losing > your work. That mean also learn how to export your Drafts notes, since TW > community can not help you very much for that. TiddlyWiki can be learned at > own pace, but it has to be learned a little bit. And by the way, you're a > bit unlucky since you are not starting with the easiest use case to get in > ;-) > > I know a lot of people who would never get past the "save" instructions. >> > I do too!! It is a major point for anyone beginning with TW, but there are > so many options and way to do this... It IS disturbing, even for me. And > I've been using TW for ... (I can't remember. I'm pretty old now) > > I'm sorry that you felt embarrassed or humiliated. I'm hundred and ten > percent sure that no one here wanted something like this. Reading what you > write here, I may suggest a rewrite of your question : > > - You have "material" in a software called Drafts that you use and like. > We don't know how is this "material" structured, what type of syntax it > uses and how it can be exported. > - You found that TiddlyWiki is a good tool for organizing ideas and ask > yourself if it is possible to get your "material" into it easily to play > with > - We can say you how your material will be structured in TiddlyWiki : > * as a collection of small pieces of text called tiddlers containing > firstly some metadatas > title: the title of one tiddler > tags: tag1 [[another tag]] [[a third one]] > created: 20191021161700000 > modified: 20191021162700472 > type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki > ... > > The *type *meta describes the syntax of the text field that is under the > first blank line (see below). The native format for tiddlers (default) is > text/vnd.tiddlywiki wich is TiddlyWiki special WikiText > <https://tiddlywiki.com/#WikiText>, but you can use text, svg or csv and > others. <https://tiddlywiki.com/#ContentType> You can also use > text/x-makdown with a plugin <https://tiddlywiki.com/#Markdown%20Plugin> > > > ! This is the tiddler content > As you see there is a blank line just above for delimiting the start of > the text field > > You have ''all sorts'' of //formatting// options here that are specific > to [[TiddlyWiki|https://tiddlywiki.com]]. But if you have declared > `text/x-markdown` as metadata type, you can use markdown... > > > ... > > > TiddlyWiki can be run in a single html file containing both the software > and all your tiddlers. > > It can also be run separatly with a collection of standalone files with > the .tid extension. It might be a good way to mass import your notes. > > That said : > - I don't see an obvious way to have your Drafts notes in sync into a > TiddlyWiki. Importing will probably be the only way to go. That means > re-importing regularly if you want to be up-to-date. > - As you can understand we tiddlywikians have no Drafts script for doing > the job you want to do. > - And TW has no script for doing it either as far as I know. > - But > * I'm pretty sure that Drafts can export your notes in many formats. I > suggested markdown because it is a pretty common standard that may be used > in TW even if it is not perfect : There is a metadata issue. But If a Draft > script can export your notes in *title.md* and their metadata (like > described above) in *title.md.meta* it will be easy to have all this in a > TiddlyWiki using TiddlyDesktop. > * If you think that Draft can export your notes in an xls file, you may > use the xls-utils described above. You will have to learn how to. The > xsl-utils is powerfull BUT a bit cryptic at first sight. > > Hope this helps you to find a path. > > Regards, > > Sylvain > @sycom > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/b602225e-8572-4810-a36b-c84b262364d3%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/b602225e-8572-4810-a36b-c84b262364d3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Regards, Steve 0435 097 077 Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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