I don't suppose you remember if there was a way to insert spaces? A sh script should always know to run itself, but if I could specify "/usr/bin/bash ....myshellscript.sh " that should force the system to invoke it correctly.
Thanks! On Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 11:44:52 PM UTC-8 TW Tones wrote: > MArk, > > I do not recall the Linux method however if we "launch" a file in Windows > it uses the application associated with the file extension to determine the > app to load the file in. This can also be done with "start filename". > However when in a command prompt does the name of a .exe .cmd or .bat > result in that being executed. > > You can use a batch command of cmd /C command to forceful launch it in a > command prompt and other methods. > > I expect you just need to find the way to launch a script rather than edit > it. Perhaps through a console session or something like that. > > Tones > > > > On Monday, 18 January 2021 at 01:45:35 UTC+11 Mark S. wrote: > >> I was thinking in terms of intelligent web clipping. It's fairly easy to >> drag and drop an article into TW and import it. Unfortunately, the text >> will be in HTML, and the images will require an internet connection. So the >> resulting article is bulky, difficult to edit, and non-portable. >> >> On Linux, in particular there are a lot of tools available. There's >> pandoc for file conversion, imagemagik for image conversion, and wget/curl >> for downloading. I was imagining that it might be possible to create a bash >> script that could leverage all this and be launched from within TW. So you >> could click on a button, and your article would be converted to markdown, >> the images downloaded, and the image links updated to the local resources. >> But all this is contingent on being able to run a script in the first place. >> >> On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 3:05:40 AM UTC-8 TiddlyTweeter wrote: >> >>> Ciao Mark S. >>> >>> I'm not answering your Mac question as I'm only PC and Android. >>> >>> What I did want to generally comment is that "residual" ability to >>> access the OS via "in TW scripts" is still very worthy. >>> I think its particularly helpful in stand-alone one-file TW---AND >>> TiddlyDesktop, which functions as a "whole". >>> >>> Part of the issue is, of course, the browser lockdowns on security >>> issues have made it very difficult to do that. >>> But, FWIW, I was much taken by what Riz managed to do in the (previous) >>> release on Timimi for Firefox. Essentially a small OS hooker that passed >>> muster and let you launch scripts. >>> >>> Frankly I do not have the competence to understand the machinations of >>> the issue. >>> >>> That said, I do have enough understanding to know that TW is much more >>> than a static web page and OS interaction can more than ice the cake of it. >>> >>> Thoughts >>> TT >>> >>> On Tuesday, 12 January 2021 at 21:13:00 UTC+1 Mark S. wrote: >>> >>>> TW Tones pointed out that it was possible to run scripts from TD in >>>> Windows. >>>> >>>> When I try this, several different ways, in linux, it wants to *edit* >>>> the batch script, rather than run it. And yes, I do have the executable >>>> bit >>>> set on the file, the right extension (.sh in this case), and the path must >>>> be right because it can find the file for editing. >>>> >>>> Attempting to google "How to launch script from browser" leads me down >>>> multiple wrong rabbit holes. >>>> >>>> Probably, if someone knows how to do this in Mac, it would be similar >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>> -- 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/82fd0b7c-362f-4b4a-8054-c00e6a8f0fd7n%40googlegroups.com.
