Thanks to working on the aggregator, I've become aware of a lot of semi-forgotten projects. There have a fair number of slideshow presentations, for one.
For HTML conversion, there has been this: http://skplugins.tiddlyspot.com/#HTML%20Convert I wrote a converter for use with Tiddlyclip, but I don't know if it was ever incorporated. What I like about markdown is that it is a true standard that is supported by pandoc and other utilities and is used throughout the internet. It will likely be here in 30 years. Wikitext, on the other hand, changed between TWC and TW5 and might change again with TWx . The new markdown plugin lets you use some wikitext, so you can get the best of both worlds. Those discussions about which markup is better remind me of video tape enthusiasts clinging to their Beta tapes because the format was so much better than VHS. Of course I'm dating myself just by mentioning tape. On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 11:50:05 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > Hello everyone! Another newbie posting. > > I have been working on a HTML to TW5 wikitext converter. I use TW5 as a > digital notebook for my ever-increasing pile of notes from my studies. I > have been trying to convert my old MS word-based notes into TW5. > > I'm chose wikitext over directly embedding HTML code because TW5 is much > more lightweight and can greatly reduce the size of the notebook > > I don't want to use markdown either because TW5 allows for much more > flexible formats e.g. merged table cells & nested ordered & unordered lists > > I have brought in inspirations from project called Turndown (a HTML > MD > converter) and adapting it to tiddlywiki format. I have also thrown in a > WYSIWYG editor. (yes I know many people have issues with WYSIWYG... But I > really need a helping hand with copy-and-pasting from MS word) > > So far I'm making some progress and I have been breathing fresh air into > my stale pile of MS-word notes. > > I need some advice on: > > 1. Is there a similar project out there? I have tried to search for a > similar tool but none found so far. > 2. Is there any edge cases in wikitext (e.g. nesting blockquotes in > bullets... those kind of stuff) That you think is important for such a > tool > to be able to handle? > > Thank you! :) I hope I can continue to improve this tool and hopefully > post it on Github within a few months' time. > > [image: Screenshot 2021-03-26 at 2.13.32 PM.png] > -- 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/93fa158b-8e4e-45ee-890e-6304d1ff8d06n%40googlegroups.com.
