Jeremy, Thank you for the quick and helpful reply! I'd not thought of the startup parameters option at all, and hadn't quite figured out whether or not TiddlyWeb and/or the server-side option would be frutiful, and now I know it will be. These ideas are enough to keep me occupied for awhile, I'm sure! I think you are right that the startup parameters route won't be powerful/flexible enough ultimately; but as I learn the technology (not to mention figure out exactly what it is I want to do), I think it will be a wonderful way to get started. I'm very grateful for the suggestions!
To you or anyone else: sorry my opening post was so long as to probably put people off -- the more general topic/question is better (and more succinctly) put thusly: *** if there is anyone out there with some experience and/or ideas for automating TW personal info manager and/or GTD-type functionality with eMail and/or on the Mac, I'd love to hear from you and or learn what you are doing/thinking. For my part, assuming I create anything useful or interesting, I'll find a way to share it with the community. *** Thanks again, Jeremy! Cheers, Scott On Oct 13, 7:18 am, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]> wrote: > You've got quite a few options. > > You can use startup parameters to invoke TiddlyWiki with specific options: > > http://tiddlywiki.com/#StartupParameters > > For example, you could invoke this URI to create a new tiddler: > > file:///Users/me/Dropbox/MyWiki/mywiki.html#newTiddler:"My new note" > > The built in startup parameters are probably not sufficient for what > you want to do, but they can be extended relatively easily with > plugins so that you could create/find more elaborate features. > > But the most flexible option is to start running your own TiddlyWiki > server side on your local machine or on a cloud server. There's a bit > of a hurdle to get everything set up, but then you've got huge > flexibility. Things like creating tiddlers can be done through the API > just by sending an HTTP POST with the right parameters. > > http://tiddlyweb.com/ > > Best wishes > > Jeremy > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Scott (aka ssBibliophile) > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello All, > > > I'm a fairly new TW user with a (outdated) programming background. > > I've also recently become a Mac user. I've used TW w/ Dropbox for a > > few weeks now and absolutely love it. It's as close to my "dream PIM" > > as I have yet found. But I want to do more. Now that I've used Macs > > for a little while too, I want to use Automator and Applescript to do > > some automation of TW, particularly interacting/controlling TW through > > eMail (essentially, automatic filing and retrieval tasks with my TW > > that are now manual). I'm not really sure where to start, however. I'd > > really appreciate any advice! To help explain the kinds of things I > > would like to do, I'll give a simple example that, by itself, wouldn't > > need this kind of automation; it should, however, give a really good > > flavor of other things I want to do. > > > Say I'm reading a book and come across a word I don't know. I'm not > > near my computer, but have my phone with eMail capability. I have my > > iMac up and running 24/7 at home and it processes my eMails. Suppose I > > create an eMail with the word I want to know the definition of in the > > body of the eMail. In the subject I put some sort of code I've worked > > out ahead of time; say, "[/def?]" or whatever. I have an automator > > script on my iMac that will see the eMail come in and can check the > > subject. If it finds [/def?], it can strip out the word in the body of > > the eMail, automatically look it up, and send an eMail back to me with > > the definition of the word! Pretty cool (though not very practical). > > Here's the TW part: suppose I want keep a record of all the words I > > don't know to study later (not likely :-)). So when the Automator > > script does its thing, the last action it takes could be to launch an > > AppleScript which then inserts a new Tiddler into my TW with the word > > as the Tiddler name, the definition as the Tiddler text; maybe some > > tags to show where it came from, whatever. > > > My problem is I don't know how to get AppleScript to "do anything" to > > TW. My programming days occurred in the Windows world, before the Web, > > so I don't know if I'm even approaching this the right way. Maybe I > > need to call a JavaScript program somehow so it can access built in TW > > functions? Or is there an API? Or should I have TW up an running and > > somehow activate a tiddler or macro or something through the browser? > > As you can see, I'm pretty ignorant and a newbie with all this. If > > anyone has any suggestions on how I should do this, including going > > about it in an entirely different way, I would be very grateful. I > > searched many times before posting, but couldn't find what I needed > > (or didn't recognize it). If there is a way to do this, I hope to > > create a simple keyword system whereby I can send eMails or SMS > > messages to my iMac/TW to automate all sorts of things. One could be > > browsing and simply send the page or link by eMail, add a tag or two, > > and the page will be filed as you want in your TW. Once could see a > > lot of uses, I think! > > > Thanks much in advance! > > > ssBibliophile (aka Scott) > > > P.S. - thanks too, for all the help this community has provided that > > I've already availed myself of! TW is really a great thing. > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en. > > -- > Jeremy Ruston > mailto:[email protected]://www.tiddlywiki.com -- 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.
