Hi Alex,

there is an 'experimental' html to TW converter in tiddlyclip - In general 
its not very good but I did write it as part of a WYSIWYG editor for 
tiddlywiki so it should work better with html created by tiddlywiki. If you 
fancy playing with it, you can find it here:

http://tiddlyclip.tiddlyspace.com

cheers

BJ 

On Friday, September 12, 2014 12:32:36 PM UTC+2, AlexHough wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> A simplified version would be all that is needed. The HTML will be 
> generated from TW markup in the first place, and I won't be using any 
> formatting techniques which don't look good in TW.
>
> Headings, bullet points and block quotes is one needs to communicate with 
> the corporate world
>
> best wishes
>
> Alex
>
> On 12 September 2014 09:43, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Alex
>>
>> The cleanest, most desirable way to do what you want would require us to 
>> be able to convert HTML into wikitext; as Yakov says, that's a very hard 
>> problem in general.
>>
>> The trouble is that HTML allows lots of constructions that can't be 
>> converted to simple wikitext. For example, HTML enables tables to be 
>> nested, and yet the TW syntax does not.
>>
>> Having said that, one could imagine a much simpler converter, one that 
>> only understood headings, links and character formatting. Such a thing may 
>> be adequate in the use case you describe. 
>>
>> (The other option would be to import the HTML text into TiddlyWiki and 
>> use the HTML editor plugin to edit it, but I don't think that's what you're 
>> after here).
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Jeremy.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Yakov <[email protected] 
>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Alex,
>>>
>>> unfortunately, the html -> TW markup convertion is a very complicated 
>>> goal. Implementing that would make implementing WYSIWYG for TW much easier 
>>> and, as you probably have noticed, there's no WYSIWYG implementation that 
>>> works with TW markup (instead of html, like CKeditor combined with TW). 
>>> Some mechanisms are implemented in twve plugins [1], so you can try to 
>>> discuss this with Vincent, but I'm afraid his codes are rather specific for 
>>> html generated by TW, not for arbitrary stuff that can be found in emails.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Yakov.
>>>
>>> [1] 
>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/tiddlywiki/0FT6iBneYOk%5B1-25-false%5D
>>>
>>> пятница, 12 сентября 2014 г., 2:16:42 UTC+4 пользователь AlexHough 
>>> написал:
>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> Here's a use case
>>>>
>>>> I am writing a long email. I start composing it from an email with many 
>>>> coloured text and fonts. I cut and paste it into TW. Relief. I can now 
>>>> think straight.
>>>>
>>>> My colleagues like formated email, plain text or wiki markup will not 
>>>> do. So I cut and paste the rendered text into gmail. Great.
>>>>
>>>> Then I notice a few typos. I add a few lines and a few titles. I make 
>>>> changes then send.
>>>>
>>>> I now want to get my text back into my TW. I'd like to cut and paste 
>>>> the formated text back into TW and to see my beloved TiddlyMarkup. My mind 
>>>> would be at ease, i'd reflect on my communication and possibly consider 
>>>> refactoring the mail into a TW.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions? Other than "check your work in the wiki doofus"
>>>>
>>>> ALex
>>>>
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