Another thought, I was cutting and pasting from a PDF, line breaks are askew. I used a tool to remove them [1], it would be useful if text slicer could remove line breaks, and add paragraph breaks so that slicing would be easier
Alex [1] http://www.textfixer.com/tools/remove-line-breaks.php On 14 October 2015 at 12:29, Alex Hough <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > I thought I'd share an "ah-ah" moment appertaining to text slicer plugin. > > I receive emails alerts from Google Scholar > I started to make notes on a reply the the alert > * deleted the "no-relpy [...]" subject line gmail automatically gives > * added "tags" to the "To" field in gmail (the field does not insist that > the text entered is an email address. > ** I used the To field to direct my notes on the alert towards various > projects and groups of people. > * the notes get saved as a draft. the notes can also be given a label and > a quick link to all drafts added to gmail's sidebar > > Then I copy and pasted my notes into the text slicer TW. > > I then edited my slices, downloaded the TW and then attached the file to > the draft email. > > The draft email is now "tagged" with the phrases I added the the "To" > field, and I can search gmail using these terms. It is also a place where I > have saved a TW. > > All of this gave rise to the idea of a workflow about receiving > information, editing it and annotating it, connecting it, categorising it. > > I can begin to see this process taking place in several steps using > combinations of media. Where as previously I'd be wanting to get things > into my "Node TW" as quickly as possible, I now see the benefits of steps > which involve a certain messiness. I am happy with the messiness as I've > got it stored as a draft in gmail, and the quality of search features in > gmail remove the fear thay my precious insights are not lost. > > > > Alex > > On 9 September 2015 at 15:15, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Danielo >> >> I agree with Evolena suggestion, I was talking about your proposal of >>> creating a parallel tag system. >>> >> >> Well, the proposal is to shift something from being an ordinary tag to >> being otherwise encoded via fields; the aim of the proposal is thus >> explicitly to create a parallel tag system so that the ordinary tag space >> isn't polluted. >> >> The idea of being able to apply tag semantics to any field has come up >> before, and aroused interest, so it's definitely on my list. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Jeremy. >> >> >> >>> >>> Regards >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jeremy Ruston >> mailto:[email protected] >> >> -- >> 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CAPKKYJZfC4527%2BZVW-4Chj0WLRMyGjCkphPg0YvfqrKL5M3UNw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CAPKKYJZfC4527%2BZVW-4Chj0WLRMyGjCkphPg0YvfqrKL5M3UNw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CALc1hYcyz1mHyM10Njyq7poKB8LD1sHtotxE23G8LuoRRZcPpg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
