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On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 12:01 AM, 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki < [email protected]> wrote: > Are all your fields surrounded in quotes? I forgot to mention that in my > rush. Each data field should be surrounded with quotes and separated with > commas with no space between. If that doesn't work, then some more hacking > might be in order. > > Mark > > On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 8:48:37 PM UTC-7, LG wrote: >> >> Btw, do you have any tips on how to keep the text field from splitting? I >> was looking at TiddlyTools which said to write text which has a comma in it >> like so: "Here is some text, here is more." When I toss that in using your >> code, I get: >> >> "Here is some text <--- body >> here is more <--- custom field >> >> I then tried writing it as ""Here is some text, here is more."" just to >> see if that produced a different response. Nope. >> >> Best, >> >> LG >> >> On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 10:03:05 PM UTC-4, LG wrote: >>> >>> Hello, Mark! >>> >>> I can confirm that this works. The first attempt failed. But I realized >>> the issue was that I forgot to reload after importing then saving. Then it >>> worked smoothly. >>> >>> I'm going to stress test it a bit more to see what else I can do. >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> LG >>> >>> On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 12:10:48 AM UTC-4, Mark S. wrote: >>>> >>>> Here's a brand new, experimental tool to help you import CSV data. BE >>>> SURE TO BACKUP YOUR TW FILE BEFORE TRYING THIS!! >>>> >>>> Unfortunately it is not a 100% automatic. That's why I refer to it as a >>>> helper. Someone who knows the innards of TW5 could probably fix up the code >>>> so that it does everything at once. >>>> >>>> Drag and drop the attached json file into your TW. Save and reload your >>>> TW. >>>> >>>> Follow the instructions in "How to use the CSV to TW/JSON helper". >>>> Basically you create a tiddler with your CSV data. The first row of the CSV >>>> data must have your field headers, and the field "title" is mandatory. If >>>> you want "created" or "modified" you will have to add your own date stamps >>>> at this point. >>>> >>>> If the converter tiddler is successfully, your CSV data will appear >>>> below. You can copy and paste the converted JSON code into a separate file >>>> with a JSON extension, and then drag and drop it back into your TW to >>>> convert. This is the part that could use some more automation. >>>> >>>> Good luck, >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 8:18:23 PM UTC-7, LG wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi! I've been desperately googling for half an hour and I *cannot *figure >>>>> out how to use CreateTiddlersFromCSV. I copy data in and then it tells me >>>>> I >>>>> need to save. I cannot find a save button. I've tried dragging the URL >>>>> into >>>>> my TiddlyWiki, but the page just reloads and goes to that site. >>>>> >>>>> How do I do this? >>>>> >>>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/qabE7I41Hos/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/5748c255-9a84-4e54-a95d-8736551f12d8%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/5748c255-9a84-4e54-a95d-8736551f12d8%40googlegroups.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 https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CAFWQ5Z6OME4KSV5BkMKGRKYbhGR%2BxTy4e2wEePdtF4%2BPAwr6ZQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
