Daniel, The missing thread is turning .txt files into .tid files, and I don't think IFTTT can do that kind of thing
Alex On Monday, 4 August 2014 00:37:54 UTC+1, Daniel Baird wrote: > > > IFTTT integration might be a neat way to manage this kind of thing.. > > > On 31 July 2014 23:36, alex <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi Jeremy, >> >> There are a few use cases I have in mind. >> 1) Google Scholar Alerts get delivered to my gmail accout. I would like >> them to find them automatically added to my TW. That way I could use the >> alert text to start linking and building my text. >> 2) gmail is where I do most of my writing - some of my emails could be >> first drafts of an more reusable piece of writing (more use than the >> primary intended recipient.) I like "writing to a person", it brings focus >> to my writing and email is all about this. I'd like to send a copy to my TW >> so that I can integrate the thoughts emerging from email into a TW. A new >> context, with additional features, would stimulate creativity. >> 2.1) I'm used to the interface - i write plain text and don't format >> 2.2) I like the 'save in background feature' >> 3) Processing long email threads from mailing lists: sometimes things get >> too complex for email. I'd like to edit a thread, pull out themes, make the >> ever increasing amounts of text into something readable and joyous: TW! >> >> best wishes >> >> Alex >> >> >> On Sunday, 6 July 2014 15:52:31 UTC+1, Jeremy Ruston wrote: >> >>> Hi Alex >>> >>> You can get .txt files into your Dropbox, Jeremy are you saying that >>>> node.js could convert them into .tid files? >>> >>> >>> Yes. You'd either have to massage the .txt files into .tid files as >>> described at http://tiddlywiki.com/#TiddlerFiles, or you could use a >>> companion .meta file to specify the remaining fields. >>> >>> Getting things running smoothly would probably require some changes to >>> TW. What do you have in mind? >>> >>> Best wishes >>> >>> Jeremy >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Ale >>>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, 21 June 2014, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi David >>>>> >>>>> Email integration is definitely a goal for TW; there are lots of >>>>> interesting applications and users that aren't really accessible without >>>>> it. But it'll be a while before such features are in the core. In the >>>>> meantime, you might find it interesting to experiment with IFTTT: >>>>> >>>>> https://ifttt.com >>>>> >>>>> IFTTT is a tremendously flexible tool, and amongst other things lets >>>>> you trap emails in GMail and save them as files in Dropbox. That might be >>>>> the start of a workflow involving the Node.js edition of TW. >>>>> >>>>> Best wishes >>>>> >>>>> Jeremy >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 3:17 PM, PMario <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Saturday, June 21, 2014 3:49:04 PM UTC+2, david... wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'd like to ease that transition by allowing them the ability to >>>>>>> contribute tiddlers by email. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I don't know of any tw project, that works that way. But a long time >>>>>> ago, I think Jeremy mentioned the idea, that TW should be able to use an >>>>>> IMAP store as a TW backend store. ... So dealing with tiddlers would be >>>>>> transparently maped to manipulating emails. ... The idea is very >>>>>> interesting. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I've already seen how easy it is to write a .tid file. Is there >>>>>>> some way I could have tiddlers added by email? If the tiddler title is >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> email subject, the tiddler author is the sender, and tags and other >>>>>>> metadata are read from the email content and added? >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> If you have a pop3 or imap client software, that is able to parse an >>>>>> email content and extract the need text, imo it will be possible. >>>>>> If you work with a unix system, i think there are several command >>>>>> line tools, that would be possible. >>>>>> >>>>>> I also found a nice javascript library http://emailjs.org/ that >>>>>> could be used to extract the email content. To include it into TW, it >>>>>> would >>>>>> be needed to write a tw nodejs plugin. ... >>>>>> >>>>>> .... The biggest problem I see is security. Everyone that knows the >>>>>> email address can basically send executable code to a TW build system, >>>>>> that >>>>>> doesn't sanitize the content. .... and you have to deal with the "spam" >>>>>> problem. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -mario >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" 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/tiddlywikidev. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jeremy Ruston >>>>> mailto:[email protected] >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" 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/tiddlywikidev. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" 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/tiddlywikidev. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jeremy Ruston >>> mailto:[email protected] >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TiddlyWikiDev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Daniel Baird > objoke: I had a problem and decided to solve it with threading. Now, > have problems. two I > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" 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/tiddlywikidev. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
