Indeed Daniel, yes, my imagination was constrained...
A TiddlyWiki IFTTT channel is what's needed then? Alex On Wednesday, 6 August 2014 01:03:40 UTC+1, Daniel Baird wrote: > > > Converting content to tiddler format would have to be managed by a TW > tool, but the idea of having ifttt rules like "when I get email at > myname.tw@gmail, add it to my wiki", "when I get a fitbit report, add it to > my wiki", "when I add a tiddler tagged with 'photo', post it to > Instagram", etc -- that would be pretty cool. > > > On 6 August 2014 00:52, alex <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> 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]> 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]. >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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] <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.
