Re: Script: convert Tomboy/GNote XML to org-mode

[Darlan Cavalcante Moreira <darcamo@gmail.com>]

Thanks for the instructions, and sorry for the late reply.  I'm using
Ubuntu 11.04 and I was able to run the script after installing
libtext-format-perl as you have instructed.

I have found one problem that prevents me from converting my notes
correctly, though. In tomboy I have many notes where I use "*" as bullet
item in the body starting in the first column. These bullet items are then
interpreted as level-1 headings in the final notes.org file. This can be
solved by indenting the body content of each converted note. Org-mode will
then interpret the items as actual items instead of headlines.

Also, tomboy doesn't really support tags. It only allows you to group
notes. I think this maps better as the CATEGORY property in org-mode,
instead of a TAGS property. But that's just my opinion.

--
Darlan

At Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:10:14 -0500,
attila <attila@stalphonsos.com> wrote:
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> On 08/03/2011 11:48 AM, Darlan Cavalcante Moreira wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks for sharing this. I've wanted to convert my tomboy notes to org-mode
> > for some time.
> > 
> > I downloaded the script and tried to run it with
> > : ./tomboy2org.pl -help
> > but I got the error message below
> > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> > Can't locate Text/Format.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at ./tomboy2org.pl line 44.
> > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./tomboy2org.pl line 44.
> > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> > 
> > Maybe I need to install some library, but I know nothing about Perl to fix
> > this myself.
> 
> Hi, thanks for pointing this out.  I should make the dependencies
> explicit at least in the README, but to be clear they are:
> 
>     XML::Twig
>     Text::Format
> 
> The other modules I depend on are (almost?) always installed by
> default, at least in every Perl installation I've seen recently:
> 
>     Pod::Usage
>     Sys::Hostname;
>     IO::File;
>     POSIX;
> 
> You don't say what platform you are using so I can't tell you exactly
> how to get any missing modules installed for your situation, but here's
> a stab at it:
> 
> Debian names the packages for Perl modules something like
>     lib<name-of-module-in-lowercase-with-hyphens>-perl
> so Text::Format becomes libtext-format-perl.
> 
> On Ubuntu Linux and other Debian-derived Linux distros you therefore
> do something like this to get this package installed:
> 
>   $ sudo apt-get install libtext-format-perl
> 
> If the above doesn't apply to you and your system has the cpan command
> installed, you can also do this:
> 
>   $ sudo cpan -i Text::Format
> 
> The second solution above will probably work on modern releases of
> your favorite BSD Unix flavor; I just checked on OpenBSD and NetBSD
> systems I have access to and they both have this command.
> 
> If you are not much for Unix system administration, the "sudo" command
> gives you temporary administrative powers for the purposes of a single
> command; your mileage may vary depending on your situation.
> 
> Finally, if all else fails Text::Format is available from CPAN here:
> 
> 
> http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/S/SH/SHLOMIF/Text-Format-0.53.tar.gz
> 
> The usual recipe (after you've downloaded that file however) is:
> 
>   $ tar zxvf /path/to/Text-Format-0.53.tar.gz
>   $ cd Text-Format-0.53
>   $ perl Makefile.PL
>   $ make
>   $ make test
>   # assuming make test does not kick out any errors:
>   $ sudo make install
> 
> > --
> > Darlan
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Pax, --A
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