Re: [Tracker] Tomboy note extractor

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote:
> I created a small tomboy note extractor (attached)... It should run on 
> any system with a Python installation - I think the XML parser I use is 
> bundled with Python.


hmm would prefer it internal to tracker in C to be honest. The external 
metadata extractors are driven by mime type so it would be tricky/hacky 
to do them via that mechanism (this is the same as our email stuff - its 
all internal)

It should be real easy to do this in C if anyone's willing

> Anyway there is one "problem" . I want to extract a Note.Content field 
> that contains the exact markup and note contents that you see in Tomboy 
> (because I want to use that as storage in Daze).
>
> For Example:
> ================
> Note.Content=ImportantMathNote
>
> Hey I just proved that 2+2=4; ain't that great?
> I wrote a paper about it - I placed it here:
> <link:url>~/Projects/RocketScience/bigstuff.pdf</link:url>
>
> Never forget!
> ================
>
> I read somewhere in tracker-extract.c that "=" and ";" where used for 
> delimiters, so I guess I need to escape them somehow...? While we're at 
> it why not use some non-printing ascii chars for delimiters and avoid 
> escaping?

as far as metadata extraction goes that should not be a problem (these 
symbols dont get indexed anyhow)

anyway at least you know what metadata you need!


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Mr Jamie McCracken
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