Re: [Tracker] Tomboy note extractor

["Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen" <mikkel kamstrup gmail com>]

2006/11/17, Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>:

Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote:
> 2006/11/16, Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk
> <mailto: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
>
>
> I could do that - I digged around the extraction code and it seemed
> fairly intuitive. Should I use libxml or just plain hardcoded grep-like
> hacks (or libXYZ)?

use the glib xml parser (see abiword extractor)?

Done. The abiword extractor uses custom "grepping" through the xml without any real parsing going on. I could probably do that too (and it might be simpler) but I felt the urge to get into this whole glib business :-)

I haven't tested it with tracker though, I didn't know how to get trackerd to pick up my notes files (they have mime type text/plain and are in ~/.tomboy which isn't indexed by default).

There is a small outcommented test main-function so you can compile the extractor as stand alone.

Please don't publicly humiliate me - I'm really not a C-hacker... :-D

Cheers,
Mikkel

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