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 <att...@stalphonsos.com> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA384 > > 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 > - -- > att...@stalphonsos.com | 0x4FFCBB9C | hack("free") or die; > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEAREJAAYFAk45nP8ACgkQr88iLU/8u5x/7gCfbhrB3eE9CkgBsD2c+3K3xMBG > EmAAnjK/TH3vNAjSum13eA1n02qKnjxW > =2cBx > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
