Re: Command line operations?

This is currently possible at some level using the Python PalmDB library.

Currently it will export to/from a Progect file to/from XML.

But it would be fairly easy to add the XSLT to make it go to XHTML or 
straight text.

This is all possible from the command line on both Windows or Linux.

Python PalmDB is on SourceForge.

If you want more information, just email me, I would be more than happy to 
help, but I'm very busy today so I can't really say much more than that.


Rick


On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, "etutis" wrote:

> Hi everybody:
>
> I use pdesk and progect on regular basis.
> Especially I like to use pdesk (mostly under Linux via python source)
> for all kind of structured notes. I have many of them.
>
> Further on, these notes I export to txt for editing,
> or just print them (via html export) to work on them
> on the paper.
>
> Given the large number of notes (i.e. lbPG files) on the desktop computer,
> and given the way I use them,  I really miss one feature very much.
>
> It may even be that the feature does exist already,
> me not being aware of it.
>
> This is the possibility to convert lbPG to text or/and html
> via command line (i.e. without really launching PDesk window
> and clicking with mouse).
>
> This I would be able to use further to
> -- search for specific string, at once across many Pdesk files
> -- print lbPG file (via HTML, which is quite OK) from command line
> -- generate instant view of lbPG file via HTML
> -- include Pdesk files to text files on the fly.
> -- export most of my lbPG's at any moment and combine them to
>   compound document  (e.g structured html, or simply text)
> etc.
>
> In essence, this may be reduced  to the possibility to launch pdesk
> with command line options that would basically correspond
> to few of those commands that are available through few
> clicks within GUI. PDesk would then execute the commands supplied
> and close (preferably without even opening its main window).
>
> Very simple subset of commands would be just fine for me.
>
> My question is:
>
> Does anybody know how to do that, at least related to
> two export plugins (txt, html). Or, may one expect to
> modify only plugins code (not beeing to much of the python expert
> but reasonably good with programing in general) to make the job
> without calling full pdesk?
>
> Thank you for considering my question.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Eduard Tutis
>
>
>