Re: Pandoc and OPML

[Chris Lott <chris-qMDBG1KJBpwBXFe83j6qeQ@public.gmane.org>]

All of the mind mapping and outlining tools I have used basically use
the <outline> elements as headers and the "text" attributes -- or in
one case the "_note" attribute as paragraphs in that section. I could
send a couple of samples from different mindmapping applications if it
would help.

I guess ignoring the custom elements would be the simplest... or
accommodating just some of the most common ones (such as "_note")?

I've been trying some XSLT transformations to convert to Markdown, but
while this works OK for headers from the outline elements, they fail
at dealing with linebreaks in the text, which of course makes the
markdown useless.

Just a thought!

c

On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:47 PM, John MacFarlane <fiddlosopher-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Looking at the spec, it seems quite simple.
> http://dev.opml.org/spec2.html
>
> But how would you suggest the various elements be converted to
> pandoc?
>
> Would the `<outline>` elements all become headers, and their
> `text` attributes paragraphs under these headers?
>
> What about custom elements, as in this example from Wikipedia?
>
>     <outline text="Heart of Glass.mp3" type="song" f="Blondie - Heart of Glass.mp3"/>
>     <outline text="Manic Monday.mp3" type="song" f="Bangles - Manic Monday.mp3"/>
>     <outline text="Everybody Have Fun Tonight.mp3" type="song" f="Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Ton
>
> What do we do with the "type" and "f" attributes?  The spec doesn't define
> them; the spec just says any attributes are allowed in addition to "text".
> (They could be ignored, I suppose.)
>
> +++ Chris Lott [Mar 17 13 14:04 ]:
>> Well, it would be awesome if it Pandoc could read OPML. The reason:
>> most outliners/mind map tools create OPML and, along with markdown
>> text notes, are a great base for longer form writing. MultiMarkdown
>> Composer can read some OPML, but only the top level, not the
>> notes...and most opml2markdown tools don't handle line breaks in the
>> text notes well (or almost at all).
>>
>> c
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 2:28 PM, John MacFarlane <fiddlosopher-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> > None that I know of...
>> >
>> > +++ Chris Lott [Mar 15 13 09:13 ]:
>> >> Greetings! Are there any plans in the works for including OPML as an
>> >> input and/or input format?
>> >>
>> >> c
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