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Tomboy import script
(added 4 Jan 2021 by Mike McLean)
I've written a fairly robust import script to handle the 2000+ notes that I had in Tomboy. You can find it here — https://github.com/mikem23/zim-import-tomboy
by: Bengt J. Olsson, updated: April 2008
revised by: Osamu Aoki: June 2020
Python script to convert Tomboy notes to zim. It has been successfully used to import Gnote notes into Zim (they use the same format as Tomboy).
Website: http://blafs.com/diverse.html (dead link as of 2020-06-13)
Github: https://gitub.com/osamuaoki/tzim
2018-03-13: This script was written with Python2, not the current Python3. If you have both installed on your computer, change the first line from #!/usr/bin/python to #!/usr/bin/python2 to force the script to use python2 and work. Additionally, when you are typing in the directory that contains your Tomboy notes, it may not work if you end the folder path with /. So, for me, /home/myusername/folder/anotherfolder/tomboyfolder works, but /home/myusername/folder/anotherfolder/tomboyfolder/ does not work. I did have to do some cleanup because zim's notes format has changed since this tool was written, but it seems like everything was converted well. Olsson made a great tool!
2018-07-28: vrubiolo: successfully imported 51 Gnote notes into Zim (from Gnote 3.24.1 in Fedora 26, Tomboy format v0.3). Script needed a fix when a note has multiple tags (would backtrace otherwise, see below). Import went well overall, only issue is that nested bullets are not supported (import script flattens them out) so you might have to spend quite some time reorganizing your notes bullet points of you use such constructs. Thanks a lot otherwise for the script, I am happy to be in the Zim world now, there is so much more functionality (and stability too)!
2020-06-13: Fixed /home/myusername/folder/anotherfolder/tomboyfolder/ problem in the following code. If you are looking for a clean python3 ported code, see https://github.com/osamuaoki/tzim . It now understands new default paths such as ~/.local/share/gnote and ~/.local/share/tomboy.
2021-09-13: To download the above code from github, click on tzim.py, click the box in the header that says 'Raw', then right-click your mouse on the code and choose 'save as' or 'save page as' . Download or move the file to the folder where you want your Zim notes to be. To run in linux, right-click the file, choose 'properties' and then 'permissions' and mark the box to allow executing the file as a program. Then double-click the file and it should open a terminal and run. The default is import from gnote, so for import from tomboy type /home/myusername/.local/share/tomboy/ at the first prompt and enter past the next 2. If you get any errors regarding missing python modules, install the missing module and try again. Spaces in note names are handled well, but if you have any spaces in your top-level notebook names in tomboy, you will have to remove them before running or your Zim notes will be just a title and no content.
#!/usr/bin/python
#################################################################################################
# #
# tzim.py - Simple conversion module to convert a Tomboy notes database to zim format. #
# _Usage_: #
# If not alraeady executable, #
# $ chmod a+x tzim.py #
# Run #
# $ <dir-path to tzim.py>/tzim.py #
# follow instructions. When conversed, open zim and add repository (i.e. target dir) #
# #
# Please send notes that failed to convert to bengt at blafs com. #
# #
# GPL statement: #
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify #
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by #
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or #
# (at your option) any later version. #
# #
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, #
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of #
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the #
# GNU General Public License for more details. #
# #
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License #
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. #
# #
# Copyright 2007,2008 Bengt J. Olsson #
# Rev: 1.2.1 #
# Date: 2008-03-25 #
# Changes: Corrected typo in dialog. Translates tomboy's monospace to zim verbatim #
# Rev: 1.2 #
# Date: 2008-03-24 #
# Changes: Much revised code. Should be more robust against Tomboy note format now. Also added #
# support for the new "Notebooks" concept (i.e. two-level name-spaces) #
# Rev: 1.1 #
# Date: 2008-03-08 #
# Changes: Fixed an issue when Create date on tomboy note does not exist. Now displays both #
# "Last changed" and "Create date" (if these exists) and conversion date. Fixed #
# various issues with that could hang the script. Added a few character subs. #
# Filename: tzim.py #
# Rev: 1.0 #
# Date: 2007-07-28 #
# Changes: First version #
#################################################################################################
import os
import os.path
import sys
import glob
import re
import datetime
def main():
tomboynotes = raw_input("Path to tomboy notes directory (default ~/.tomboy): ")
if tomboynotes == "":
tomboynotes = os.path.expanduser('~')
tomboynotes += '/.tomboy/'
if not tomboynotes.rstrip()[-1] == '/':
tomboynotes += '/*.note'
else:
tomboynotes += '*.note'
files = glob.glob(tomboynotes) # Read tomboy notes file names
if len(files) == 0 :
print "No note files." # Exit if no note files in directory
sys.exit()
zimnotes = raw_input("Path to zim notes directory (default ./ (current dir)): ")
curdir = os.getcwd()
if zimnotes:
zimnotes = os.path.expanduser(zimnotes)
if not os.path.exists(zimnotes):
os.mkdir(zimnotes)
os.chdir(zimnotes)
for fil in files:
infile = open(fil,'r')
longline = infile.read()
infile.close()
# --- Match note title --------------------------------------------------------
match = re.search(r'.*<title>(.*)</title>',longline,re.S)
if match:
title = format(match.group(1))
print "***** Converting:", title, "*****"
else:
print "Title: note title could not be found"
# --- Match tomboy note format versions ---------------------------------------
match = re.search(r'.*<note version="(\d+\.\d+)"',longline,re.S)
if match:
if match.group(1) not in [ "0.2", "0.3" ] :
print "Version: only tested with Tomboy note version 0.2 and 0.3"
else:
print "Version: Tomboy note version could not be found"
# --- Match note text ---------------------------------------------------------
match = re.search(r'.*<note-content.*?>.*?\n(.*)</note-content>',longline,re.S)
#^^^^ to avoid title repeat itself
if match:
text = format(match.group(1))
else:
print "Text: note text could not be found"
text = "*** No text found in tomboy note ***"
# --- Match last-change text --------------------------------------------------
match = re.search(r'.*<last-change-date>(\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d).*</last-change-date>',longline,re.S)
if match:
last_change_date = match.group(1)
else:
last_change_date = "Not found"
print "last-change-date: could not be found"
# --- Match create-change text ------------------------------------------------
match = re.search(r'.*<create-date>(\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d).*</create-date>',longline,re.S)
if match:
create_date = match.group(1)
else:
create_date = "Not found"
print "create-date: could not be found"
# --- Match folder (tomboy version > 0.3) -------------------------------------
# 2018-07-28: vrubiolo: non-greedy modifier for '+' is here to support nested tags
# (too much is matched otherwise and the potential mkdir() below for folder creation fails)
match = re.search(r'.*<tag>system:notebook:(.+?)</tag>',longline,re.S)
if match:
folder = match.group(1)
else:
folder = ""
# --- Put together zim note ---------------------------------------------------
outname = title
outname = re.sub('[/&<>:; ]','_',outname) # removing "dangerous" chars
outname += '.txt' # zim file name for note
if folder != "":
if not os.path.exists(folder):
os.mkdir(folder)
outname = folder + '/' + outname
outfile = open(outname,'w')
line = '====== ' + title + ' ======' + '\n'
line += text + '\n'
line += '\n' + 'Last changed (in Tomboy): ' + last_change_date + '\n'
line += 'Note created (in Tomboy): ' + create_date + '\n'
outfile.write(line)
outfile.close()
print '\n' + "Conversion OK!"
os.chdir(curdir)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
def format(line): #various format substitutions of lines
line = re.sub('</?bold>','**',line)
line = re.sub('</?italic>','//',line)
line = re.sub('</?strikethrough>','~~',line)
line = re.sub('</?highlight>','__',line)
line = re.sub('</?size:(small|large|huge)>','',line)# Can't handle tomboy sizes
line = re.sub('</?monospace>',"''",line)
line = re.sub('<link:(internal|broken)>','[[',line)
line = re.sub('</link:(internal|broken)>',']]',line)
line = re.sub('<link:(url)>','',line)
line = re.sub('</link:(url)>','',line)
line = re.sub('<list-item dir="ltr">','* ',line)# List handling in tomboy to complexfor this
line = re.sub('(</?list>|</list-item>)','',line)# this simple converter; generating a one-level
line = re.sub('>','>',line) # list only
line = re.sub('<','<',line)
line = re.sub('&','&',line)
return(line)
main()