[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Import/export from Memo app - key is data fields, not fonts and formatting

[Scott Gruby]

On Dec 5, 2005, at 7:01 PM, Eric Sinclair wrote:

>
> On Dec 5, 2005, at 3:04 PM, John Faughnan wrote:
>> 1. Change to a plain text file format (XML, whatever) so I can  
>> work with it
>> using a text editor.
>> 2. Adopt a well known open source database format for the notebook  
>> files
>> (MySQL, whatever).
>> 3. Add a separate (command line?) import/export utility.
>> 4. Rewrite the memo client to support import and export.
>> 5. Adopt the same file format for the memos as is used for iPod  
>> Notes.
>
> I think adaptors could be easily written for 5 if 3 or 4 supported  
> option 1 (if you follow me).  This is basically the approach taken  
> by Jeff of ShadowPlan, and then there are XSLT transforms available.
>
> For number 2, SQLlite is baked into Tiger, isn't it?  I don't know  
> how good the VARCHAR support is in SQLlite, but it might make the  
> path a bit simpler.  Once there, 3 or 4 become more straightforward  
> to accomplish by the community, provided the schema is sane and  
> documented.
>

Just to chime in here; we are taking all the feedback and evaluating  
it to see where we will go next with the MemoPad app.

Personally, I'm a fan of StickyBrain; it's free form nature and  
flexibility is ideal for my use. They do have a conduit which syncs  
one "folder" of memos as it has the ability to have folders inside of  
folders which the Palm doesn't have. If you need a solution now, I'd  
say take a look at StickyBrain. In the long term, we are working on  
ways to improve the MemoPad application.

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