[Tb] import from Inspiration outlines

I'd appreciate it if the solution were posted to the list as well. Like
others, I have a very large number of Inspiration files which I'd like to be
able to import into Tinderbox, although I realize the paradigms are somewhat
different.

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> From: mark david mcCreary <mdm__AT__internet-tools.com>
> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 18:14:12 -0500
> To: tb__AT__lee-phillips.org
> Subject: [Tb] import from Inspiration outlines
> 
> Greetings from Texas, where i have recently bought TB based on the very
> nice ATPO review by Ted Goranson.  So far I am excited about the
> potential, but have run into a big roadblock.
> 
> I have hundreds of Inspiration outlines that I want to import into TB.
> I was surprised to see an export menu selection, but not an Import.  In
> reviewing the TB site and wiki, I notice that I am not the only person
> with import questions (but no answers have been posted).
> 
> So I will try my luck on this mailing list.  I tried to download the
> mailing list raw text archive, but was foiled by a permission problem.
> And I don't see a search engine, so if this question has been asked, and
> especially if it's been answered, please point me to the URL that I
> need.
> 
> I can export Inspiration 7.5 documents to plain text, HTML, MS Word, MS
> Powerpoint and Appleworks.
> 
> Are there any tools to import into TB from those formats ?
> 
> I have learned about copying and pasting a document into TB, and using
> the Explode command.  If I use just the outline structure from
> Inspiration, I can get close to what I need, and probably with some
> filters beforehand, and agents afterwards, can solve that portion of the
> problem.
> 
> A bigger problem appears to be getting the content of Inspiration's
> outline entries into TB on an automatic basis.  That is, some of my
> Inspiration notes have formatted content associated with them, and while
> I can export that into plain text, TB cannot handle it.
> 
> At this point, it looks like my only hope is to export from Inspiration
> into a plain text format, and then massage that file into a TB XML file.
> 
> Has anybody tried that approach, and if so are there any notes or tools
> on doing it.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any clues.
> 
> mark
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