I just started looking at importing CSVs as well, to use with my RenderTable plugin. I will check out your code. Following with interest. :)
Best, Joshua Fontany On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 11:16:45 AM UTC-8, Evan Balster wrote: > > Hey, all — > > I'm working on this CSV "unpacker" plugin: > http://evanbalster.com/tiddlywiki/csv_unpack.html > > The introduction of deserializer modules, which I only discovered half-way > through the process, made things a lot easier. But I'm a bit troubled at > the lack of a good mechanism for reporting errors in the import, or > allowing the user to customize the re-formatting of the data. > > There are a few scenarios I'm thinking about: > > - The CSV can't be parsed due to some error. > - The wiki opens a tiddler describing the error, in addition to the > $:/Import tiddler. > - OR: The wiki displays error information in the $:/import tiddler. > > - The CSV is parsed successfully and the user needs to map CSV > columns to field names in the wiki, previewing their effects. > - A configuration tiddler appears alongside $:/Import and allows > the user to modify the imported data before finalizing the import. > - OR: A "wizard" appears in the $:/Import tiddler and the user > configures the import before proceeding to preview the tiddlers. > > So, my questions: > > - Is it bad practice to create and/or display tiddlers from a > deserializer? > - Is it possible to incorporate this sort of functionality (wizard > steps and error reporting) into the import mechanism in current or future > versions of TiddlyWiki? > > > Currently my plugin requires all setup to be performed in advance, using > the plugin's settings. I notice that one of the built-in deserializers > displays import errors by creating an imported tiddler to act as an error > message; I might adopt this "hack" in lieu of something better. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywikidev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywikidev@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywikidev/bc98871d-f53a-43ce-b54e-a6d46473007a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
