ToText - tt

Description

ToText is a collection of bash scripts for using an annotation system with md files. It builds upon the zim desktop wiki. The md files are describing every given file on your file system. The created md file is showing up in zim. So you can search and annotate a file in zim wiki. Some scripts connect zim with the file manager dolphin and the web browser firefox. The scripts are working on Linux machines like Ubuntu, Archlinux, Fedora, Suse.
The scipts begin with the shortcut tt for ToText.
For updates see CHANGELOG-JOURNAL.md.
The ToText uses the following tools:

• wget
• xidel
• scrot
• sed
• yad
• firefox addon external application
• firefox addon zim clip
• noweb - noweb.py repository
• mypaint
• krita
• xournalpp
• yt-dlp
• mpv player
• zim - desktop wiki

Installation

You can install the script by the install.sh script by simply execute the script or go to the Execute installation steps section and run the commands by your self, additionally it explains the install.sh scripts steps.

Run install script

chmod u+x install.sh && ./install.sh

Execute installation steps

Download repository

Download the repository with

Download repository

git clone https://github.com/christiang7/ToText.git
cd ToText

create tt config folder

Create a folder under the .config folder in your home /home/username/

create tt config folder

mkdir -p ~/.config/tt

copy tt config

Copy the config-example file to your .config folder

copy tt config

cp configs/config-example ~/.config/tt/config

and fill in your path you need.

copy mpv config

Copy the config-mpv-example to your mpv config folder

copy mpv config

cp configs/config-mpv-example ~/.config/mpv/config

copy .desktop files

Copy all .desktop files to the dolphin service folder

copy .desktop files

cp -r desktop-files/*.desktop ~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/*.desktop

copy script files

Copy all scripts to the local bin folder

copy script files

list=$(ls -1 --hide=*.md "Scripts")
cp $list .local/bin/*

Install all listed programs from the section Description above.

Finished.

Install script

The script file of the used installation steps.

install.sh

#!/bin/bash
#*create tt config folder}}
#*copy tt config}}
#*copy mpv config}}
#*copy .desktop files}}
#*copy script files}}

You can find the used code and documentation in the previous section Execute installation steps

make.sh

noweb.py -Rinstall.sh README.md > install.sh && echo 'install.sh' && date