[Clippings] How do I import my files?

[Alex Eng]

There is no easy way that I can think of to import taglines
individually into Clippings other than importing them one at a time.
An add-on utility might accomplish this.  I cannot commit to working
on such a utility at this time, as I have other projects and personal
commitments on the go for the forseeable future.

Having said that, other readers of this post who are interested and
have the time and the skill to work on such a project are encouraged
to take on this challenge, and I will be willing to provide whatever
assistance needed.


On 8/8/06, Bob Etheridge <bobetheridge at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to use Clippings with Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 on a Ubuntu Linux
> machine.  It seemed to install OK but I can't get it to import my taglines.
>
> This is my situation: I have multiple folders with numerous taglines in
> each.  They are in plain text format, with a carriage return separating
> each tagline.  I would like to import them into folders in Clippings so
> they can be selected, one tagline at a time.
>
> I was able to copy one of the files to the clipboard and then import it
> into Clippings, but when I try to select just one line it inserts the
> whole file.  What is the proper way to do this?  There are hundreds of
> separate lines in my files.  I hope I don't have to import them one at a
> time.
>
> If Clippings is not up to the task, and you are looking for a new
> project, you could be a hero in the e-mail community.  Tagzilla did the
> job perfectly, but unfortunately it is no longer being supported and
> doesn't work on the latest version of TB.  Like I said, if you created a
> program equivalent to Tagzilla, or built Tagzilla's functionality into
> Clippings you would have people lining up to download your program.
>
> Bob
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