How can I export my Tomboy notes into Evernote?

Question

I want to export my Tomboy notes to the Evernote web service, I have seen this web site but I don't want to send my Tomboy notes to an untrusted site where they may be put to unknown use.

Is there any other way?

Answer 1

The basic process seems to be export your Tomboy notes to html: Tools > Export

Then use email to send the files into your Evernote account. Instructions for using email to import notes are here in this Evernote support article.

The notes themselves are stored as individual XML files in ~/.local/share/tomboy, so it's possible to convert them to whatever form you need through your own scripts if the Export doesn't provide exactly you what you need.

Answer 2

If you do not mind all of your notes on one page (items searchable by hyperlink) you can try this.

1. Copy the following code into a text editor, save as script.py and run it in the folder where the Tomboy notes are kept. (Typically .local/share/tomboy/ in Linux). At the command line, run python script.py:

   #!/usr/bin/env python
   #
   #   This script creates a tomboy note containing link to each other note
   #   so one can easily export all the notes to an HTML file
   #
   #   author:Pedro
   #
   #   Check out lamehacks.net for more lame scripts and stuff
   
   import dbus, time
   
   note_title = "Note Index"
   
   # Get the D-Bus session bus
   bus = dbus.SessionBus()
   
   # Access the Tomboy D-Bus object
   obj = bus.get_object("org.gnome.Tomboy","/org/gnome/Tomboy/RemoteControl")
   
   # Access the Tomboy remote control interface
   tomboy = dbus.Interface(obj, "org.gnome.Tomboy.RemoteControl")
   
   notes_links = ""
   
   for note in tomboy.ListAllNotes():
   notes_links += tomboy.GetNoteTitle(note) + " \n"
   
   uri = tomboy.FindNote(note_title)
   if uri == "":
   uri = tomboy.CreateNamedNote(note_title)
   
   tomboy.SetNoteContents(uri, note_title + "\n\n" + notes_links)
   tomboy.DisplayNote(uri)
   

   This will create an empty Tomboy note.

2. Then run this code at the command line, in the same folder where your Tomboy notes are stored:

   for i in *.note; do
   xpath -q -e '/note/title' $i;
   done \ sed -r 's%^<title>(.*)</title>%\1%g'
   

This will generate a list of titles. Copy and Paste those into the blank Tomboy note created by the python script. Then export this note as a single HTML file. Send this file as an email attachment to your Evernote account.

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Code taken from Lamehacks Blog