Drag'n'drop of nautilus could export task into a file

[Izidor Matušov]

When I drag a task from my GTG and drop it into nautilus or other filemanagers, it creates a file with description of the task there. It could work as a way how to export a task into file system.

The format could be something simple like:
<file>
TASK: Make a sandwich for the trip
TAGS: @errands

Use the receipt from your aunt.
</file>

[Izidor Matušov (izidor)]

This can be done using XDS - X Window Direct Save protocol

Information:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/XDS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Save_Protocol

An example of such an implementation is in Phonetooth http://code.google.com/p/phonetooth/,

Right there: http://code.google.com/p/phonetooth/source/browse/trunk/phonetooth/phonebrowserhandler.py

(Look for XdndDirectSave0)

[Wolter HV (wolterh)]

I think this should be done with a JSON document

[Izidor Matušov (izidor)]

Wolter> Why do you think it should be a JSON doument? I find a pseudo text document better:

<file>
Conquer the world
Start date: 2012-01-01
Due date: 2012-12-21
@work

We should finally get the world before its end!
- Make a plan
- Do it
</file>

If you want to export data in JSON format, you are able to do that using our DBus interface:
<code>
import dbus
import json

bus = dbus.SessionBus()
gtg_obj = bus.get_object('org.gnome.GTG', '/org/gnome/GTG')
gtg = dbus.Interface(gtg_obj, 'org.gnome.GTG')
print json.dumps(gtg.GetTasks(), indent=4)
</code>

I think it will be more intuitive to just dump a text version of a task...