Ubuntu – How to export the Tomboy notes into Evernote

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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?

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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.

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Tomboy – How to Specify the Storage Location for Notes

Your Tomboy notes are stored in the directory ~/.local/share/tomboy/. You can change the default directory for your notes by following these instructions.

Open a terminal and then run these commands:

sudo cp /etc/profile /etc/profile.bak
gksudo gedit /etc/profile
Copy and paste this line in the document just opened.
```
export TOMBOY_PATH=/path/to/your/directory
```
This will set up /path/to/your/directory for your Tomboy PATH. Change /path/to/your/directory to whichever directory you want to store your notes.
Log out and log back in and now Tomboy will read the notes saved in that directory.

Do note that the notes already saved in the old directory will not be automatically imported into the new directory. You have to copy over to the new directory yourself.

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Ubuntu – Is it possible to recover Tomboy Notes from Ubuntu One, now that the sync feature is gone

According to the article:

The ‘notes’ feature of the Ubuntu One web interface is to be removed.

The feature removal will only impact on the Ubuntu One website itself. Note sync to Ubuntu One through Tomboy or similar applications will not be affected.

So it appears you can keep using the feature from Tomboy.

That said, it's a good idea to keep external backups of any important material you place on cloud services.

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