Converts the Backpack deinstall xml file to individual textile files per backpack page and. generates an html preview page too.

gistfile1.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby -wKU

require 'rexml/document'
require 'rubygems'
require 'RedCloth'
 
include REXML

doc = Document.new( File.new( 'bpack.xml', 'r' ) )
XPath.match( doc, "//pages/page" ).each do |page|
  page_title = page.attributes['title']
  unless page_title.index('z') == 0
    puts "Assembling notes for #{page_title}"
    page_file = File.new "notes/#{page_title}.textile", 'w'
    page_file << "h1. #{page_title}\n\n"
    
    page_file << "h2. Tags\n\n<hr/>\n\n"
    tags = ""
    page.elements.each("tags/tag" ) do |tag|
      puts "  Adding tag #{tag.attributes['name']}"
      tags << ', ' unless tags == ''
      tags << tag.attributes['name']
    end
    page_file << "#{tags}\n\n"
    
    page_file << "h2. Lists\n\n<hr/>\n\n"
    page.elements.each("lists/list" ) do |list|
      puts "  Adding list #{list.attributes['name']}"
      page_file << "h3. #{list.attributes['name']}\n\n"
      list.elements.each("items/item[@completed = 'false']" ) do |item|
        page_file << "* #{item.text}\n"
      end
      page_file << "\n"
    end
    
    page_file << "h2. Notes\n\n<hr/>\n\n"
    page.elements.each("notes/note" ) do |note|
      puts "  Adding note #{note.attributes['title']}"
      page_file << "h3. #{note.attributes['title']} - #{note.attributes['created_at']}\n\n"
      page_file << "#{note.text}\n\n"
    end
    
    # Preview the page and save it
    puts "  Building preview file #{page_title}.html"
    page_file.close
    page_file = File.new "notes/#{page_title}.textile", 'r'
    rc = RedCloth.new page_file.read
    page_preview = File.new "notes/#{page_title}.html", 'w'
    page_preview << rc.to_html
    page_preview.close
  end
end