YES! that worked, got 'er working on my R-Pi server now. Thanks Mark! /w
On Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 6:56:45 PM UTC+1, Mark S. wrote: > > > The listen command can take a port number. Like > > --listen port=8090 > > > On Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 9:37:36 AM UTC-7, ludwa6 wrote: >> >> Hey Arlen: Great to hear, thanks! >> So i ran those commands, installed TiddlyServer on my Raspberry Pi >> gateway... But hit a little snag setting up the listener, in that port >> :8080 is owned by another application server. Can't change that for the >> moment, as it's a service i can't really mess with. Could talk to that >> developer about changing the port he's using, i suppose... >> >> But just to see this working, i tried to install on my Mac, but terminal >> tells me: >> >> -bash: npm: command not found >> Suppose i could use a different package manager, if i knew how (yes, i am >> a complete unix n00b =8-( >> >> Will try to bone up on the requisite skills, but any more crib notes >> would of course be appreciated! >> >> /walt >> >> >> On Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 3:06:52 PM UTC+1, Arlen Beiler wrote: >>> >>> I have tried doing SQLite but there are some caveats that need to be >>> accounted for. >>> >>> What I would recommend you do is use data folders instead of single file >>> wikis. Data folders store tiddlers in individual text files using a custom >>> format that Jeremy came up with. It works very well for text based storage >>> solutions like GitHub. I'm actually really surprised no one mentioned this >>> yet. >>> >>> To get started, install tiddlywiki globally by running npm install >>> tiddlywiki -g >>> >>> Next, to create a blank data folder, run tiddlywiki ./MyNewWikiFolder >>> --init server >>> >>> Then run tiddlywiki ./MyNewWikiFolder --listen >>> >>> Now open your browser to localhost:8080 and start exploring. >>> >>> TiddlyServer is a good way to load multiple data folders on the same >>> port. >>> >>> Hope that helps, >>> Arlen >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 7:52 AM ludwa6 <wlud...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Such a wealth of options for Local-First storage have emerged in this >>>> thread (must say: i'm super impressed with the strength of this community >>>> i >>>> have just joined), i've been able to quickly implement the simple approach >>>> suggested by Jeremy (TW Desktop, + cloud sync to Github), which is serving >>>> me well enough for now. >>>> >>>> Yet, as i'm fast creating quite a mountain of data in TW, i'm also >>>> bothered by the growing sense that what i really want at the back end of >>>> this beautiful thing is a database -ideally SQLite, which has all that >>>> local-first/ single-file/ portability goodness of TW, while bringing the >>>> full set of functionalities needed to manage a large database with >>>> integrity. With a single SQLite file stored locally and replicated to the >>>> cloud, that gives us a solution that ticks all the boxes in that >>>> seminal Local-First paper >>>> <https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first.html>: Fast, Multi-Device, >>>> Offline, Collaboration, Longevity, Privacy, User-Control. Combining this >>>> with the power of TW5 interface (really an "interface builder for the rest >>>> of us," i would call it), minus mess of .html backup files i've got to >>>> keep >>>> cleaning off my machine (SQLite has a full transactional history, so no >>>> need of any backups but that one file, replicated to cloud), and that in >>>> broad-strokes would be the shape of my dream machine. >>>> >>>> So i must ask: has anyone tried using SQLite as storage for a >>>> TiddlyWiki? If this is indeed technically feasible, can anyone point me >>>> to >>>> prior art on which i might be able to build such a solution? Though i am >>>> no programmer, i am reasonably comfortable with SQL as a data manipulation >>>> language, if someone can just show me how to get the TW data in there! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to tiddl...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/856ad777-dc63-4491-bd74-c0391c4bf413%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/856ad777-dc63-4491-bd74-c0391c4bf413%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/adee29ea-4a78-4dbf-90f7-53306f6752c2%40googlegroups.com.
