Try
mywiki
--- tiddlers
---- files
----- one.txt
----- two.txt
----- tiddlyWiki.files
--- tiddlywiki.info
As I mentioned, your tiddlywiki.files needs to be inside the tiddlers
directory.
On Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 8:55:43 PM UTC+2 Atronoush wrote:
> Saq, my folder structure is a s below
>
> mywiki
> --- files
> ----- one.txt
> ----- two.txt
> ----- tiddlyWiki.files
> --- tiddlers
> --- tiddlywiki.info
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 10:04 PM Saq Imtiaz <saq.i...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> @atronoush
>>
>> Make sure the TiddlyWiki.files file is in the Tiddler directory or a
>> subdirectory of it.
>>
>> If you still can't get it to work let me know and I'll post my file and
>> directory structure
>>
>> On Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 2:11:10 PM UTC+2 Atronoush wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Saq,
>>> This is very interesting! Would you please provide a short example! I
>>> created a folder called files with two files one.txt, two.txt with the
>>> below tiddlywiki.files
>>>
>>> {
>>> "tiddlers": [
>>> {
>>> "file": "one.txt",
>>> "isTiddlerFile": true,
>>> "fields": {
>>> "type": "text/plain",
>>> "title": "one.txt",
>>> "tags": "xx yy zz"
>>> },
>>> },
>>> {
>>> "file": "two.txt",
>>> "isTiddlerFile": true,
>>> "fields": {
>>> "type": "text/plain",
>>> "title": "two.txt",
>>> "tags": "xx"
>>> }
>>> }
>>> ]
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> but after starting the wiki using tiddlywiki --server nothing is loaded
>>> into my tiddlywiki.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 10:40 AM Saq Imtiaz <saq.i...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bimlas,
>>>>
>>>> I am unfamiliar with Boostnote etc, however I do use TiddlyWiki as a
>>>> tool to work with plain text files for similar reasons.
>>>>
>>>> I load a folder of plain text files using a tiddlywiki.files file. This
>>>> allows me to load them without the need for inline metadata or an external
>>>> .meta file.
>>>> https://tiddlywiki.com/#tiddlywiki.files%20Files
>>>>
>>>> I then have a path defined in $:/config/FileSystemPaths to save these
>>>> tiddlers back to their original location on editing.
>>>> https://tiddlywiki.com/#Customising%20Tiddler%20File%20Naming
>>>>
>>>> Note however that TiddlyWiki does not allow you to save back to the
>>>> original location for files loaded via tiddlywiki.files so this requires a
>>>> patch. I have been using such a patch for over 3 years now with no issues.
>>>>
>>>> Some details here: https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/2906
>>>> The patch in that issue is out of date, if you need an up to date patch
>>>> I can provide one for you. In fact I should probably make a PR with the
>>>> updated patch as I think it addresses some of the concerns raised in that
>>>> ticket.
>>>>
>>>> When you now edit a tiddler that has been loaded via tiddlywiki.files,
>>>> it saves back to the original location plus a .meta file is created for
>>>> that tiddler. If all your data is in the body of the tiddler, then you can
>>>> simply ignore these .meta files.
>>>>
>>>> Lastly, when creating a new tiddler, to make sure it is saved as .txt
>>>> make sure to use type text/plain. After creation the type can be changed
>>>> and the tiddler will still be saved as .txt. Note that this is actually
>>>> somewhat of a bug but effort is being made to address it while still
>>>> allowing the user to determine what format a tiddler should be saved in.
>>>> For details see https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/4630
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>> Saq
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 8:40:02 AM UTC+2, bimlas wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Lately, I’ve been unsure if I really want to use TiddlyWiki, because
>>>>> no matter how universal single HTML is, it’s still just a big file and it
>>>>> depends on the browser. Since plain text is the most timeless format
>>>>> possible (even a text file written in 1963 can still be viewed and edited
>>>>> today), I thought I would migrate to plain text files. Once I realized
>>>>> how
>>>>> I could convert the tiddlers extracted from HTML to the right format for
>>>>> me, I started looking for a text editor that included both preview and
>>>>> full
>>>>> text search. To my great surprise, the latter is supported by very few
>>>>> programs, so I can only solve it with my own Grep script. After sleepless
>>>>> nights and short circuits of thought, I came to realize that TiddlyWiki
>>>>> can
>>>>> handle separate files. Even if the Node.js TiddlyWiki itself ever ceases
>>>>> to
>>>>> exist, the notes will still be usable because they are just text files,
>>>>> and
>>>>> if I systematically name the tiddlers, the links between them will still
>>>>> be
>>>>> searchable with a simple, software-independent text search, so they
>>>>> remain
>>>>> usable.
>>>>>
>>>>> The question is, how can TiddlyWiki be used as a simple text editor? I
>>>>> would like to emulate the operation of Boostnote / Joplin / Typora / ...
>>>>>
>>>>> For example, if I install Ansel's Markdown
>>>>> <https://demo.santosa.family#tw5-markdown> plugin and then copy the
>>>>> Markdown files to the tiddlers directory, how can I edit them without
>>>>> adding extra metadata? If I edit ".md" files in Tiddly, then it writes
>>>>> them
>>>>> back to the drive in JSON format. If I change ".md" to ".tid" extension
>>>>> and
>>>>> write "type: x-markdown" at the beginning of the file, it will rewrite
>>>>> the
>>>>> file in its original form after editing, but add e.g. the "title" field
>>>>> with the current path to the file, which I don't want.
>>>>>
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