Ah, OK.I'll mail him and wait a day before posting here again for suggestions.
thank you very much. This is pretty much resolved, can this be closed? I'm not used to google groups, this is my first group... o_o On Monday, September 29, 2014 6:20:28 PM UTC+8, Eric Shulman wrote: > > On Monday, September 29, 2014 2:52:14 AM UTC-7, Drew O'Bannon wrote: >> >> anyway, how do I go about installing plugins like this one? >> http://mptw.tiddlyspot.com/#InstantTimestampPlugin >> > > Although there are quite a few new plugins being developed for TiddlyWiki > 5 (TW5) now that it is out of beta, InstantTimestampPlugin and many others > you will find, are for TiddlyWiki Classic (TWC). > > Due to major differences in the internal architecture, plugins written for > TWC cannot be used with TW5. Of course, some of these TWC plugins are not > needed in TW5 because their functionality is specific to TWC or their > features are now fully supported within the new TW5 core code. > > Many TWC plugins *could* be re-written for TW5, but that will take some > time as there are quite a few of them (e.g., over 400 addons -- plugins, > scripts, themes, etc. -- just on my TiddlyTools.com site alone) and the > work to re-write them (which is likely at least several months or more of > full-time effort) needs to be prioritized and planned. In addition, some > plugins are now "orphaned", as their original authors have moved on to > other projects. > > When you find a plugin you want for TW5, but it appears to be for TWC, the > best course of action is to > first try to contact the plugin author and see if they have plans to > re-write it, and then post a message on this discussion forum to ask others > if there are native TW5 alternatives. > > enjoy, > -e > Eric Shulman > TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios > > YOUR DONATIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT! > HELP ME TO HELP YOU - MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO MY "TIP JAR"... > http://TiddlyTools.github.com/fundraising.html#MakeADonation > > Professional TiddlyWiki Consulting Services... > Analysis, Design, and Custom Solutions: > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Contact > -- 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 post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
