there is also the tw classic plugin for tw5. This does not support tw2 
plugins, only the the classic markup, but it does support macros and can 
embed tw5  markup in tw2 tiddlers. 

all the best
BJ

http://tiddlywiki.com/plugins/tiddlywiki/tw2parser/#Markup


On Friday, December 30, 2016 at 6:47:21 PM UTC+1, Loyd Gravitt wrote:
>
> I have been using TWC since 2011, over the years making it my single main 
> documentation repository for all of my IT notes and documentation.  As TWC 
> had had more and more browser specific issues with javascript problems, 
> save difficulties and everything else, I decided maybe it is time to look 
> at upgrading to TW5.  I have done a couple of hours of reading and found 
> the upgrade assistant.  I tried that and of course it now wants me to 
> upgrade each tiddler as I open it to convert the classic tiddly markup to 
> the new.  The problem is, It totally scrambles the formatting of every 
> tiddler.  As an IT person, I have made extensive use of the {{{ ... }}} 
> markup for blocks of code.  These are all pretty much illegible after the 
> "upgrade".  So now it appears that I have the choice on whether or not I 
> want to manually reformat between 600 and 700 tiddlers, stick with the 
> growing pains of TWC, or just punt and use another tool.
>
> Is there a simple, single document or sticky thread that contains 
> instructions for moving from the classic platform to the 5 version?  And 
> before someone says to search and read all of the messages already here, I 
> do not have time.  My boss is paying me to administer databases and 
> servers, not dig into the intricacies of jason, css, and node,js.  I am 
> already regretting the time I invested in learning classic tiddly markup 
> and plugin architecture as that is now worthless.
>
> I have done some searching of the Google Group and seen some threads about 
> further development of upgrade tools similar to what I am looking for.  Can 
> anyone give a status or timeframe on these?
>
> I apologize for the tone of frustration in this post, but time is limited 
> and I am not wanting to do much tweaking or development within the 
> platform.  I am just a user, by no means technically illiterate, who just 
> wants to take almost six years of accumulated tiddlers and seamlessly 
> upgrade them to the new format.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help anyone can hopefully give me and Happy 
> New Year.
>

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