Hi Mark, I'm wondering why you think TiddlyServer is hard to set up. I'm curious if you've tried it yet, and if you have, I would be happy to answer any questions you have and/or walk you through the setup, since it will help me know how to write the documentation. How can I help you use TiddlyServer to accomplish what you need?
Always good to explore other options though. Thanks, -Arlen On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 10:48 AM, 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki < tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I forget that a lot of people find script files something mysterious. In > the early days before the registry, everyone using a computer had to know > about bat files when doing software installs. > > Here's all that's needed to launch TW as an app. > > Put this script as a text file in your default download directory and name > as "launch_tw.ps1" > > param([string]$stem="foo", [string]$dir="") > $copyme = ls $stem*.html | sort LastWriteTime | select -last 1 > $copyme = $copyme.FullName > Copy-Item $copyme -Destination $dir\$stem.html > Invoke-Item $dir\$stem.html > > For each TW you want to run, create a single line script. Here's an > example named tw_bible.bat: > > powershell -executionpolicy bypass -File .\launch_tw.ps1 -stem "bible" -dir > d:\data\apps\TW_Ant > > The "stem" name is the unique first part of the name (e.g. "bible" if your > tw is bible.html). The dir is the path to the directory where you want to > launch your TW from. If this is the first time using this system, copy your > most recent TW file to the download directory. > > Do a right click on the bat file and create a shortcut. Drag the shortcut > to your desktop. > > Now, whenever you want to launch your TW, just double-click on the > shortcut. Your default browser will come up with the TW in a tab. > > That's all there's to it. You launch your TW like you would any other > desktop app. Once it's loaded in your default browser, you can save with > the default mechanism, knowing the next time you want to run the tw you can > just click on the start-up icon. > > None of this is harder to do than installing an executable and configuring > a server. The scripts are simple enough that they could be typed out by > hand if you were on a system cut off from the net. > > Caveats: As always, be sure to make a backup of your TW file, especially > the first time you use this (if you're still using the TiddlyFox plugin, > this approach might over-write your most recent TW file from a previous > file in your download directory.) At the end of a session, if you need your > file to synch somewhere (e.g. it's in a dropbox folder) then just run the > shortcut again to copy over the most recent version. There might be more > tweaking -- I don't have any beta testers yet! ;-) I used it for a week > and everything was fine (I'm using TiddlyFox as long as I can). > > > Mark > > On Monday, September 18, 2017 at 10:06:53 PM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote: >> >> I don't understand your objection in #2. You're saying you'd rather >> install an entire server or application on your system rather than deal >> with a 5-line batch file? >> >> On Monday, September 18, 2017 at 9:22:36 PM UTC-7, JWHoneycutt wrote: >>> >>> Thank you all for the thoughtful replies. >>> >>> It seems as though there is confusion about the best way forward. >>> >>> 1) TiddlyFox is going away sometime - so I don't want to get too >>> enamored with it (Yes it is an installed add-on (Legacy) that does not work >>> for me now) >>> 2) @Mark S - The beauty of a solution that works every time is ideal, >>> except that you then proceed to explain that the default save has a "pain >>> in the ass" character to it involving don't forget to's or batch like >>> this... >>> 3) I have tried NoteSelf, and lost enough info due to my lack of >>> understanding how simple it is - "just use it" becomes "just keep retyping >>> the same tiddlers" >>> 4) I am totally willing to jump away from a single file system and into >>> Node.JS, but as a newbie it acts strange, pulling up things I didn't mean >>> to be in this directory... and I just don't understand it yet (but I think >>> I would like it) >>> 5) TiddlyDesktop is my one and only savior - it is the ONLY way I >>> currently know how to reliably update a tiddler, save to Dropbox, and find >>> it later. >>> >>> I can live with that. the only problem is when I link to an external >>> TW5.html file, it loads it in FireFox, and I have to remember NOT TO UPDATE >>> IT THERE - use only for reference. If I want to start typing, I have to >>> remember to launch it directly from TiddlyDesktop independently. >>> >>> Does this thinking make sense? >>> >> -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/tiddlywiki/b87aeb1e-cab0-4684-8880-ca187a0085bd%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/b87aeb1e-cab0-4684-8880-ca187a0085bd%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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