[tw5] Re: Installing plugins via drag and drop in nodejs

2020-09-07 Thread TW Tones
Thanks werner. I will build my own notes after trying this thanks Regards Tony On Monday, 7 September 2020 at 20:36:23 UTC+10 Werner wrote: > Tony, > > here's how I did it: > > - D installed the plugin in question. In my case, it was A. Aldrich's > Tables plugin. > - The result was two files

[tw5] Re: Installing plugins via drag and drop in nodejs

2020-09-07 Thread 'Werner' via TiddlyWiki
Tony, here's how I did it: - D installed the plugin in question. In my case, it was A. Aldrich's Tables plugin. - The result was two files in my tiddlers directory: $__plugins_aaldrich_tables.json and $__plugins_aaldrich_tables.json.meta. - Under my

[tw5] Re: Installing plugins via drag and drop in nodejs

2020-09-05 Thread TW Tones
Mark, Are there instructions anywhere to take an in wiki plugin and make it a server plugin (file?). Regards Tones On Saturday, 5 September 2020 06:27:02 UTC+10, Mark S. wrote: > > Let me add, that there are two ways to add a plugin folder. > > The first is to add it to just a single wiki, in

[tw5] Re: Installing plugins via drag and drop in nodejs

2020-09-04 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
Let me add, that there are two ways to add a plugin folder. The first is to add it to just a single wiki, in the plugins folder of your tiddly data folder. The second is to add it to your node.js master copy of tiddlywiki. The advantage of the first method is that the plugins will continue to

Re: [tw5] Re: Installing plugins via drag and drop in nodejs

2020-09-04 Thread Pit.W.
This was *REALLY *helpful" Much obliged, Pit.W Am 04.09.2020 um 12:21 schrieb 'Werner' via TiddlyWiki: >From my limited experience... while it is possible to install a plugin on Node.JS via D, and it seems to work properly, the plugin will only be available on the wiki it has been installed

[tw5] Re: Installing plugins via drag and drop in nodejs

2020-09-04 Thread 'Werner' via TiddlyWiki
>From my limited experience... while it is possible to install a plugin on Node.JS via D, and it seems to work properly, the plugin will only be available on the wiki it has been installed on. If you choose the more cumbersome way, as recommended for Node.JS, the plugin will be available on

[tw5] Re: Installing plugins via drag and drop in nodejs

2020-09-03 Thread TW Tones
Mark, That is possibly the clearest description so far. We need to document this a bit better. I admit I am no expert in this yet, and I hope if what I state is incorrect someone will contradict me. I would add to your points, as I understand it, that if installed in node apparently they are

Re: [tw5] Re: Installing plugins via drag and drop in nodejs

2020-09-03 Thread P M
Ah I see that does make sense. I think then I'll stick with drag and drop for the time being. Thanks! On Thu, Sep 3, 2020, 17:56 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki < tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I think it means there some plugins meant for node.js that need to be > installed in a directory

[tw5] Re: Installing plugins via drag and drop in nodejs

2020-09-03 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
I think it means there some plugins meant for node.js that need to be installed in a directory (maybe because they need to communicate directly with the operating system). For most 3rd party plugins I think you're OK with d But if you have a plugin that needs to directly communicate with the