Re: [tw5] Request for plugin: Import improvement

2020-06-03 Thread TonyM
David, I will look at the approach you suggest, Another option, may be to use the tiddlywiki upgrade mechanism. It works to protect you from system tiddlers. You can actually use the upgrade process even with the same version. Basically you drop your wiki on the big upgrade icon, then click to

Re: [tw5] Request for plugin: Import improvement

2020-06-03 Thread David Gifford
Thanks Tony, yes, I knew there was something on the export side of things. And I have done that once or twice. But for a new user, that 'simple' workaround means 1) knowing that the option exists 2) knowing how to get to advanced search and that you need to go to the filter tab 3) going there 4)

[tw5] Request for plugin: Import improvement

2020-06-03 Thread TonyM
David I have being working on various import tools so I will look to see if I can do this. By the way its already possible to hack the import process without plugins needed. In the mean time there is an easy work around. Go to your source wiki and advanced search filter tab to build filter

[tw5] Request for plugin: Import improvement

2020-06-03 Thread David Gifford
Hi all, This is something that has bothered me for years. I am just going to say it now that we have a lot of newcomers that would benefit from this tiny improvement. I think the import tiddler should have two more checkboxes: Check/uncheck system tiddlers, and check/uncheck regular tiddlers.