[tw] Re: [TW5] Is there a setting to allow drag/drop of images to create local links?

2014-09-20 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
Thanks BJ, That approach is worth remembering, but it creates an untitled tiddler with a link that contains a long absolute file name. By the time I've taken all the steps to massage it back into a proper tiddler with an appropriate title, [img] tags, and relative path (the only pathing that ma

[tw] Re: [TW5] Is there a setting to allow drag/drop of images to create local links?

2014-09-20 Thread Birthe C
Hi Julie Try dragging the link into an open tiddler. File:/// works for me. I am running linux. Birthe Den lørdag den 20. september 2014 13.17.56 UTC+2 skrev Julie: > > I've first tried files:/// which retuns an error message saying that > Firefox doesn't know this protocole. > With file://

[tw] Re: [TW5] Is there a setting to allow drag/drop of images to create local links?

2014-09-20 Thread Julie
I've first tried files:/// which retuns an error message saying that Firefox doesn't know this protocole. With file:/// , file:// or file: nothing happens. After asking the web developer who shares my live, I've got the answer: the disk has to be specified, for example file:///C:/ Many thanks a

[tw] Re: [TW5] Is there a setting to allow drag/drop of images to create local links?

2014-09-20 Thread BJ
try typing only "file:" into the address bar (file:/// is linux), its not a plugin On Saturday, September 20, 2014 8:59:01 AM UTC+2, Julie wrote: > > > >> >> That sounds awesome, but I can't figure out how to make it working. > Don't you need a Firefox extension for that? Maybe (10s Google s

[tw] Re: [TW5] Is there a setting to allow drag/drop of images to create local links?

2014-09-19 Thread Julie
> > That sounds awesome, but I can't figure out how to make it working. Don't you need a Firefox extension for that? Maybe (10s Google search) Firefly? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop re

[tw] Re: [TW5] Is there a setting to allow drag/drop of images to create local links?

2014-09-19 Thread BJ
Hi Mark, you can achieve this by using firefox as a file browser. - type file:/// into a tabs address bar to start the file browser - files dragged and dropped from here will appear as links in the tiddlywiki cheers BJ On Friday, September 19, 2014 2:50:20 AM UTC+2, Mark S. wrote: > > If you d