The default TiddlyWiki saver uses the browser's built-in "download a file"
process, which includes general security handling to prevent unwanted
"stealth payloads" from being installed on your system. One major
advantage of the "download saver" is that it doesn't require any special
setup. This makes it possible to save TiddlyWiki on almost all modern
browsers, as long as they permit downloading. Note that in this instance,
"downloading" also applies when you are viewing a locally-stored TiddlyWiki
that is already on your computer.
The download saver is also useful because it usually can be configured in
your browser's settings so that it will always ask you choose where to save
the file instead of using the default "Downloads" folder location. When
the "file/folder chooser" dialog is displayed, if the target filename
already exists then a number (e.g., "(1)") is automatically added to the
end of the target filename. This allows you to ensure that you don't
unintentionally overwrite your existing TiddlyWiki file without some kind
of user interaction. Of course, you can always select the existing
filename if you ***DO*** want to overwrite it.
This interactive process also makes it easy to save temporary "checkpoint"
files while you are working. For example, during a long editing session,
if I suspect that something I just wrote might "brick" the running
TiddlyWiki or otherwise corrupt my tiddler content, I will invoke the
download saver and confirm the save with an auto-numbered filename like
"myfile.html (1)", "myfile.html (2)", etc... This can even be triggered
before I press the "done" button on the tiddler I am currently editing, so
that there is no chance for my changes to break something. Then, once the
current state of my TiddlyWiki is safely saved to disk, I'll press "done"
to accept the tiddler changes and then proceed to try my new code (usually
by pressing a button widget to invoke some actions). If everything goes
OK, I just continue working. However, if something goes horribly wrong, I
can always re-load from my last saved checkpoint file, which still has the
errant tiddler in "edit mode", so I can hopefully fix my code and try again.
When I am finally satisfied that all my changes are good, I can then invoke
the download saver again, but this time I select the existing TiddlyWiki
file so that it is overwritten. I can then continue working, secure in the
knowledge that everything is saved as I want it to be. When I am
completely done with my work session, I will then go to my system's file
manager to select and delete all the "checkpoint" files. If I am being
extra cautious, I can just move those files to another folder, so that if I
later discover some previously unnoticed bug in my code (gasp!), I can load
the old checkpoints one at a time to determine when the errant behavior
first appeared, and then use a "diff" utility to compare versions and
identify any suspect changes.
HOWEVER... having said all that...
Some people find the download saver process to be overly burdensome, and
prefer a "file save" process that doesn't require any interaction and
always overwrites the current TiddlyWiki file. To this end, there are
numerous add-ons that enable this kind of direct file saving. Some of
these add-ons are browser-specific extensions, while others are separate
"helper" applications that you can install on your system.
See https://tiddlywiki.com/#GettingStarted and select the appropriate "OS"
and "Browser" checkboxes for more details.
Hope this helps...
enjoy,
-e
On Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 8:03:40 AM UTC-7 sugamka...@gmail.com wrote:
> I started using tiddlywiki maybe two hours ago. Its nice but is there any
> way to save the wiki without redownloading it? I am using edge and am on
> fedora os.
>
> I don't want to use any cloud. I want to encrypt it and push it to my
> github repo.
>
> Sorry if this question has been asked before.
>
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