I don't know the TiddlySnip extension, but it sounds like an
interesting idea... (what I understand your idea is, is basically
"enabling" multiuser tiddlywiki access).

What happens when I have 2 windows open in edit mode, save the one,
and then want to save the other?

Matt L. wrote:
> Hi all,
>    I really like the TiddlySnip extension for Firefox, but it has one
> major flaw that it cannot overcome.  My TW file is always open in my
> browser, and I am usually in the process of modifying one or more
> tiddlers.  However, if I use TiddlySnip, it saves that new tiddler to
> the local copy on disk.  What that means is if I then go save one of
> my edits, it will overwrite the local file and I will have lost that
> TiddlySnip entry.
>    Here is my idea...  If the TW file checked the local file before it
> saved any edits, it could compare the timestamp of the local file to a
> value it saved the last time it saved the file.  This would allow it
> to detect that the local file was changed since the last time THIS
> COPY of TW had saved to that file.  If it detected a difference, it
> could prompt the user to reload the local file (keeping the edit
> windows) before saving the file.  This would also allow two people to
> make edits to the same TW either online or on a server without
> worrying about someone overwriting their changes.
>
> Any thoughts?  Does some plugin already exist that provides similar
> functionality?  Or did I not explain it very well?  (it is a complaint
> I get frequently)...
>
> Thanks!
>    - Matt L.
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