I would expect the same behavior to occur - the 2nd edit you save will overwrite the whole TW file - thereby erasing the edit you saved first...
I guess you are right - I wasn't thinking of it like that, but this is essentially the same as multi-user access... I will have to do some more research along that line to see what is available. Thanks! - Matt L. On Dec 19, 4:42 am, Reenen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
