> moderate sized image and got a new tiddler with the following info: > > plot2.jpg type=image/jpeg, size=128810 bytes, encoded=174431 bytes > > But every time when I try to open that tiddler, there will be a long > delay and FF3 will report a unresponsive script. The tiddler will > eventually open and the full size image show in the tiddler. But this > is not so usable with even larger size image. > > Did I missed anything? I read some people also have issues with > several MB video file. So I guess the embedding process slow it > down.
In general, photos and other media files are, for practical use, too big to embed as base64-encoded content, primarily due to performance issues. Encoded images are best used for relatively small graphics, such as icons, logos, and background textures. > I wonder if it is possible to NOT embedded the file into a tiddler but AttachFilePlugin supports *three* different ways to attach a file: * embedded base64-encoded data * a local file/path reference * a URL If there is no embedded data in the attachment tiddler, then the local path/file is used (if any). If there is no local file information (or the file does not actually exist), then the attachment falls back to using a remote URL (if specified). There is a Configuration section in FileDropPluginConfig that you can use to control whether or not *encoded* data will be included in the attachment tiddler. > Since the main headache of using external file are maintaining the > relative link and file storage. Using TiddlyWiki to automatically copy/create new directories and files in your filesystem is not a good idea: file and directory I/O functions from javascript are subject to security restrictions (especially for writing *binary* files), and there are significant browser-specific and OS-specific limitations that make reliable implementation extremely difficult. At best, it's a large, complex chunk of code... at worst, there's just too many ways that the functions can fail, with the potential for filesystem corruption (badly formed directories/files) or loss of data (from deleting the wrong file). However, even without automatic manipulation of the external filesystem, you can still use AttachFilePlugin/FileDropPlugin much as you have described... except that you will still have to manually create and maintain the external folder of images, rather than having the plugin do it for you. enjoy, -e Eric Shulman TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
