> When I try to open and change empty.html I generate new files every > time I save. They all seem to have something like a string appended > to the name that includes info like the date and time I modified the > file. Any hints on how I can make this more user-friendly? I'd > like to have just one file, and keep the same name as I use it.
Those are automatic backup files. When you press the "save changes" command in the sidebar, rather than just overwriting the existing file on your hard drive, the current file (e.g., "empty.html") file is *renamed* by adding the timestamp, so that it becomes something like "empty.20090512.1210290866.html". This ensures that, should an error occur during the rest of the "save changes" processing, the previously saved file contents won't be lost. Only then are the current in-memory tiddler contents (with any changes you have made) written to a *new* file with the original name, "empty.html". Of course, this means that each time you "save changes", another file is created. However, regardless of how many files exist, the one without the timestamp (e.g. 'empty.html') is always the *current* document with whatever changes you have most recently saved. As such, you don't actually need to keep the time-stamped backup files around if you don't want to, and can freely throw them away whenever you certain that they are no longer necessary. Also, though I don't recommend doing so, you can completely *disable* the automatic backup handing by clearing the "save backups" checkbox in the sidebar options panel. From then on, TiddlyWiki will directly overwrite the current document each time it is saved, without creating any more backup files. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
