Thanks TT. The reason I made the comment is that I installed Bob on my Mac, and when I ran it opened a new TW file. On one of the pages I encountered after the 1st run I clicked to have it "create" the TW I had been using, and the feedback was that it was successful. Nevertheless, I could not find my new file, and Bob did not seem to be doing anything, there was no icon in the system tray as there was supposed to be.
I may have not done things right, but the instructions are insufficient for a newbie who had been advised to try Bob. So I deleted bob.command and all the subfolders it created. I would not mind trying it again, but only with a proper set of instructions; instructions for TW/Bob old hands are not good enough. 17 Apr 2020, 14:30 by [email protected]: > It IS confusing. Bob.exe on Windows (and other platforms) installs > self-contained. You don't need to know that node is wrapped into it behind > the scenes to use it. Great approach to just get on without having to install > node separately! > > But Bob is also available as an extension to explicit node where its > node-ness is obvious. > > Jed, I think sensibly, derives the output systems from one code source. But > it can be confusing to get your head around the two variants until you grasp > what is going on. > > Fresh eyes matter! So thanks for the comment. > > Best wishes > TT > > On Friday, 17 April 2020 12:08:33 UTC+2, Peter Buyze wrote: > >> "Step by step instructions using Node" does not mean you cannot use it >> without node. To me that phrase means >> if>> one wants to use Node. That >> is why I downloaded it and tried to use it without Node. >> >> Furthermore, on this page >> https://groups.google.>> >> com/forum/#!msg/tiddlywiki/>> bHbDfBJwAj0/0_t-n_GpAgAJ>> Mark said "Bob is >> an enhanced version of node …", which suggests to me that there is no need >> to install Node if you install Bob. >> >> And on the same page TonyM said "Have you considered a node, tiddlyserver or >> bobexe install?", which suggests to me to install either Node or Bob. >> >> Obviously, the seasoned TW users did not think of making it explicit, and >> are even unaware of the ambiguity of their statements, in any case for a >> newbie. And the phrase "Step by step instructions using Node" is also >> ambiguous. >> >> So, my suggestion is to put something like: >> >> "This tool can only be used in conjunction with Node.js." >> >> I don't mean to tell you your business, and if you think adding a simple >> sentence like that is overdone then don't bother. >> >> >> >> 17 Apr 2020, 12:51 by >> [email protected] <>>> : >> >>> All the instructions in the readme talk about doing things on the command >>> line and for the manual part the heading is 'Step by step instructions >>> (using Node)', I am not sure what else I should put there. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "TiddlyWiki" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to >>> tiddl...@>>> googlegroups.com <>>>> . >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> >>> https://groups.google.com/d/>>> msgid/tiddlywiki/52f789f3->>> >>> 04fa-4890-bd20-5194413d16ed%>>> 40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/52f789f3-04fa-4890-bd20-5194413d16ed%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>>>> >>> . >>> >> >> > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > [email protected]> . > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/b42bb9e3-8aba-464f-a226-85d7cb3b4683%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/b42bb9e3-8aba-464f-a226-85d7cb3b4683%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/M572Add--3-2%40tutamail.com.
