Hi Arlen, Many thanks for your input! Your method may results in a much smaller size! I will give a try!
The reason of portable Tiddlywiki + Node.js is to use the full power for busy or non-technical people! Thank you! --Mohammad On Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 1:23:32 AM UTC+4:30, Arlen Beiler wrote: > > Another way is to download the zip file from NodeJS.org, and copy the > node.exe file into the tiddlywiki folder, then (on windows) run "node.exe > tiddlywiki.js". You can download the tiddlywiki folder from GitHub. It > sounds like that is slightly more complicated than your method, but just > thought I'd mention it. > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 4:01 PM 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> If you use "-g", isn't it putting the data down in your user drive? Or is >> it smart enough to put it all on the thumb drive ? >> >> Plus, in the past, node had a habit of creating empty directories in the >> app/roaming directories even if you had specified specific local >> directories. This would be hard to detect unless you test on a machine that >> has never used node.js at all. That is, is it possible that bread crumbs >> are being left even if you use a portable device? >> >> >> On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 12:41:12 PM UTC-7, Mohammad wrote: >>> >>> You may like to have a Tiddlywiki on Node.js with all its features on a >>> thumb drive! >>> Or a Plug and Play Tiddlywiki. >>> >>> If so, this is a short instruction for Windows user. >>> >>> 1. Download the portable Node.js: (NodeJSPortable_6.14.2.zip) from here >>> https://github.com/garethflowers/nodejs-portable/releases >>> >>> 2. Unzip on your thumb drive in the folder of choice >>> >>> 3. Run NodeJSPortable.exe >>> >>> 4. In the command window appears install Tiddlywiki with below command >>> (you need internet access) >>> npm install -g tiddlywiki >>> >>> 5. That's all >>> >>> >>> Make a test >>> 1. Create a new wiki, by entering below command >>> tiddlywiki mynewwiki --init server >>> >>> 2. Run your wiki by entering below command >>> tiddlywiki mynewwiki --listen >>> >>> 3. Open a browser (FF, Chrome, Edge, Safari, ...) and >>> visit http://127.0.0.1:8080/ in your browser >>> >>> >>> It has all the same features as Tiddlywiki on NodeJS, plus, it leaves no >>> personal information behind on the machine you run it on, so you can take >>> it with you wherever you go. >>> >>> >>> This is another journey in Tiddlywiki wonderland. >>> >>> --Mohammad >>> >>> >>> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/9bc1ec76-a308-472c-b99c-f66e5dd31519%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/9bc1ec76-a308-472c-b99c-f66e5dd31519%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/495be7e2-5903-4428-88c3-59e5eb5f5e54%40googlegroups.com.
