I have working, tested code sitting around to make a pull request to add 
renaming to the import process. If Tony or someone else doesn't get around 
to it before I do that, I can take a look at this as well. It's a pragmatic 
request. I would want to be able to easily toggle shadow tiddlers as well.

(On a different note I really want to revamp that entire Import UI..... 
well, not just the UI but the entire import process).

On Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 1:30:09 PM UTC+2, David Gifford wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> This is something that has bothered me for years. I am just going to say 
> it now that we have a lot of newcomers that would benefit from this tiny 
> improvement.
>
> I think the import tiddler should have two more checkboxes: Check/uncheck 
> system tiddlers, and check/uncheck regular tiddlers.
>
> I say this because I suspect most users, when importing, are in one of two 
> scenarios:
>
> 1. They want to move their notes (regular tiddlers) to a new TiddlyWiki 
> setup, say, from Stroll to Drift, or vice versa, or from their old 
> TiddlyWiki to TiddlyRoam, or whatever.
> 2. They have perfected their setup ($:/ prefixed tiddlers) in a TiddlyWiki 
> file they started that has lots of notes, and they want to create a new 
> template from the shadow tiddlers without importing their notes.
>
> Either way, the simplest procedure SHOULD be, 
>
> a) download an empty.html from tiddlywiki.com or Stroll, etc
> b) Import tiddlers from old file, with the ability to choose quickly to 
> import only regular tiddlers or only $:/ prefixed tiddlers.
>
> But to do b, one must presently check or uncheck what could be dozens or 
> even hundreds of tiddlers.
>
> Maybe there are other ways to do this in TiddlyWiki. If so, they are 
> well-hidden and probably multistep and/or counterintuitive. It seems like 
> this ought to be available at the import tiddler, to save people time. And 
> it doesn't seem like it would be that hard to use checkboxes to distinguish 
> and filter out tiddlers that start or don't start with $:/
>
> I think this should be core, but as the title states, I'd be willing to 
> settle for a plugin. What do you guys think? Is this as desirable as I 
> think it is? Or does it create more problems than it solves? Interested in 
> hearing feedback. Blessings.
>
>

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