Hello Arlen, by chance do you have an example using the nodejs version of TiddlyWiki? I was trying to do that a couple of days ago but I would get an initialization error (a null path during boot) when loading the TW from an electron window.
On Tuesday, 16 May 2017 at 01:08:50 UTC+2 [email protected] wrote: > https://gist.github.com/Arlen22/45f1a460c9e348fa50ad > > On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 7:45 AM, Arlen Beiler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I should add that you need to do a bit of coding for both. >> >> On May 15, 2017 07:44, "Arlen Beiler" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes, you can run TiddlyWiki 5 on electron. I have done it with both HTML >>> files and the NodeJS code that can be downloaded from NPM or GitHub. It is >>> fairly easy and works well. >>> >>> On May 15, 2017 06:25, "PMario" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Dave, >>>> >>>> TiddlyDesktop is a very similar project, but using a different >>>> framework [1] https://nwjs.io/ . ... The problem with apps like this >>>> is, that users start to demand functionality, that they are used from >>>> standard web browsers... Jeremy clearly stated, that he doesn't want to go >>>> that route, which is very understandable. >>>> >>>> Electron is a framework, with a different approach. Electron >>>> <https://electron.atom.io/> [2] emerged out of the Atom >>>> <https://atom.io/> [3] text editor project, which, i think, was >>>> launched by github, at a later date than nwjs. >>>> >>>> The cool thing about Electron is its multi platform approach. So you >>>> can build macOs, Linux and Windows apps, with just one build source. ... >>>> That doesn't mean, that everything is easy, but it means its possible, >>>> with >>>> the right resources. ... >>>> >>>> There are actually several Electron apps, where users, don't even >>>> recognize the difference to native apps. ... For more about this, see the >>>> electron homepage. >>>> >>>> BETA - BETA - BETA >>>> >>>> There is a cool project, that I'm watching since some time now. ... >>>> Actually Jeremy pointed me in that direction, in connection to the DAT >>>> project [4] <http://datproject.org/>. ... >>>> >>>> The beaker browser <https://beakerbrowser.com/> [5]. It is only >>>> available for macOS at the moment. Linux binaries (that I play with) have >>>> to be built from source. Windows builds don't work yet. >>>> >>>> This browser exposes a file API, that can be used by TiddlyWiki to save >>>> itself. ... Jeremy implemented a file saver module in the version 5.1.14, >>>> which is very promising. ... >>>> >>>> Since the whole stuff is still in beta status, there are a lot of >>>> changes going on, in the whole stack. So with the upcoming beaker >>>> version >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/beaker-browser/zDRrk194bbM/2e386YsNAgAJ> >>>> [6] v0.7.0, it seems, we need to modify the TW module a bit. ... more >>>> investigations needed! >>>> >>>> If you have a closer look at the DAT project, you'll see it would be a >>>> very nice fit for the TiddlyWiki community. .. >>>> >>>> just some thoughts >>>> have fun! >>>> mario >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/5b9cf21a-d147-4e31-b635-f6c7939b517f%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/5b9cf21a-d147-4e31-b635-f6c7939b517f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> > -- 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/69df3e31-09c8-4ec4-821b-1b171b84f63fn%40googlegroups.com.
