Hi Ivan, External Attachments work with TiddlyDesktop mainly. So with Firefox it does nothing, that why you didn't see nothing else.
Le lundi 30 novembre 2020 à 17:42:27 UTC+1, IvanPsy a écrit : > Thank you for your kind replies. > > I'm not a tech so I didn't want to mess my Tiddly, so I installed > the External Attachments Plugin: is it enough for PDFs and images? > Now I'm under Firefox, I drag and drop an image, but the menus and options > are the usual: Tiddly asks me to import the image. > How do I attach external images with this plugin? > > I've read your links, but I see them somewhat confusing. > > > > Il giorno lunedì 30 novembre 2020 alle 10:59:45 UTC+1 Patrice Neff ha > scritto: > >> Hi Ivan, >> >> On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 06:04:35AM -0800, IvanPsy wrote: >> > since I heavily rely on images and PDFs, but I don't want to overload >> my >> > wiki, I'd like to keep such files external, maybe under a subfolder, >> and >> > embed such files in my Tiddlers when needed. >> > >> > Is it possible? >> > How? >> >> It is indeed. You want to use the `_canonical_uri` special field which >> achieves >> exactly this. See >> >> https://tiddlywiki.com/static/How%2520to%2520embed%2520PDF%2520and%2520other%2520documents.html. >> >> >> >> Additionally have a look at the External Attachments Plugin, which allows >> dragging & dropping such files into the wiki. >> https://tiddlywiki.com/static/External%2520Attachments%2520Plugin.html >> >> > Another thing: is it possibile to indicate a relative path to that >> subfolder, >> > so that I can keep the structure if I move the whole wiki and its >> subfolders? >> > How? >> >> Yes, simply put them as relative into the `_canonical_uri` field. The >> plugin I >> quoted above does this by default. >> >> I have a `files` sub-folder, and all my files I simply include with the >> canonical URI set to "files/my-attachment.pdf". Works like a charm with >> TiddlyDesktop and also Quine on mobile. >> >> Best, >> Patrice >> > -- 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/abe67bbb-94e6-4275-978a-5611aad29910n%40googlegroups.com.
