Yes, definitely. ,annually adding folders is actually a hassle. There are
quite a few folders and there might be some changes along the way, which
would mean changing the path every time!

Thanks for the clarification though, I will move my folders into tiddlers
folder then.

Thanks a lot

On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 at 5:44 AM, Joshua Fontany <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I do not think that subfolders are automatically read when using
> "tiddlywiki.files" configs. Unlike the main "tiddlers/" folder, those are
> not recursively searched.
>
> From https://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#tiddlywiki.files%20Files
>
> The format of the file is an object with two optional properties:
>
>    - *tiddlers* - an array of objects describing external files with the
>    ability to override or modify any of the fields read from the file
>    - *directories* - *an array of objects describing external directories*,
>    a filter determining which files within those directories should be
>    processed, and the ability to override or modify any of the fields read
>    from the file
>
> ... and later
>
>
>    - *path* - (required) the absolute or relative path to the directory
>    containing the tiddler files (relative paths are interpreted relative to
>    the path of the tiddlywiki.files file). *Note that the directory is
>    not recursively searched; sub-directories are ignored*
>
> So you will need a separate object inside the Directories array for each
> sub-folder. Just copy and paste the whole config object, and add the
> subdirectory to the path. Repeat as necessary.
>
> This looks like an area that could be improved in the next edition, I will
> check with the GitHub dev team. :)
>
> Best,
> Joshua F
>
> On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 8:12:57 PM UTC-8 Prestige wrote:
>
>> Hi Joshua
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>
>> Yes, the folder path seems to be correct. My tiddlywiki.files is inside
>> tiddlers, while NotesVault is a folder behind.
>>
>> I will get rid of the 'isTiddlerFile=true', and see if all the subfolders
>> of NotesVault is included.
>>
>> On Tue, 8 Dec, 2020, 6:27 am Joshua Fontany, <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Also, get rid of the `"isTiddlerFile" : true`, that may be causeing the
>>> files to be misread if the path is in-fact correct. *.md files are their
>>> own type, not "tiddler files".
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Joshua Fontany
>>>
>>> On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 4:56:14 PM UTC-8 Joshua Fontany wrote:
>>>
>>>> We would need to see the folder structure to troubleshoot. I have a
>>>> feeling the directory path is not correct. Where on disk is this
>>>> tiddlywiki.info file located within your folder structure?
>>>>
>>>> For example, if your folder structure is so that the "tiddlywiki.files"
>>>> config file is inside a folder within your "wikiFolder/tiddlers" folder,
>>>> like so
>>>>
>>>> wikiFolder
>>>> |-- tiddlywiki.info
>>>> |-- NotesVault/
>>>> |-- tiddlers/
>>>> |----NotesImport/
>>>> |------tiddlywiki.files
>>>>
>>>> Then the tiddlywiki.files data is being loaded from
>>>> "wikifolder/tiddlers/NotesImport/tiddlywiki.files", and so the path back to
>>>> the vault has to include 2 "move up one level" relative shortcuts: `
>>>> "path": "../../NotesVault"  `.
>>>>
>>>> With only a single "../" in the relative path, the path pointer is
>>>> inside" the "wikiFolder/tiddlers/" directory....
>>>>
>>>> I hope this example helps.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Joshua Fontany
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 8:16:37 PM UTC-8 Prestige wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently I am using this tiddlywiki.files:
>>>>>
>>>>> {
>>>>>     "directories": [
>>>>>     {
>>>>>             "path": "../NotesVault",
>>>>>         "filesRegExp": "^.*\\.md$",
>>>>>             "isTiddlerFile": true,
>>>>>             "fields": {
>>>>>                 "title": {"source": "basename-uri-decoded"},
>>>>>                 "created": {"source": "created"},
>>>>>                 "modified": {"source": "modified"},
>>>>>                 "type": "text/x-markdown"
>>>>>         }
>>>>>     },
>>>>>
>>>>>     {
>>>>>             "path": "../tiddlers",
>>>>>         "isTiddlerFile": true
>>>>>     }
>>>>>    ]
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> But the folders inside the "NotesVault" isn't getting indexed in the
>>>>> Wiki. What should I add to this file?
>>>>>
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