In fact @jeremy, even locally stored files were still giving me the long list of unrelated tiddlers to import... But since i took advice of @saq and deleted the preexisting tiddler "$:/Import" , that seems to have resolved this problem of getting a long list of tiddlers to import; now i just get the one (or two -a case i also tested) image files to import. That solves *part* of the issue..
However: Instead of the new tiddler being created with a clickable URL- like "file:///Users/walterludwick/Downloads/5.jpg" in this case -what appears on the saved tiddler is a broken image icon, and when i open the edit panel on that tiddler, i see that the "_canonical_uri" for that file is "../../../../../Downloads/5.jpg". Is this the way it's supposed to work? Is there some way i can canonically replace all those dots&slashes before the /Downloads/5.jpg, to create a default directory location for this plugin to use, so that it will always display a clickable link to the local file on each new tiddler it creates? /walt On Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 6:30:35 PM UTC [email protected] wrote: > Hi Walt > > Are you dragging the image from Finder, or another web site? Perhaps you > could post a screenshot of the list of tiddlers? > > Best wishes > > Jeremy > > -- > Jeremy Ruston > [email protected] > https://jermolene.com > > On 2 Jan 2021, at 18:00, ludwa6 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Correct, @Jeremy : If you mean by "main window" the one that launches on > startup, which displays the several wikis i am managing with TiddlyDesktop, > that's not the one... > > > But rather: in the window that holds the wiki i am currently managing, if > i drag an image to that window, a green bar shows up across top of the > window (much as it did when i dragged in the yellow pill for Stroll > upgrade), and then i get this screen full of tiddlers it asks if i want to > update (! strange, when it's just a single small .jpg file i've tried to > import). Still, i have gone ahead and approved the update, but it makes no > diff: no new tiddler or image, AFAICT. > > I'm running TiddlyDesktop 0.0.13, with "External Attachments" 5.1.22 > installed, on macOS High Sierra Version 10.13.6. > > Yours, Walt > > On Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 5:42:59 PM UTC [email protected] wrote: > >> >> On 1 Jan 2021, at 14:38, ludwa6 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Was excited to learn from @MarkS. about "External Attachments" plugin for >> TiddlyDesktop, since that is my UI for TW5, but couldn't get it working >> right: i drag an image to TiddlyDesktop, and it lights up the green import >> bar atop the window, but then it offers to import scads of unrelated >> tiddlers... And then there is in the end no new tiddler, and no evidence of >> the image i tried to import. >> >> >> That’s very strange. What OS are you running? When you say “drag an image >> to TiddlyDesktop” you are dragging the image into a window containing your >> wiki, and not into the TiddlyDesktop main window? >> >> Best wishes >> >> Jeremy >> > -- > 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/5d3bf4bf-f02d-436f-9720-18c02374c29bn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/5d3bf4bf-f02d-436f-9720-18c02374c29bn%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/53656b03-ec18-478d-a0b2-5efaf113b77an%40googlegroups.com.
