Crystal clear!  Thank you Jeremy and Mark,

Le samedi 2 janvier 2021 à 13:41:11 UTC-5, Mark S. a écrit :

> Many (most?) 3rd party plugins (including SideEditor) have not been set up 
> as node.js plugins. So you just drag and drop them to update.
>
> Third party plugins that have been set up for node.js can be placed inside 
> your node TW directory structure like this
>
> MyTiddlyWiki <Dir>
>   tiddlywiki.info <file>
>   tiddlers <Dir>
>     (a bunch of tiddlers)
>   *plugins <Dir>*
>      *myfavoriteplugin <Dir>*
> *       plugin.info <http://plugin.info> (required file)*
>        tiddler.td
>        tiddler2.tid
>        ...
>      myotherfavoriteplugin <Dir>
>        plugin.info (required file)
>        tiddler.tid
>        ...
>
>
>
> On Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 6:13:18 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote:
>
>> I have the exact same case as dieg: I used tiddlywiki for a while under 
>> nodejs and importing plugins via drag and drop.
>>
>> Now with 5.1.23 I wanted like to install them the recommended way 
>> <https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Installing%2520a%2520plugin%2520from%2520the%2520plugin%2520library.html>,
>>  
>> so I added some of the officials plugins to my tiddlywiki.info file, 
>> restarted my tiddlywiki and it worked fine.
>>
>> However I missed how to install custom plugins 
>> <https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Installing%2520custom%2520plugins%2520on%2520Node.js.html>.
>>   
>> Just adding them to the .info file is obviously not sufficient and *I 
>> wonder how to download them*.  Per instance SideEditor?
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Le mercredi 30 décembre 2020 à 10:22:26 UTC-5, [email protected] a écrit :
>>
>>> You can't have your cake and eat it too ;)
>>> (just discover this translate proposal of french expression "avoir le 
>>> beurre et l'argent du beurre").
>>>
>>> Since you run Node.js server, plugins are typically served by server. 
>>> And when you update from 5.1.22 to 5.1.23, official plugins are updated 
>>> too. If you use drag&drop, you can't benefit from this behaviour and stay 
>>> with old plugin (since it's not deal by Node.js).
>>>
>>> Sylvain
>>>
>>>
>>> Le mardi 29 décembre 2020 à 16:36:13 UTC+1, [email protected] a écrit :
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> Ive been using TW on node for a while. Ive always just installed 
>>>> plugins by dragging and dropping, effectively ignoring anything having to 
>>>> do with tiddlywiki.info files.
>>>>
>>>> Today, I decided to do a "fresh install" of 5.1.23, essentially 
>>>> abandoning all of my configurations and only import my "content" tiddlers 
>>>> into a fresh server. 
>>>>
>>>> I now see the official plugin library is disabled, in favor of using 
>>>> the tiddlywiki.info file to install official plugins. Also, custom 
>>>> plugin installation is now an order of magnitude more complicated than 
>>>> previously. 
>>>>
>>>> In checking the docs there is the following: "Note that including a 
>>>> plugin as an ordinary tiddler (e.g. by dragging and dropping a plugin into 
>>>> the browser) *will result in the plugin only being active in the 
>>>> browser, and not available under Node.js*."
>>>>
>>>> What does the bold part mean? Specifically the "not available under 
>>>> node"? I only use node to run one TW instance locally. 
>>>>
>>>> I find plugin dragging and dropping to be the absolute easiest way to 
>>>> install plugins, and I would love to keep this ability under node. 
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>

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