Yes thank you all for the reply! I now understand what the docs meant. On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 8:44:23 AM UTC-5 duche...@gmail.com wrote:
> 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 duche...@gmail.com >> 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, sil...@gmail.com 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, dieg...@gmail.com 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! >>>>> >>>> -- 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/5433603c-3ff8-435d-8647-d04d48f2ee06n%40googlegroups.com.
