Editing a file and doing a global search and replace is a tool I have used since PC's were invented. You only do it, or edit characters on a disk or in an executable file if;
1. You know what you are doing 2. It will save you a lot of time 3. You make a backup first and rigorously test the result 4. You identify what assumptions or exceptions may exist 5. If you have a tool that understands the rules, and does the job use it first (eg; TiddlerTweakerPlugin) In the case of TiiddlyWiki source it is quite structured and values can reside in quite clearly delimited "field"s with the appropriate identifying values around it. Yes, if you have CRC's, encryption etc... you may not be able to modify that part. If you understand what delimits values then you can change things within those delimiters without harm - if the delimiter is size you must retain that size. TiddlyWikis source is very structured with keywords and fully delimited without special characters. It is amazing how much you can learn looking "under the hood". Tony Anthony Muscio LaSourceProjects.org Open Source Sustainability Projects LaSource.com.au <http://www.LaSource.com.au> Sustainable Products and Business SerendipityIdeas.com IT hints and Tips and Website hosting Like personal Web 2.0 ? see www.tiddlywiki.com On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 19:21, Tobias Beer <[email protected]>wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but there definetely is no internal > authentication or "integrity key" that would disallow using a simple > text-editor. > > You can edit a TiddlyWiki in your preferred Text-Editor but you have > to respect certain raw-editing markup conventions, which differ from > using EditMode, e.g. when you edit templates, like the PageTemplate. > > For me, raw editing is the (only) way to go... search and replace > while - though possibly exhausting - checking every single > substitution, if indeed it is meant to be substituted... unless you're > 100% certain that your substitution process has no means of corrupting > some part of the document which it shouldn't. > > On the other hand, substituting only tiddler contents is provided by > TiddlerTweakerPlugin... so that takes away all the risk of corrupting > your document while possibly leaving a slight chance of making > unwanted changes but only to actual content. With TiddlerTeaker you > can even substitute only in a selected few tiddlers... filtered by > tag, manual selection, etc. > > Tobias. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<tiddlywiki%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
