Legend, thanks Eric! Very clear. On Friday, May 24, 2013 10:45:18 AM UTC+10, Eric Shulman wrote: > > > Using a text editor is part of the problem, but really it's because I am > > not creating a separate tiddler for my items, thereby having them > > overwritten. > > The TWCore contains a set of default tiddlers, called "shadows", to > define the standard layout and appearance of a fresh, new "empty" > TiddlyWiki document. These shadows are stored statically within the > source code of the TWCore. They are used by default when you open a > new "empty" TiddlyWiki document. To customize your document, simply > modify the appropriate shadow definitions. As soon as you edit a > shadow tiddler (and press done), the TWCore creates a "real" tiddler > with the edited contents, and the shadow definition is no longer > applied. You can continue to edit the "real" tiddler, adding/removing > content to customize your document further. As long as that tiddler > continues to exist, it will supercede the corresponding default shadow > definition. To revert the tiddler to it's default contents... simply > *delete* the "real" tiddler, which will allow the default definition > to "emerge from the shadows". > > > Thanks for the suggestion for the StyleSheet tiddler, I will > > put everything in there. I assume that doesn't get overwritten by the > > update? > > The update process basically takes a fresh copy of the TWCore (from an > online distro source), and merges it with your current document's > tiddler definitions and then saves the document. Thus, ALL "real" > tiddlers are preserved in the process and, while shadow tiddler > definitions may be modified, they will *not* have any effect on your > document as long as your customized "real" tiddlers still exist to > supercede them, as described above. > > Note: there *is* a default shadow definition for [[StyleSheet]], but > it's basically an empty placeholder, and is expected to be overridden > by a "real" tiddler as soon as you've made any CSS customizations. > > -e >
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