On Wednesday, November 27, 2013 2:13:01 AM UTC-8, Marcus Bointon wrote: > > I've been using TW for years for a documentation wiki, but I've been > finding it more and more difficult to live with as increasing browser > security keeps putting up hurdles preventing easy updating, to the point > where it's easier to open it in text editor, missing out on all the > features that made me like it in the first place. I realise this isn't TW's > fault, and it's really a bit of a shame! > So now I'm trying to escape from TW and I find myself stranded. Ideally I > want something that will allow me to export all my tiddlers as either > plain, minimal HTML or markdown. I've been trying to use various > export/snapshot/saveAs plugins with no success. I've been wandering around > TiddlyTools but I'm finding that extremely confusing. I have TiddlyFox > installed in FF25, but I'm thwarted at every step by "error during local > file access: TypeError: netscape.security.PrivilegeManager is undefined" in > all of these, and the only references I've found for that say 'use > TiddlyFox'. I've been looking at some external converters, but suspect that > they will break some links that are not explicit (ones that are created > automatically via WikiText-style links). What's my best way out? >
There are two different kinds of filesystem access being used by the plugins you mention: "ask for a filename" and "save to a file". For the first kind of access, most of the plugins in question allow you to either enter a path/filename by hand, or bypass the 'ask' handler and specify a path/filename explicitly in the macro parameters. The second problem (saving a file) is, of course, more problematic, and depends upon your browser. Fortunately, there are addons -- TiddlyFox and TiddlySaver.jar -- that re-enable saving for many modern browser revisions. At present, FireFox/TiddlyFox is the best working solution for allowing TW to perform local file I/O. TiddlySaver.jar works with Chrome/Safari/Opera, however, recent updates to the underlying Java run-time environment have caused filesystem access problems for certain platforms and configurations. There are currently some workarounds to these problems that require hand editing the Java policy files to grant permissions to unsigned applets, and there are a few pending code changes to TiddlySaver.jar that may help avoid some problems with signed applets. Summary: 1) bypass the 'ask for filename' problem by inputing a path/file by hand 2) use Firefox + TiddlyFox to save files With this in mind, try these plugins again: http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#ExportTiddlersPlugin - interactive select and save to another file and/or format http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#SaveAsPlugin - one-click save to another file and/or format http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#SnapshotPlugin - saves rendered content http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#SaveTiddlerToFilePlugin - raw export to individual files http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#SaveToClipboard - 'last resort' saving enjoy, -e Eric Shulman TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios EVERY DONATION IS IMPORTANT! HELP ME TO HELP YOU - MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO MY "TIP JAR"... http://TiddlyTools.github.com/fundraising.html#MakeADonation Professional TiddlyWiki Consulting Services... Analysis, Design, and Custom Solutions: http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Contact -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
