Thanks Jeremy! Just what I was looking for.

Dave


On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi David
>
> 1. How do I create folders in other places? I use Microsoft SkyDrive and
>> would like my folder and files to be there. How, after creating a folder
>> and playing with it, then closing node.js, how do I open it again using
>> node.js? Or do I go to the folder and click on the json file?
>>
>
> To re-open a wiki you'd re-run the same command:
>
> tiddlywiki path/to/wiki/folder --server
>
>
>> 2. So, if I understand the instructions right at tiddlywiki.com,
>> twfolders in a sense are the equivalent of standalone TWs?
>>
>
> Yes, that's right, they are equivalent representations of the same thing.
>
>
>> That requires some cognitive readjustment on a dual level. TiddlyWiki
>> standalone blurs the boundary between program/app and file. And having a
>> folder and its contents be the equivalent of a standalone is having a
>> folder be the equivalent of both a file and an app. Am I understanding this
>> correctly?
>>
>
> WikiFolders do not contain their own copy of the TW core in the same way
> that standalone HTML files do. A wiki folder just contains the tiddler
> files.
>
>
>> 3. My ultimate goal would be to have a few "TiddlyWikis" - you can see I
>> am grasping here -
>>
>
> Try "wiki folders" or "TiddlyWiki folders".
>
>
>> one for productivity and contacts, one for notes, one for images, and
>> then one major one that can include the contents of the others. Is this a
>> doable goal currently? Briefly, how would I approach such a project, in
>> general terms?
>>
>
> Yes, wiki folders can include other wiki folders. Look at the
> tiddlywiki.info file:
>
>
> https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/blob/master/editions/clientserver/tiddlywiki.info#L18
>
>
>> 4. Within each category there are categories and subcategories. Does one
>> create subfolders? And are those subfolders separate TWs?
>>
>
> Any further subfolders within the "tiddlers" subfolder are ignored by
> TiddlyWiki; it just hoovers up all the tiddlers it can find within the
> "tiddlers" folder. So, you can use subfolders for organising your tiddlers.
> See the tw5.com wiki:
>
>
> https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/tree/master/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers
>
>
>> For example, say I wanted to create a TW for images, and in that would be
>> a section for images of Asia, and I wanted to access the Asia images from
>> within the larger TW but I also wanted it to be easy to find and share just
>> the Asia images with others, how should I think about that? (In other
>> words, I want to see the big picture and have a handle on the most
>> efficient process to use this, so I don't waste a lot of time and become
>> myopic and only use it one way when there are better ways to use it)
>>
>
> The wiki folder inclusion mechanism is designed to do just that. You'd
> create a standalone wiki folder for the asia images, and then include it
> within any other wiki folders that you want to include those images.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jeremy
>
>
>
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help! Dave
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