Super. Thanks.

On Friday, 18 April 2014 15:08:49 UTC+1, Jeremy Ruston wrote:
>
> Hi Jon
>
> I thought the upgrade process was to drag one's wiki file to the new 
>> empty, upgraded wiki which then imports one's personal tiddlers or am I 
>> missing something?
>>
>
>> If so, the problem with this is that it also imports all the 
>> customisations which might not work with the new upgrade.
>> For instance, I've just done this and the new interface is all over the 
>> place and I'll have to dig around to disable the customisations which I've 
>> introduced over a period, which for a novice isn't easy.
>>
>> What I was suggesting with the bulk import/export would be to start with 
>> the new, empty ugrade and then select tiddlers from the previous version to 
>> transfer, rather than the whole wiki which contains stuff you want to leave 
>> behind. Obviously if you've got hundred's of tiddlers, there would need to 
>> be a facility for doing this.
>>
>
> The current upgrade process is piggybacked on the import mechanism. The 
> plan is to improve the import mechanism so that one can be selective about 
> which tiddlers are imported, and, separately, to develop a more flexible 
> upgrade process that can upgrade plugins. We also need a "safe" mode that 
> disables all customisations; I'm planning to add that imminently.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jeremy
>  
>
>>  
>
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Jon
>>
>>
>> On Friday, 18 April 2014 08:51:34 UTC+1, Jeremy Ruston wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jon
>>>
>>> are there any plans for bulk export so that personal tiddlers can be 
>>>> transferred to the new upgrade rather than vice versa?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what you're asking. The current upgrade process is to 
>>> import ones existing tiddlers into a new empty file.
>>>  
>>>
>>>> I've copied and pasted a few modifications along the way and it's 
>>>> sometimes hard to remember how to undo them for the upgrade so it would be 
>>>> nice to start with a clean slate and then export personal tiddlers to that.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, the plan is to improve the upgrade process. In the meantime it is 
>>> wise to keep your customisations organised. Until we get out of beta there 
>>> will continue to be occasional changes that are not backwards compatible.
>>>
>>> Best wishes
>>>
>>> Jeremy
>>>  
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes
>>>> Jon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, 18 April 2014 07:10:36 UTC+1, Shash wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Hello Jeremy,
>>>>>
>>>>> I had not changed the PageMacros. But I had changed the colors. So you 
>>>>> intend to say that even changing a few colors will not help the upgrade 
>>>>> process?
>>>>>
>>>>> However I have migrated all the tiddlers individually. My TW notes 
>>>>> grow exponentially day by day and I am afraid that I might not be in a 
>>>>> situation to upgrade this way in the future. In this case what should be 
>>>>> my 
>>>>> plan of action for future upgrades. Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Shash
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, April 17, 2014 9:03:36 PM UTC+5:30, Jeremy Ruston wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Hi Shash
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you can, open the dev tools in your browser and see if there are 
>>>>>> any JavaScript error messages in the console.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The most likely explanation is that you've got customisations in your 
>>>>>> TiddlyWiki that break the upgrade process. The most likely culprit is 
>>>>>> $:/core/ui/PageMacros; if you've customised that tiddler you'll need to 
>>>>>> delete your customisations and resave the wiki before you can import it 
>>>>>> to 
>>>>>> the blank 5.0.9 wiki. (Alternatively, if there are few enough tiddlers, 
>>>>>> you 
>>>>>> can drag and drop them individually).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best wishes
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeremy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Shash <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am trying to upgrade my TW from 5.08 to 5.09 by opening up an 
>>>>>>> empty 5.09 file, drag and drop 5.08 file which has all the contents. 
>>>>>>> But no 
>>>>>>> text displays. Is there any fix for the same. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Shash
>>>>>>>
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