Hi TiddlyDesktop (https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyDesktop) provides autosave with a standalone TW5 file without the need to set up node.js -- I have this running on my Linux os and on my wife's Windoze7 os. A copy of a TW5 file in a Dropbox folder can, therefore, be used on multiple devices -- but not at the same time!
An alternative is to use a node.js version on your Linux os, then export an offline version to Dropbox periodically. This offline file can be edited on other devices with TiddlyDesktop, then re-imported back into node.js when returning to your Linux os. One trick to minimise the sync problem with a shared TW file in a Dropbox folder, is to edit tiddlers in another TW located in a normal folder. Drop the tiddler to edit onto your normal TW file (or create a new one), edit it, then drop the finished tiddler back onto the shared TW file in Dropbox when done. regards On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 6:41:09 PM UTC+2, Matthew Petty wrote: > > I wanted some advice on how to set up my Tiddlywiki to be the most > efficient and safe. > I want to access it from multiple machines via Dropbox. My work machine is > a Windows laptop. My personal laptop runs Ubuntu Linux. It would be great > if my wife could access it on he Macbook. > I have TW5.07-beta in Dropbox at the moment, and I use Firefox with the > TiddlyFox extension to edit and save it. I do this at home and at work. It > works fine, and I love the flexibility of filters and tags. Very powerful. > > Is there a way I could set it up so that I could have real Autosave? There > have been times I've forgotten to click save, and I've lost stuff as a > result. I see that node.js could be a solution, but I don't know how to > proceed. > Could someone suggest a configuration that would work on the three types > of machines, and give autosave capability, and whatever other cool tricks > node.js can give? > More critically, could someone write or point to a step-by-step tutorial > to set all this up? > > Thanks for any suggestions and help, > Matthew > -- 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/d/optout.
