Hi Mark It is possible to open a file browser in a firefox tab and then drag/drop > file names from there. However, they are imported as "untitled" tiddlers > and have to be massaged into usable links. Obviously, FF does allow access > to the file path name when dragging from another FF tab. So a good > compromise solution to my way of thinking would be if TW could turn those > drag/drops into usable file or image links. >
Are you asking for the import handling to recognise that dragged text resembles a file path and treat it differently? I do wonder if that might not cause problems; a word like "jeremy" is a valid file path after all. Best wishes Jeremy. > > > Mark > > > > On Tuesday, November 4, 2014 10:26:56 PM UTC-8, Blake Blacksmith wrote: >> >> Instead of drag and drop being limited to full binary imports of a >> file(which bloats the Wiki and makes editing files cumbersome) is there a >> way to drag and drop a file that is within a TiddlyWiki's folder and have >> it expressed as a local file link? >> >> For clarity here is an example: >> >> I have a TW in folder "*Wiki*" and an image in "*Wiki/images/*". Could >> we make is so that when we drag and drop the image " >> *Wiki/images/bunnies.jpg*" into a text area TW checks that the file is >> within its folder (in this case in "Wiki") and if it is have the relative >> link text *[[file:./Wiki/images/bunnies.jpg]]* show up and if it not >> have the absolute link text show up >> *[[file:/C:/Users/Me/Wiki/images/bunnies.jpg]]* >> >> >> Right now I am manually inserting relative links but this is very time >> consuming when I must link many files into a Tiddlers text. I currently do >> not have the time to make my own plugin that does this but think such a >> plugin would extend the use-cases of TW to in-the-field/real time note >> taking. >> >> >> -- > 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. > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- 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.
