On Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 4:35:34 PM UTC-7, Valikhanov wrote: > > I am a historian and have been using an assortment of TiddlyWiki Classic > files for all of my academic notes for the better part of a decade now. > I've been very happy with my system, so until now there has been no reason > to check the main website. Now, however, I would like to create a new > TiddlyWiki file for a new project, and I see that there is a new version of > the program that is not backwards compatible with the old one. I was > hoping the community could advise me on a few points / check if my > understanding is correct: > > (1) Even though the Classic version is no longer being updated, there is > no reason not to keep using it for my old notes. It will always continue > to work; I don't have to worry about losing my old notes someday. >
Correct... and even if your browser someday stops working with the TWClassic core, the tiddler storage format used in TWClassic files is still recognized by modern TiddlyWiki (TW5), so you can always drag and drop your TWC document into a new TW5 to import your tiddler content there. (2) The conversion to the New TiddlyWiki is clunky and only half > functional, so I should probably just leave my old notes system as is in > the Classic version. > True. While everything you could do in TWClassic can be done in TW5, the new TW5 syntax and methodology is different, and there are *currently* no automatic conversion tools. > (3) However, given that I want to start a new TiddlyWiki file anyway, I > may as well use the new version for the new project. > Absolutely! TW5 has many new, powerful features that you can use to your benefit. (4) If I am using Firefox to work on some TiddlyWiki Classic files and some > from the new version, will TiddlyFox work for both? > Yes, you can use TiddlyFox with both TWC and TW5. > Anything else I should be considering as I start up a new system in the > New TiddlyWiki? > enjoy, -e Eric Shulman TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios "Inside TiddlyWiki: The Missing Manual" https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/inside-tiddlywiki-the-missing-manual/x/8816263 Note: the IndieGogo funding campaign has ended, but direct fundraising continues below... YOUR DONATIONS ARE VERY 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/e8b1c8cc-12f4-4fc1-ad4a-5ae541c2625c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
