Hi Matabele, I agree with you. The standard export method, which is based on JSON tiddlers, is a much cleaner way. I think Jed reinvented the wheel ;) Or maybe we are missing something, I couldn't follow the whole discussion.
-Felix On 01/22/2016 11:14 AM, Matabele wrote: > Hi > > I'm a little confused about the purposes of these utilities -- what > can they do that can't be done with the standard method? > > For those who are unaware of the standard method -- this is my usual > procedure: > 1. Tag each of the tiddlers you wish to export with the tag 'export' > 2. Open the Filter tab of Advanced Search > 3. Enter the filter expression '[tag[export]]' (this should list the > tiddlers you wish to export) > 4. Click the little 'Export tiddlers' button next to the filter search box > 5. Select 'JSON File' > 6. Enter the name of your file, and save > 7. Drag the saved file onto your other wiki > 8. Import the tiddlers > 9. If any of the tiddlers contained plugins, save and refresh > > And you're done. > > regards > > On Saturday, 9 January 2016 15:54:02 UTC+2, Jed Carty wrote: > > A while ago there was a lot of discussion about making things like > mini-plugins that are just for easily moving groups of tiddlers > from one wiki to another. Prompted by Mats questions over here > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/tiddlywiki/KAftTbkJoOo> > I finally got around to making a way to do this. > > It has two parts: > > First, a purely wkitext tool that lets you give a filter and a > name, it then packs all of the tiddlers returned by the filter > into a school tiddler with the given name. > > Second, after importing a school into your wiki you use the > action-import-school widget to take the information contained in > the school and unpack it into tiddlers. > > Some differences between this and plugins: > > There is no version control here > All tiddlers are normal tiddlers, there are no shadow tiddlers created > There is no need to reload your wiki after importing a tiddler school > > So far I have found one bug that I can't track down. If you try to > make a school on tiddlywiki.com <http://tiddlywiki.com> using > either the filter '[tag[Messages]] or [tag[Filter Operator]] it > gives a too much recursion error. I can't figure out why because I > haven't run into other filters that give the same error. > > The demo site with the tools is here > <http://ooktech.com/jed/ExampleWikis/TiddlerSchools/>. > > Let me know if you have any suggestions or find any bugs. > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/36f37926-a44f-4518-b688-203e39c01f4e%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/36f37926-a44f-4518-b688-203e39c01f4e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/BLU436-SMTP2216DC6200FB0CEA8F4A043CEC40%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
