Hi Andrew That’s a great idea.
What’s needed is a Node.js library that can read and write OS X Spotlight file tags; I couldn’t find one on a quick search, but if we did, I could certainly provide pointers for linking in the functionality. Best wishes Jeremy. > On 9 Mar 2016, at 18:43, Andrew Lister <[email protected]> wrote: > > Has anyone explored the possibility of automatically writing TW tiddler tags > to the file system, for the scenario in which tiddlers are being stored as > separate .tid files, running TW via node.js? By "writing to the file system" > what I'm trying to say is having those tags visible via Spotlight search or a > Finder window search (on a Mac). The rationale is not having to run two > searches for one thing, if the "thing" might be a regular file (e.g. word > processing document) or a tiddler. (I have been using nvALT, but something > is going wrong with the syncing of tags, between nvALT and Finder / > Spotlight). > > My ideal scenario would one in which when I tag a file in TW, the tag gets > automatically added to the .tid file's metadata, so that it automatically > becomes visible for a Spotlight search. > > -- > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/615a1bad-35c1-4bd6-9604-00c338620be3%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/615a1bad-35c1-4bd6-9604-00c338620be3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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/0BE2F57A-599E-41FD-8D33-FA7EB442B379%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
