There's supposed to be the ability to link to external tid files using 
_canonical_uri. However, it doesn't work on my very latest FF, so not sure 
where it does work. I notice that the link to 
http://tiddlywiki.com/#ExternalText doesn't exist, so maybe the idea was 
dropped..

You might look at Tobias Beer's <<external>> plugin and see if it's want 
you want: http://tobibeer.github.io/tw5-plugins/#external



On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 3:16:36 AM UTC-7, David Myers wrote:
>
> Hello All.
>
> First of all I would like to thank all those who have worked on TiddlyWiki 
> ~ suffice to say I love it lots and lots.
>
> Recently I've started a number of TiddlyWiki files and I often want to 
> include them into one another.
>
> I know that I can 'import' and external TiddlyWiki from the Tools > Import 
> menu in the side bar.
>
> However  would like to be able to 'transclude' an external wiki into my 
> current one.
>
> My use case:
>
> I am writing my thesis, and use TW to take notes.
> I use zotero and BibTex for storing my references. Whic I then import (one 
> at a time) using inmysocks Citations Plugin 
> <http://inmysocks.tiddlyspot.com/#Citations%20Plugin>
> However I keep all my citations in a single tiddlywiki file, and then 
> simply import this file into each of my other TiddlyWiki notebooks.
>
> This works fine, but I would really appreciate a way for the TW with the 
> references / citations in to auto update into the currently open TW file 
> (much like how transcluding a tiddler mean I only need a single copy of it 
> and any updates I make are seen wherever it is transcluded.
> This functionality exists in TW classic using the SharedTiddlerPlugin or 
> ExternalTiddlersPlugin etc, but currently doesn't seem to be availabe in 
> TW5 (or have I missed something ?)
>
> Another option would be to add in an 'import' button to do this 
> automatically with this specified file.
>
> I found the loadTiddlersFromFile function, but I'm not sure how to call it 
> directly from within the a tiddler. I could place a 'button' within the 
> local references tiddler that could point to the external file.
>
> If anyone can give me any pointers that would be great, I'm fairly new to 
> working on TW.
>
>
> to this end I attemtped to find the JS code in the empty tiddlywiki file, 
> but I can't seem to find it, as it doesn't seem to be called 'load' or 
> 'import'
>

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