First my questions, which I hope you'll help me with, then, if you care, the context. I want to use TW5 for notetaking, on Windows, but shared (not simultaneously) between multiple computers via DropBox or a web service. A) I can choose from TiddlyIE, Node.js, and TiddlyDesktop.
1. How do I choose between them (pros/cons)? 2. After getting started with a particular TW (adding nodes to it), can I switch between platforms? B) I can choose to share via a DropBox folder (replication), TiddlySpot, TiddlySpace, or TiddlyWiki in the Sky. How do I choose between them (pros/cons)? C) I can choose to save as a single file wiki, or (with node.js only?) as a wiki folder. 1. How do I choose between them (pros/cons)? 2. Can I change my choice later for this wiki? 3. Is my choice here dependent on whether I'm using TiddlyIE, Node.js, or TiddlyDesktop? 4. If saving as files, there are multiple formats. How and when do I choose between them? D) Is it best practice to use TW-style wiki markup or something else, specifically, is the Markdown plugin officially supported? Context: I used to use TWC heavily. I've got about 10 fairly large wikis of notes (each one a different topic) and 1 for job searching - they all share a base wiki which has all my customizations - and that uses the SharedTiddlersPlugin extensively so when I update the customizations in the TWC base.html it is automatically available in all my wikis. At some time, maybe 9 months ago, when I was still reading this group regularly, I wanted to try TW5. But not only was the documentation poor, but it seemed that there was no equivalent to SharedTiddlersPlugin or any mechanism for simulating it (that I didn't have to write myself). So, when it started to be the case that "trivial" IE10/IE11 updates kept breaking the save mechanism I moved away from TWC entirely. I thought things might be different with 9mo further development and I'd now give TW5 a try. I'm willing, at this point, to give up the SharedTiddlersPlugin functionality just to start with TW5. But on reading tiddlywiki.com I immediately find I have the questions above and* no answers*. Having to make these choices *immediately on starting* to use TW5 with *no guidance on how to make these choices *gives me an insurmountable hurdle to begin with. Frankly, it's easier to just buy a subscription to Evernote or use my Office 365 OneNote subscription: Even those are much more limiting solutions than TW5 offers, I can get started with them in no time and get on to my real work. It's just that TWC was so great for me for so long I'd like to give TW5 a try. The thing is: As an experienced TWC/wiki user I'd be able to *use* TW5 easily - markup, structuring, indexing, etc., no problem. And I could customize it eventually, with help from this group, if I care. But I can't get started while these questions are pending. Thanks! -- David -- 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/9d9752b4-2792-4ca2-8a71-499593679dc5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
