If you do not specify a directory as the first argument after tiddlywiki.js, it will use the current directory. Most of the commands use that directory. So I recommend you set one.
On Jan 3, 2017 11:56 PM, "Arlen Beiler" <[email protected]> wrote: > If you specify --init or --load instead --server, then tiddlywiki.js will > make that the data directory. Then you specify that directory when you > specify --server and it will serve the files from that folder. > > You can find more info on TiddlyWiki.com or by exploring the code. > > On Jan 3, 2017 10:55 PM, "'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> In your example, what is "../data/wiki1" and where does it come from? >> >> Thanks! >> Mark >> >> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 7:26:43 PM UTC-8, Arlen Beiler wrote: >>> >>> Anything is possible over HTTP. How are you going to save changes? >>> >>> From reading your email, I guess you don't know that you can just >>> download any tag or the master from the TiddlyWiki GitHub repository, drop >>> node.exe into it and call "node.exe tiddlywiki.js ../data/wiki1 --server" >>> and your good to go. Easy on Windows, don't know about Linux or Mac, but >>> you're a software developer :) >>> >>> (At first I was going to use the stock "I guess you know...") :-) >>> >>> Also several of us are working on serving multiple wikis as separate >>> folders instead of seperate server instances. >>> >>> https://gist.github.com/Arlen22/bbd852f68e328165e49f >>> >>> Hope that helps. >>> >>> On Jan 3, 2017 7:50 PM, "Evade Flow" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> > is there some way I can access/modify this collection of files using >>>> only git and a browser? >>>> >>>> Driving home this evening, I realized this was a bit of a silly >>>> question for somebody who professes to be a software developer by trade to >>>> ask—doh! (Can you tell I'm not a web developer?) Looking at the files >>>> processed by tiddlywiki+NodeJS, I see that *none* of them are HTML. It >>>> truly is "tiddlers all the way down", so... *something* has to convert >>>> all those .tid files to HTML so the browser can display them. >>>> >>>> I guess I should rephrase my question as: is there some way of serving >>>> multi-file TW content that requires less setup work than NodeJS? I'm >>>> thinking about how Python contains builtin modules that let you run >>>> something like this in a folder: >>>> >>>> $ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 >>>> >>>> >>>> For me, this would be a big win because (as it happens) just about >>>> every machine I work on already has Python installed. And they *all* >>>> have Perl, which I believe has a similar (built-in) capability[?] So it >>>> would be "one less thing" to worry about it when configuring a new >>>> environment. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 4:44:43 PM UTC-5, Evade Flow wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I've been experimenting with TiddlyWiki and NodeJS, and discovered >>>>> that 'importing' my mono-html file (using tiddlywiki --load) causes >>>>> it to be converted into a bunch of discrete files. Further experiments >>>>> reveal that it is possible—seemingly, at least—to sync these files (and >>>>> hence, my entire wiki) to multiple machines using git push/pull. The >>>>> one catch is: it appears that the only way to actually *use* a >>>>> TiddlyWiki structured this way is to serve it using NodeJS? Is that >>>>> correct? Or... is there some way I can access/modify this collection of >>>>> files using only git and a browser? >>>>> >>>>> I ask because the setup I'm fumbling my way towards seems a bit... >>>>> cumbersome. I'm a software developer by trade, so sync'ing git repos to >>>>> multiple machines comes as naturally as breathing. In contrast, doing a >>>>> local install of Node + npm + tiddlywiki on each machine I want to access >>>>> the data from feels like a lot of extra effort. I use Windows and Linux at >>>>> work, and OS X at home, and I'd rather not bother figuring out the nuances >>>>> of how to do that dance on all three platforms—especially given that I >>>>> don't have admin/root access on all the machines I'd like to access my >>>>> wiki(s) from. >>>>> >>>>> I already have a *killer* setup for managing my myriad config files ( >>>>> .vimrc, .zshrc, .tmux.conf, etc.) and various plugins using myrepos >>>>> <https://myrepos.branchable.com/> and vcsh >>>>> <https://github.com/RichiH/vcsh>. *Everything* is stored in git, so I >>>>> can sync my setup around to whatever machines I want. It would be >>>>> enormously helpful if I could do the same with my TiddlyWiki(s). Is this >>>>> possible? >>>>> >>>>> *NOTE*: After trying it a few times, I don't have much interest in >>>>> trying to sync changes to monolithic TW files. The mono-HTML files are >>>>> huge, and the diffs contain so much 'noise' that trying to merge updates >>>>> from multiple machines seems like an impossibility. (Perhaps I'll find >>>>> that >>>>> the multi-file layout has quirks/pitfalls of its own, but so far, it seems >>>>> really easy to understand and reason about...) >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/ms >>>> gid/tiddlywiki/e5c24183-b6aa-43a1-a682-2fc8137f4fab%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/e5c24183-b6aa-43a1-a682-2fc8137f4fab%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/ms >> gid/tiddlywiki/3a14ab02-3b7a-43c0-8716-f0e466d8a4dd%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/3a14ab02-3b7a-43c0-8716-f0e466d8a4dd%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. 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