Hi Mark > But I'm using Firefox! (FF47.0.1, Win 7)
Have you downloaded both the TW HTML file and the .tid file? It is referenced via a local URL: ./text/Alice%2520in%2520Wonderland.tid > The text adds the phrase: "In this configuration" suggesting that there is > some way to configure your browser to make it work. Yes, it’s unclear; the configuration it is referring to is http:// vs. file:// > Perhaps that phrase should be dropped? Perhaps it should also not point a > person to a tiddler that doesn't exist and that could only tell the user that > it doesn't work in some browsers? It's a bit of a teaser the way it is now. Perhaps so! Contributions welcome :) Best wishes Jeremy > > Thanks! > Mark > > FF 47.0.1, Win 7 > > On Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 8:17:56 AM UTC-7, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > Hi Mark > >> On 15 Mar 2017, at 14:55, 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki >> <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> >> So, I click through to see what ExternalText tells me and ... it's empty. So >> what to do? > > As the text implies, it is down to browser differences. TiddlyWiki tries to > retrieve the external text using XMLHttpRequest(), which doesn’t work from > HTML files loaded from a file:// URI. On my machine, only Firefox loads the > example text when viewed over file://. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy. > > -- > 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/a9ac01b3-38a8-40a7-981c-b97a8aa90a5f%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/a9ac01b3-38a8-40a7-981c-b97a8aa90a5f%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/448479AD-4014-43B5-BD88-D404D668503B%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

