Cool. Thanks Arlen. It's up an running now - fingers crossed. I've added:
"etag": "disabled", "etagWindow": 0, to my settings. I guess the value of etagWindow doesn't matter when etag is disabled - right? On Friday, November 3, 2017 at 11:28:59 AM UTC-5, Arlen Beiler wrote: > > Ok, I've added this feature to master and updated the readme. > > I don't have time for another release right now, so just download or clone > master, and then copy your settings.json file and the tiddlywiki folder > from your old version into master. > > If you were using the nexe version, just copy node.exe in from somewhere > else if you don't want to install it globally and you'll be good to go. > > You can download the the node.exe from NodeJS.org. See my notes about a > portable install in the installation instructions. > > > > On Oct 28, 2017 12:15 AM, "coda coder" <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > On Friday, October 27, 2017 at 8:37:44 PM UTC-5, Arlen Beiler wrote: >> >> The time window would work something like this. >> >> Let's say you have the wiki open in one tab and you do some editing and >> the changes get saved. Can you open it in another tab or window or on >> another computer, and make some changes there. Then you come back to the >> first computer or tab and without thinking you make some changes and they >> automatically get saved. If neither the backup feature nor Etag is enabled, >> your changes are irretrievable lost, unless your backup system already >> grabbed them as soon as they were written. >> > > That's identical behavior to current single-file TWs. Anyone using > single-file TWs knows (or should know) how that works. Arlen, seriously, I > admire you trying to solve it, but the etag system is, at times, failing > you. Because the etag system is failing you, *your* system, TS, is > suffering as a result. > > >> The backup feature of TiddlyServer lets you retrieve that old version, >> and the e-tag prevents it from being overwritten in the first place. >> >> Now if I would put a time window in place of, say, 10 seconds, it would >> be able to save only if the file on disk is nor more than 10 seconds newer >> than the version loaded in the browser. If it was modified more than 10 >> seconds later than the version in the browser it would not be able to save. >> This would be a setting in settings.json so the user could adjust it >> according to the need. >> > > Nifty idea. But again, it's not needed, IMO. You're trying to fix an > etag issue, not a TS issue, per se. > > >> >> Interesting thought, I will consider it. >> >> > Are you referring to my *bloody-minded* "A PUT request is an undeniable > request..." statement? Having thought about it more, I'd go even further > -- refusing to let me save, implies the server knows better than I do what > needs to be (and should be allowed to be) saved. That's a showstopper, for > me. :/ > > Anyway, I admire your diligence on this but hope you give me switch like... > > { > ... > "ts-options" : { > "enable-etag": false // default true > } > } > > :) > > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > 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/5c54e6a5-87fc-44cd-8b97-dcb2dcc10366%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/5c54e6a5-87fc-44cd-8b97-dcb2dcc10366%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/msgid/tiddlywiki/9a7f8227-6558-4779-bc88-a777ad72fde4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
