Sorry, My Mistake, I could not locate the option to select this, so I saved it. It comes with the Marios Tiddler Bundle Plugin
see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/tiddlywiki/_Uqbg08Pjow and has the side effect of letting you choose to overwrite or create new with duplicate tiddler names even when using the import facility. Tony On Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 10:13:19 AM UTC+11, Diego Mesa wrote: > > Sorry Tony, > > Maybe I'm missing something, but is this just the code for the actual > checkbox not the mechanism? > > Thanks! > Diego > > On Monday, December 18, 2017 at 4:55:02 PM UTC-6, TonyM wrote: >> >> A Dump from my own notes=, using import, perhaps this will help. >> >> $:/config/wikilabs/enableOverwriteCheck = no vs Yes >> >> <$checkbox tiddler="$:/config/wikilabs/enableOverwriteCheck" field="text" >> checked="yes" unchecked="no" default="no"> Enable Overwrite >> Check</$checkbox> >> >> By default, the import mechanism overwrites existing tiddlers. By >> enabling this option, you can activate a mechanism, that creates a new >> tiddler name. By default this option is off. >> >> Tony >> >> On Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 9:40:32 AM UTC+11, Diego Mesa wrote: >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I just now realized that importing does not warn about overwriting >>> existing tiddlers with the same name! I feel this is a bug, but am not sure >>> if this is the desired behavior. If it is, I will open an issue on >>> GitHub asking for a warning to be shown. >>> >>> *Steps to reproduce:* >>> >>> 1. Go to https://tiddlywiki.com/ >>> 2. Drag and drop the attached tiddler to import >>> 3. Accept import >>> >>> >>> *Desired Outcome:* >>> >>> - The import tiddler warns you of the incoming tiddler with the same >>> name *and* leaves that conflicting incoming tiddler unchecked, >>> preventing accidental data loss. A user can still manually check it, >>> acknowledging the warning. >>> >>> >>> *Actual Outcome:* >>> >>> - The import tiddler shows *no* indication of a collision/existing >>> tiddler. Upon accepting the import, the contents of the HelloThere >>> tiddler >>> are lost without warning. >>> >>> >>> I came across this while trying to import around 100 tiddlers into my >>> TW. These tiddlers were automatically generated using a modified bibtex >>> importer in another playground TW for some papers I am working with. I >>> realized after the fact, that I already had an entry in my actual TW for a >>> paper, whose content I now lost. >>> >>> >>> Note: The attached tiddler is just a title of "HelloThere" and the >>> content "modified": >>> >>> [ >>> { >>> "created": "20171218222709327", >>> "text": "modified", >>> "title": "HelloThere", >>> "tags": "", >>> "modified": "20171218222716073" >>> } >>> ] >>> >>> -- 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/9dcc3705-8835-43b5-ba8b-c32f420f1819%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
