Hey Jeremy, Thank you for your response. I am paranoid about things that cause someone to lose data without warning. I would suggest that the import wizard at least *warn users* of the collision! I think this (as is everything that causes unexpected data loss) is a high priority!
Best, Diego On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 12:02:35 PM UTC-6, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > Hi Diego > > Do you all think that this behavior is indeed a bug? > > > The present behaviour is what was implemented originally; it could be > changed, but subject to backwards compatibility (in particular, the import > mechanism is reused by the upgrade process so we’d need to make sure that > that still works). > > Best wishes > > Jeremy > > > Best, > Diego > > On Monday, December 18, 2017 at 6:01:14 PM UTC-6, TonyM wrote: >> >> 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] <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/cd8aaf8b-0918-4e6a-99fa-573f743e0ede%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/cd8aaf8b-0918-4e6a-99fa-573f743e0ede%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/8809416c-c3ff-490c-9f02-6a5025bfd51e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
