For the benefit of any (future) newbies trying to figure out TW/node-js importing, I'll document my findings here. First, yes, the standard ".tid" export format is *not* a valid import format. If you import this tiddler:
creator: Henry Casimir modified: 20190320122829521 modifier: John Friso tags: Test Demo Import Tid title: Demo Testing Tid-Style Import type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki Content of demo "tid-style" tiddler. you end up with: [image: imported-tid-style.png] Clearly the metadata fields do not import as fields. Regards, David. On Monday, 25 March 2019 08:07:04 UTC+9:30, David Nebauer wrote: > > In the process of transferring data into TW5 on node-js, I've been trying > to import tiddler files as described in > https://tiddlywiki.com/#TiddlerFiles. I have tried including metadata > fields at the head of the tiddler file, but they were imported as tiddler > text. I tried moving the metadata to a separate meta file, but the meta > file was not imported with the tiddler. I tried importing both the tiddler > and meta files together but each was imported to its own tiddler, the > latter as a plain text tiddler. The only type of file I have been able to > successfully import from is a div.tiddler style file, which enables me to > upload metadata fields (creator, title, tags, created, etc.) with the > tiddler text. > -- 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/e05a7a71-2a10-4c89-a4d7-b1cb55653183%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
