Added to TW-Scripts On Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 7:44:10 AM UTC+4:30, Eric Shulman wrote: > > On Friday, June 14, 2019 at 6:20:55 PM UTC-7, Ulf Ayirtahsk Berg wrote: >> >> I joined just now to ask about this nonsensical reaction to clicking the >> Save icon. If anyone has a pointer, thanks in advance. >> *Operating system:* Windows 10 Home >> *Browser:* Brave >> *TiddlyWiki:* Downloaded empty.html one minute ago from tiddlywiki.com >> > > For security reasons, modern web browsers do not let you *directly* write > to the local filesystem. > > TiddlyWiki is built on top of browser tech. As such, it has the same > restrictions on local filesystem access. > > Fortunately, nearly all web browsers DO have one reliable method of > writing to the local filesystem: *downloading a file*. > > Downloading offers some measure of implicit information privacy/security > because it requires user-interaction (no silent saving of files), and uses > system-level dialogs to access the filesystem (no direct program access to > read your directory info). > > By default, when you try to save a locally-stored TiddlyWiki without any > add-ons or helper apps, it triggers what appears to be a *download* > activity, even though the file is clearly already on your own system. > > Many browsers automatically save downloaded files to a specific location > (e.g., "/Downloads" or similar). > > Some browsers allow you to change this default location to a different > directory and/or "ask for location" each time you download so you can > specify the desired filename and directory. > > If you tell your browser to point to the directory in which your > TiddlyWiki file is stored, then when you press "save", you get a > system-level dialog that allows you to enter a new filename or select an > existing file. > > Most systems will automatically suggest a filename by appending a number > to the current filename, e.g., "index.html (1)". You can, of course, > select the *existing* TiddlyWiki filename, e.g., index.html (without any > "(n)" suffix), which should then prompt you for permission to overwrite the > previously saved file. After saving, if you reload your TiddlyWiki file, > it will contain your saved changes as you would expect. > > Although the "default download saver" ultimately *does* let you save > changes locally, some people find the experience to be less-than-optimal. > To address this, there are *many* different add-ons and system-specific > helper apps that can potentially provide a smoother experience, depending > upon your usage patterns and platform(s) of choice. > > https://tiddlywiki.com/#GettingStarted > > > Hope this helps, > > -e > Eric Shulman > TiddlyTools: "Small Tools for Big Ideas" (tm) - > http://tiddlytools.github.io/ > InsideTiddlyWiki: The Missing Manuals > > >
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