Ah, so installing by drag and drop works, but then each plugin needs to be 
updated manually, whereas installing via modifying the info file ensures 
plugins are updated automatically. Got it.

I just can't figure out the drag and drop; all I get is a tiddler with a 
link in it (as I explain below).  

On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 1:25:02 PM UTC-4, Mark S. wrote:
>
> I suspect that, in this case at least, you can simply follow the 
> directions for showcase and drag-and-drop , save, and reload to activate 
> the plugin.
>
> When you installed TiddlyWiki following the node directions, you also 
> downloaded a snapshot of the TW project. By editing the tiddlywiki.info 
> file,
> you linked to a plugin inside that snapshot. By linking, rather than 
> drag/dropping, your plugin will update to the latest whenever you
> update TW on node.
>
>
> On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 6:37:13 AM UTC-7, Andrew Lister wrote:
>>
>> In an earlier thread 
>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/cRK5owiTRcM/dF8cCIVPAwAJ> , 
>> Jeremy said that when installing plugins on node.js one doesn't use the 
>> control panel; instead one modifies the tiddlywiki.info file. This 
>> worked for adding the markdown parser. Now I want to add Tiddlyshow 
>> <https://github.com/kookma/Tiddlyshow>. I tried adding a line to the 
>> .info file, but that didn't work:
>>
>>  "plugins": [
>>         "tiddlywiki/tiddlyweb",
>>         "tiddlywiki/filesystem",
>>         "tiddlywiki/highlight",
>>         "tiddlywiki/markdown",
>>         "tiddlywiki/tiddlyshow"
>>     ],
>>
>> Perhaps this is because the Tiddlyshow plugin is not listed in the 
>> central repository? I mean the repository one can access via "Get More 
>> Plugins" in the Control Panel.
>>
>> Any help much appreciated!
>>
>

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