Thank you Mark and Sylvain - saving to computer then dragging file to TW worked. Mac OS helpfully added .txt to the end of the file but I knew to delete that.
On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 5:21:03 PM UTC-4, Mark S. wrote: > > You can't actually drag and drop from the Github page. That would be > really convenient. In fact, GH could be a lot more convenient when it comes > to downloading stuff. > > You need to click on the > > *tiddlyshow_plugin.tid* > > link. This will take you to the plugin's page. > > Right click on the "raw" link for the file and then choose "Save Link As > ...". Save to somewhere on your hard drive. Use your favorite file explorer > to find the file. Then drag it to your TW file. > > The import title should be "$:/plugins/kookma/tiddlyshow" > > With this particular plugin, it may be enough to save and reload -- I > don't think it uses any javascript. > > Good luck! > > On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 2:05:27 PM UTC-7, Andrew Lister wrote: >> >> 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! >>>> >>> -- 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/d23f0d5c-1284-4e79-b978-3f5900a20a4b%40googlegroups.com.
