And Tiddlyshow is awesome!

On Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 8:16:17 PM UTC-4, Andrew Lister wrote:
>
> 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!
>>>>>
>>>>

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