> i) get a string that is a template for the TiddlyWiki file
> ii) get the javascript from the DOM and put it in the appropriate
> place in the template
> iii) get the tiddler content and put it in the appropriate place in
> the template
> iv) put in the various other miscellaneous items that TiddlyWiki uses
> v) save the file
How do you locate the "appropriate place in the template" in steps
(ii) and (iii)? It seems to me that this requires using *some* kind
of string matching (e.g. indexOf(), regexp, etc.) to locate those
"appropriate" places, so it really doesn't mitigate the text matching
concerns that David initially raised... it just matches a different
piece of text from a different kind of file format.
... and there *are* definitely cross-platform differences in the
innerHTML handling... subtle things like collapsing whitespace
(outside of PRE elements), merging ('normalization') of large #text
nodes, retaining vs. omitting comment elements, use of TBODY in
tables, etc.
Also, I still have concerns that even if we ignore the formatting
changes and loss of comments, the round-trip through innerHTML might
corrupt the core code in some way that might not be immediately fatal,
but would instead have the potential to damage or lose tiddler data
when those mangled bits of code are actually invoked after reloading
the document. Depending upon the specific code involved, that damage/
loss could occur without any error or notice and be unknowingly saved
back to the file... which would be very bad.
It just seems to me that trying to use innerHTML for file saving
purposes is fraught with special cases and cross-platform issues.
Normally, I go for the more efficient, flexible, 'elegant'
solutions... however, when considering the critical nature of a "file
save" activity, *rock solid reliability* beats elegant every time.
-e
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