Another approach that might suit some people is to use a browser extension that lets you edit a <textarea> in an external editor. I don't use them myself, but I found these ones for Firefox and Chrome in a quick search:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4125/ https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ljobjlafonikaiipfkggjbhkghgicgoh?hl=en Best wishes Jeremy On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 2:11 PM, PMario <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tobias, > > I'm using the "The Comprehensive Method" described at tiddlywiki.org > [1]. Needs to read the whole text. > Have a look at SyntaxHighlighterPlugin at github. This is the > configuration I used to create the plugin. Using Aptana as an editor. > > [1] http://tiddlywiki.org/wiki/Dev:Developing_and_Testing_a_Plugin > [2] http://github.com/pmario/SyntaxHighlighterPlugin > > On Oct 4, 12:22 am, Tobias Beer <[email protected]> wrote: >> ADDENDUM: I have figured out while writing this that 4) works, but if >> you have other / better ideas, please do tell. >> >> Here's what I am looking for... >> >> * I want to edit and save my TiddlyWiki plugin in my preferred editor >> * then I go to my browser hit reload and - bang - my plugin is loaded >> >> What is needed for that to happen? Please note that I do NOT want >> anything but the plugin code in my editor, especially not a tiddlywiki- >> file around it, not even pure-store ...there already is enough code so >> I don't need anymore HTML distraction possibly messing with my editors >> highlighter. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Here's what I have considered so far... >> >> 1) I have tried Erics LoadRemotePlugin [1] but failed ...not even an >> error messages appeared. The plugin loads fine if I do the usual >> cookie&pasta ;o) >> >> 2) LoadRemoteTiddlers [2] seems to require a TiddlyWiki around the >> contents >> >> 3) IncludePlugin [3] at least requires PureStoreFormat as well. >> >> 4) MasterIncludesPlugin [4] ...it took me a while but then I figured >> out where to look in order to understand how it works. As I've found >> this process a bit exhausting I've put MasterIncludesPlugin along with >> the basic documentation up on its own TiddlySpace [5] ...of course, >> including FND as a member. Essentially what I need is provided via >> TiddlerFilesModule.js ...so it seems there is a working solution for >> me on a plugin per plugin basis. On the other hand, from what I >> understand from the documentation that won't be very efficient when >> using lots of external files. >> >> 5) Using a code highlighter in a tiddlywiki is only an option if it >> allowed me to immediately run the code. But switching from Edit- to >> ViewMode alone makes inline editing by multitudes less efficient as >> compared to using a full fledged editor, not to mention the limited >> realestate for editing ...unless, of course, I created a dedicated >> coding envoronment in TiddlyWiki with FullScreenMode et al ...yet >> still very likely missing even the most basic functions of a good >> editor, e.g. using TAB or SHIFT+TAB on multiple lines. >> >> 6) TiddlyWeb might be an option (I am running on XP) but only if it >> wont take too much of a learning curve (and thus time) to get the >> basics running. On the other hand, do I really want to manage >> (starting/stopping) (local) servers if what I really want is a >> "simple" TiddlyWiki (inclusion mechanism) and a TextEditor? >> >> Cheers, Tobias. >> >> [1]http://www.tiddlytools.com/#LoadRemotePlugin >> [2]http://www.tiddlytools.com/#LoadTiddlersPlugin >> [3]http://tiddlywiki.abego-software.de/#IncludePlugin >> [4]http://svn.tiddlywiki.org/Trunk/contributors/FND/plugins/MasterInclud... >> [5]http://masterincludes.tiddlyspace.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWikiDev" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev?hl=en. > > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] http://www.tiddlywiki.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev?hl=en.
