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
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