Hi Michael If it's not clear, you have to drag a link to the plugin; if you open the plugin tiddler itself there's no handle to drag it.
Best wishes Jeremy On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Michael Herrmann <[email protected]>wrote: > Hhhmmm, I can answer this question myself: > > - Dragging the plugin tiddler works when using the tiddler title from a > list as handle, e.g. "Open [tiddlers]". > - But: I tried that too fast at first. I then get this errmsg in FF: "The > address isn't valid. The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded." > - So it's necessary to be a little bit more patient than I have been. > > > Michael > > Am Dienstag, 3. Dezember 2013 23:02:08 UTC+1 schrieb David Jade: > >> I get that I can import a plugin by dragging and dropping between >> instances of TW5 but how do you get a plugin loaded from a file? So far the >> only way I've managed to do it is by setting up the plugin in an "edtion" >> in a tiddlywiki.info file and re-building TW5 from source? >> >> I've tried using the built-in import feature but it doesn't seem to >> actually load the plugin file as a plugin. It actually is not clear to me >> that the code even calls into the right place to load a plugin from an >> external file so maybe I shouldn't expect it to work. >> >> I've tried both my own custom plugin file and I've tried the example in >> the "PluginMechanism" topic. I've tried with .html and .json file >> extensions. html ones give an error about raw widgets and the json ones >> seem to be silently ignored. So far the only thing that sort of works is a >> raw .js file and not a plugin in JSON format (as described in >> PluginMechanism). Of course the .js format doesn't allow me to set the >> plugin fields, etc... that are needed. >> >> Am I missing something or is it not possible to load an external plugin >> without rebuilding TW5 from source? >> >> Since Drag/Drop is totally broken in IE (and I'm working on an IE save >> extension), being able to load plugins, etc.. would be helpful. >> >> thanks, >> david >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWikiDev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
