Hi Jeremy,

Thanks for the explanation!

Mark

On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 2:27:28 PM UTC-7, Jeremy Ruston wrote:
>
> Hi Mark
>
> > So, in essence, repackPlugin doesn't seem to create shadow tiddlers, 
> though it does pack up the various associated values.
>
> The tiddlers within a theme plugin are not available unless the theme is 
> the selected theme (or a dependent of it). Same for language plugins.
>
> > Once I run repackPlugin, all the tiddlers I created (except tweak and 
> base) are deleted from the TW. Is there an equivalent UNPACK command that 
> will restore the tiddlers from the packed (and useless) theme plugin?
>
> No. The idea is that you can override any shadow tiddlers from the plugin 
> that you wish to change, and then invoke repackPlugin(). In the case of 
> themes, again you'll need to have the theme selected in order for it to 
> work.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jeremy.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 10:17 PM, 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWikiDev <
> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm following the instructions found here:
>>
>>   
>> http://tiddlywiki.com/dev/#How%20to%20create%20plugins%20in%20the%20browser
>>
>> What I want to do is to a create a clone of the theme represented by 
>> plugin
>>    
>>    $:/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla (let's call it Vanilla)
>>
>> into a new clone which I am calling:
>>
>>   $:/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/dev1  (let's call it Device)
>>
>>
>> (for device #1)
>>
>> This will allow me to quickly switch between two or more tweaked themes 
>> depending what platform I'm using the same TW on.
>>
>> I started by cloning all the tiddlers inside of Vanilla and giving them 
>> all names with /dev1/ in it. I edited the cloned Tweak tiddler and cloned 
>> base Tiddler to reference the new tiddler set.
>>
>> Then I used the repackPlugin tool to create the new theme plugin.
>>
>> But the Device theme plugin doesn't contain shadow tiddlers like the 
>> original. Or rather, it doesn't manifest them. When I look inside the 
>> Device tiddler, I can see that all the contents are packed into a json data 
>> structure. But when I click on one of the tiddlers (from the theme view 
>> mode) the displayed tiddler does not show the content value (say 
>> font-size). Instead it invites me to create the new tiddler by clicking on 
>> the pen. If I do so, it does not give me the expected warning about  this 
>> tiddler being a shadow tiddler.
>>
>> So, in essence, repackPlugin doesn't seem to create shadow tiddlers, 
>> though it does pack up the various associated values.
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong, or is there an additional trick or step that 
>> needs to be implemented?
>>
>> One more question.
>>
>> Once I run repackPlugin, all the tiddlers I created (except tweak and 
>> base) are deleted from the TW. Is there an equivalent UNPACK command that 
>> will restore the tiddlers from the packed (and useless) theme plugin?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Mark
>>
>> FF 33.0, TW 5.1.8
>>
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