I'll give a bit more of an explanation. browsers (at least firefox and chrome) allow the user to navigate the file system within the browser. On a windows system typing "file:///c/" or on a mac or linux "file:///" in the address bar will display the file system. As this is in the browser what is displayed in actually a web page, and the files and dirs are links. Although it is not possible to drag the links into tiddlywiki, it is possible to use the context menu (right click on a file) that is provided by tiddlyclip to create `_canonical_uri` tiddlers of the files location, and thus display external files (such as pdfs, mp3, images) within a tiddlywiki. How to configure tiddlyclip to do this is explained in
Creating Local Media Links <http://tiddlyclip.tiddlyspot.com/#Creating%20Local%20Media%20Links> I use it this way quite a bit - I create a sub directory within the same directory as my tiddlywiki and place the media files within it. Then 'clip' the links to them into my tiddlywiki. On Friday, June 19, 2015 at 3:59:42 PM UTC+1, BJ wrote: > > It is possible to use tiddlyclip to 'clip' references to external files. > > http://tiddlyclip.tiddlyspot.com/ > > -BJ > > On Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 7:34:03 PM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Firstly, I want to thank those who involved in TiddlyWiki and its plugin. >> I hope someone out there will help in solving the missing feature below:- >> >> >> *Suggested feature (TiddlyWiki)* >> >> - To attach/store local files (such as excel files, photoshop files, >> etc) under a folder at the same level as the TiddlyWiki file. Please see >> "suggestion.png" for the actual logic and details >> - Similar behavior found in Microsoft OneNote as shown in "MS >> OneNote.png" >> - Note that *I am not asking to embed* those local files inside the >> TiddlyWiki file which will have a huge performance impact) >> >> *Motivation* >> >> - Research / Analysis often involves not only notes taking, but also >> capturing relevant files of any source (such as excel files, photoshop >> files, etc) >> - Such files may be downloaded from internet or created by >> application/software >> - These files will be forgotten after awhile, because: >> - there is no notes to describe what they are >> - they end up scattered around in different folders/directories >> - For any useful notebook, the ability to keep both notes and files >> next to each other is highly beneficial >> >> -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywikidev/e1b7ef09-3590-40df-8200-3a83c6c82753%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
