TiddlyWiki5/readme.md

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Welcome to <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a></h1><div class='tw-transclude'>
<p>
Welcome to <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a>, a reboot of <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html'>
TiddlyWiki</a>, the non-linear personal web notebook <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/History.html'>
first released in 2004</a>. It is a complete interactive wiki in <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/JavaScript.html'>
JavaScript</a> that can be run from a single HTML file in the browser or as a powerful <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/node.js.html'>
node.js application</a>.</p><p>
<a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html'>
TiddlyWiki</a> is designed to fit around your brain, providing a better way of managing the overflow than traditional documents and emails. The fundamental idea is that information is more useful and reusable if we cut it up into the smallest semantically meaningful chunks – <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/Tiddlers.html'>
tiddlers</a> – and give them titles so that they can be structured with links, tags and macros.  <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html'>
TiddlyWiki</a> aims to provide a fluid interface for working with tiddlers, allowing them to be aggregated and composed into longer narratives.</p><p>
<a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> has many <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/Improvements.html'>
improvements</a> over the original. It is currently in alpha, meaning it is working but incomplete. It is a great time to get involved and support its <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/RoadMap.html'>
future development</a>. You can:</p><ul>
<li>
Explore its features online at <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-external' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/'>
http://five.tiddlywiki.com/</a></li><li>
Get involved in the <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-external' href='https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5'>
development on GitHub</a></li><li>
Join the discussions on <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-external' href='http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWikiDev'>
the TiddlyWikiDev Google Group</a></li><li>
Follow <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-external' href='http://twitter.com/#!/TiddlyWiki'>
@TiddlyWiki on Twitter</a> for the latest news</li><li>
Learn how to <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/HelpingTiddlyWiki.html'>
help the TiddlyWiki project and community</a></li></ul></div><h1 class=''>
Getting started with <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html'>
TiddlyWiki</a> under node.js</h1><div class='tw-transclude'>
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<a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> can be used on the command line to perform an extensive set of operations based on tiddlers, <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWikiFolders.html'>
TiddlyWikiFolders</a>, <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlerFiles.html'>
TiddlerFiles</a> and <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWikiFiles.html'>
TiddlyWikiFiles</a>. For example, the following command loads the tiddlers from a <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html'>
TiddlyWiki</a> HTML file and then saves one of them in HTML:</p><pre>
node tiddlywiki.js --verbose --load mywiki.html --savetiddler ReadMe ./readme.html</pre><p>
In order to use <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> on the command line you must first install node.js from <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-external' href='http://nodejs.org/'>
http://nodejs.org/</a></p><h2 class=''>
Usage</h2><p>
Running <code>
tiddlywiki.js</code> from the command line boots the <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html'>
TiddlyWiki</a> kernel, loads the core plugins and establishes an empty wiki store. It then sequentially processes the command line arguments from left to right. The arguments are separated with spaces.</p><p>
The first argument is the optional path to the <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWikiFolders.html'>
TiddlyWikiFolder</a> to be loaded. If not present, then the current directory is used.</p><p>
The commands and their individual arguments follow, each command being identified by the prefix <code>
--</code>.</p><pre>
node tiddlywiki.js [&lt;wikipath&gt;] [--&lt;command&gt; [&lt;arg&gt;[,&lt;arg&gt;]]]</pre><h2 class=''>
Batch Files</h2><p>
For trying <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> out under node.js, several batch files are provided:</p><h3 class=''>
<code>
bld.sh</code> builds tw5.com</h3><p>
This batch file builds several variants of <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> for deployment on tiddlywiki.com.</p><p>
By default, files are output to a folder called <code>
jermolene.github.com</code> in the same directory as the main <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> directory. You will need to create the directory before running the batch file. For example:</p><pre>
* /TiddlyWork/ - Directory for working with TiddlyWiki5
* /TiddlyWork/TiddlyWiki5/ - Directory containing the TiddlyWiki5 repo from GitHub
* /TiddlyWork/jermolene.github.com/ - Directory for output files</pre><p>
You can override the build output directory by defining the environment variable <code>
TW5_BUILD_OUTPUT</code>. The easiest way to do this is to create a personal batch file to invoke <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> that first sets the environment variable and then invokes <code>
bld.sh</code>.</p><p>
The files output by <code>
bld.sh</code> are:</p><ul>
<li>
<code>
readme.md</code> main readme file, output to the <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> directory</li><li>
<code>
index.html</code> <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> standalone HTML file with content from the <code>
tw5.com</code> edition</li><li>
<code>
empty.html</code> <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> standalone HTML file with no content</li><li>
<code>
encrypted.html</code> <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> standalone HTML file encrypted with the password <code>
password</code></li><li>
<code>
test.html</code> <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> browser-based test suite (see <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TestingMechanism.html'>
TestingMechanism</a>)</li><li>
<code>
static.html</code> static HTML version of the <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/DefaultTiddlers.html'>
DefaultTiddlers</a> of the <code>
tw5.com</code> edition</li><li>
<code>
static/*.html</code> and <code>
static/static.css</code> static HTML versions of individual tiddlers</li></ul><p>
<code>
bld.sh</code> also runs the <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> node.js-based test suite (see <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TestingMechanism.html'>
TestingMechanism</a>)</p><h3 class=''>
<code>
serve.sh</code> serves tw5.com</h3><p>
This batch file starts <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> running as an HTTP server with the content from the <code>
clientserver</code> edition. By default, the script serves on port 8080.</p><p>
To experiment with this configuration, run the script and then visit <code>
http://0.0.0.0:8080</code> in a browser.</p><p>
Changes made in the browser propagate to the server over HTTP (use the browser developer console to see these requests). The server then syncs changes to the file system (and logs each change to the screen).</p><h3 class=''>
<code>
wbld.sh</code> builds <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> for <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWeb.html'>
TiddlyWeb</a></h3><p>
This batch file builds and deploys the code for <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5%20in%20the%20Sky%20for%20TiddlyWeb.html'>
TiddlyWiki5 in the Sky for TiddlyWeb</a>. If you want to experiment with your own builds of <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> for <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWeb.html'>
TiddlyWeb</a> you could use this batch file as a base.</p><h3 class=''>
<code>
2bld.sh</code> builds <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html'>
TiddlyWiki</a> 2.6.5</h3><p>
This batch file builds <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html'>
TiddlyWiki</a> 2.6.5 from the original source and then uses the <code>
opendiff</code> program to display the differences between them.</p><h2 class=''>
Commands</h2><p>
The following commands are available:</p><div class='tw-list-frame'>
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<a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/DumpCommand.html'>
DumpCommand</a></span></h3><div>
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dump tiddlers</h3><p>
Dump the titles of the tiddlers in the wiki store </p><pre>
--dump tiddlers</pre><h3 class=''>
dump tiddler</h3><p>
Dump the fields of an individual tiddler </p><pre>
--dump tiddler &lt;title&gt;</pre><h3 class=''>
dump system</h3><p>
Dump the titles of the system tiddlers in the wiki store </p><pre>
--dump systems</pre><h3 class=''>
dump config</h3><p>
Dump the current core configuration </p><pre>
--dump config</pre></div></div></div></div><div class='tw-list-element'>
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<a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/LoadCommand.html'>
LoadCommand</a></span></h3><div>
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Load tiddlers from 2.x.x <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html'>
TiddlyWiki</a> files (<code>
.html</code>), <code>
.tiddler</code>, <code>
.tid</code>, <code>
.json</code> or other files </p><pre>
--load &lt;filepath&gt;</pre></div></div></div></div><div class='tw-list-element'>
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<a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/SaveTiddlerCommand.html'>
SaveTiddlerCommand</a></span></h3><div>
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Save an individual tiddler as a specified <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/ContentType.html'>
ContentType</a>, defaults to <code>
text/html</code> </p><pre>
--savetiddler &lt;title&gt; &lt;filename&gt; [&lt;type&gt;]</pre></div></div></div></div><div class='tw-list-element'>
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<a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/SaveTiddlersCommand.html'>
SaveTiddlersCommand</a></span></h3><div>
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Save a set of tiddlers matching a filter as separate files of a specified <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/ContentType.html'>
ContentType</a> (defaults to <code>
text/html</code>) and extension (defaults to <code>
.html</code>).</p><pre>
--savetiddlers &lt;filter&gt; &lt;template&gt; &lt;pathname&gt; [&lt;type&gt;] [&lt;extension&gt;]</pre><p>
For example:</p><pre>
--savetiddlers [!is[system]] $:/core/templates/static.tiddler.html ./static text/plain</pre></div></div></div></div><div class='tw-list-element'>
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<a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/ServerCommand.html'>
ServerCommand</a></span></h3><div>
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<p>
The server built in to <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> is very simple. Although compatible with <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWeb.html'>
TiddlyWeb</a> it doesn't support many of the features needed for robust Internet-facing usage - in particular, <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a> is an old-school wiki in the sense that it offers no authentication.</p><p>
At the root, it serves a rendering of a specified tiddler. Away from the root, it serves individual tiddlers encoded in JSON, and supports the basic HTTP operations for <code>
GET</code>, <code>
PUT</code> and <code>
DELETE</code>.</p><pre>
--server &lt;port&gt; &lt;roottiddler&gt; &lt;rendertype&gt; &lt;servetype&gt;</pre><p>
For example:</p><pre>
--server 8080 $:/core/tiddlywiki5.template.html text/plain text/html</pre><p>
The parameters are:</p><pre>
--server &lt;port&gt; &lt;roottiddler&gt; &lt;rendertype&gt; &lt;servetype&gt;</pre><ul>
<li>
<strong>
port</strong> - port number to serve from (defaults to &quot;8080&quot;)</li><li>
<strong>
roottiddler</strong> - the tiddler to serve at the root (defaults to &quot;$:/core/tiddlywiki5.template.html&quot;) </li><li>
<strong>
rendertype</strong> - the content type to which the root tiddler should be rendered (defaults to &quot;text/plain&quot;)</li><li>
<strong>
servetype</strong> - the content type with which the root tiddler should be served (defaults to &quot;text/html&quot;)</li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class='tw-list-element'>
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<a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/VerboseCommand.html'>
VerboseCommand</a></span></h3><div>
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Triggers verbose output, useful for debugging </p><pre>
--verbose</pre></div></div></div></div><div class='tw-list-element'>
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<a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/VersionCommand.html'>
VersionCommand</a></span></h3><div>
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Displays the version number of <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html'>
TiddlyWiki</a>.</p><pre>
--version</pre></div></div></div></div></div></div><p>
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This readme file was automatically generated by <a class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves' href='http://five.tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html'>
TiddlyWiki5</a></em>
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