TiddlyWiki5/readme.md

<h1>Welcome to <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki5' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki5</a></span></h1><div data-tw-macro='tiddler'>Welcome to <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki5' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki5</a></span>, an interactive wiki written in <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='JavaScript' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>JavaScript</a></span> to run in the browser or under node.js. It is a reboot of <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> (<span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='http://www.tiddlywiki.com/' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-external'>http://www.tiddlywiki.com/</a></span>), the now venerable, reusable non-linear personal web notebook first released in 2004.<br /><br /><span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> is based on the idea of making information more useful by modelling it in the smallest meaningful semantic units, referred to as &quot;tiddlers&quot;.  Structure comes from links, tags, and stories (sequences of tiddlers). Tiddlers use a wikitext notation that concisely represents a wide range of text formatting and hypertext features.<br /><br /><span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> has earned an enduring place as a tool that people <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='Raves' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>love using</a></span> for its rich, interactive interface to <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWikiConcepts' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>manipulate complex data</a></span> with structure that doesn't easily fit into conventional tools like spreadsheets or wordprocessors. Because people can use it without needing any complicated server infrastructure, and because it is <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='OpenSourceLicense' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>open source</a></span>, it has bought unprecedented freedom to people to keep their precious information under their own control. <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> was originally created by <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='JeremyRuston' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>JeremyRuston</a></span> and is now a thriving <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='OpenSourceLicense' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>open source</a></span> project with a busy <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='Community' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>Community</a></span> of independent developers.<br /></div><br /><h1>Usage</h1><div data-tw-macro='tiddler'><span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki5' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki5</a></span> can be used on the command line to perform an extensive set of operations based on <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='RecipeFiles' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves'>RecipeFiles</a></span>, <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlerFiles' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves'>TiddlerFiles</a></span> and <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWikiFiles' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWikiFiles</a></span>.<br /><br />Usage:<br /><code>
node tiddlywiki.js &lt;options&gt;
</code><br />The command line options are processed sequentially from left to right. Processing pauses during long operations, like loading a <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='RecipeFiles' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves'>recipe file</a></span> and all the subrecipes and <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlerFiles' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-resolves'>tiddlers</a></span> that it references. The following options are available:<br /><table class='twtable'><tbody><tr class='evenRow'><td align='left'><code>--recipe &lt;filepath&gt;</code></td><td align='left'>Loads a specfied <code>.recipe</code> file</td></tr><tr class='oddRow'><td align='left'><code>--load &lt;filepath&gt;</code></td><td align='left'>Load additional tiddlers from 2.x.x <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> files (<code>.html</code>), <code>.tiddler</code>, <code>.tid</code>, <code>.json</code> or other files</td></tr><tr class='evenRow'><td align='left'><code>--savewiki &lt;dirpath&gt;</code></td><td align='left'>Saves all the loaded tiddlers as a single file <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> called <code>index.html</code> and an RSS feed called <code>index.xml</code> in a new directory of the specified name</td></tr><tr class='oddRow'><td align='left'><code>--savetiddler &lt;title&gt; &lt;filename&gt; [&lt;type&gt;]</code></td><td align='left'>Save an individual tiddler as a specified MIME type, defaults to <code>text/html</code></td></tr><tr class='evenRow'><td align='left'><code>--savetiddlers &lt;outdir&gt;</code></td><td align='left'>Saves all the loaded tiddlers as <code>.tid</code> files in the specified directory</td></tr><tr class='oddRow'><td align='left'><code>--servewiki &lt;port&gt;</code></td><td align='left'>Serve the cooked <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> over HTTP at <code>/</code></td></tr><tr class='evenRow'><td align='left'><code>--servetiddlers &lt;port&gt;</code></td><td align='left'>Serve individual tiddlers over HTTP at <code>/tiddlertitle</code></td></tr><tr class='oddRow'><td align='left'><code>--wikitest &lt;dir&gt;</code></td><td align='left'>Run wikification tests against the tiddlers in the given directory</td></tr><tr class='evenRow'><td align='left'><code>--dumpstore</code></td><td align='left'>Dump the <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> store in JSON format</td></tr><tr class='oddRow'><td align='left'><code>--dumprecipe</code></td><td align='left'>Dump the current recipe in JSON format</td></tr><tr class='evenRow'><td align='left'><code>--verbose</code></td><td align='left'>verbose output, useful for debugging</td></tr></tbody></table><h2> Examples</h2>This example loads the tiddlers from a <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> HTML file and makes them available over HTTP:<br /><code>
node tiddlywiki.js --load mywiki.html --servewiki 127.0.0.1:8000
</code><br />This example cooks a <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> from a recipe:<br /><code>
node tiddlywiki.js --recipe tiddlywiki.com/index.recipe --savewiki tmp/
</code><br />This example ginsus a <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> into its constituent tiddlers:<br /><code>
node tiddlywiki.js --load mywiki.html --savetiddlers tmp/tiddlers
</code><br /><h2> Notes</h2><code>--servewiki</code> and <code>--servertiddlers</code> are for different purposes and should not be used together. The former is for <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> core developers who want to be able to edit the <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> source files in a text editor and view the results in the browser by clicking refresh; it is slow because it reloads all the <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='JavaScript' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>JavaScript</a></span> files each time the page is loaded. The latter is for experimenting with the new wikification engine.<br /><br /><code>--wikitest</code> looks for <code>*.tid</code> files in the specified folder. It then wikifies the tiddlers to both &quot;text/plain&quot; and &quot;text/html&quot; format and checks the results against the content of the <code>*.html</code> and <code>*.txt</code> files in the same directory.</div><br /><h1>Testing</h1><div data-tw-macro='tiddler'><code>test.sh</code> contains a simple test script that cooks the main tiddlywiki.com recipe and compares it with the results of the old build process (ie, running cook.rb and then opening the file in a browser and performing a 'save changes' operation). It also runs a series of wikifications tests that work off the data in <code>test/wikitests/</code>.</div><br /><h1>Planned <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='WikiText' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>WikiText</a></span> Features</h1><div data-tw-macro='tiddler'>It is proposed to extend the existing <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki</a></span> wikitext syntax with the following extensions<br /><br /><ol><li> Addition of <code>**bold**</code> character formatting</li><li> Addition of <code>`backtick for code`</code> character formatting</li><li> Addition of <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='WikiCreole-style' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>WikiCreole-style</a></span> forced line break, e.g. <code>force\\linebreak</code></li><li> Addition of <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='WikiCreole-style' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>WikiCreole-style</a></span> headings, e.g. <code>==Heading</code></li><li> Addition of <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='WikiCreole-style' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>WikiCreole-style</a></span> headings in tables, e.g. <code>|=|=table|=header|</code></li><li> Addition of white-listed HTML tags intermixed with wikitext</li><li> Addition of <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='WikiCreole-style' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>WikiCreole-style</a></span> pretty links, e.g. <code>[[description -&gt; link]]</code></li><li> Addition of multiline macros, e.g.</li></ol><pre>&lt;&lt;myMacro
param1: Parameter value
param2: value
&quot;unnamed parameter&quot;
param4: ((
A multiline parameter that can go on for as long as it likes
and contain linebreaks.
))
&gt;&gt;
</pre></div><br /><br /><em>This <code>readme</code> file was automatically generated by <span data-tw-macro='link'><a href='TiddlyWiki5' class='tw-tiddlylink tw-tiddlylink-internal tw-tiddlylink-missing'>TiddlyWiki5</a></span></em><br />