TiddlyWiki5/readme.md

<p>Welcome to <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html">TiddlyWiki</a>, a non-linear personal web notebook that anyone can use and keep forever, independently of any corporation.</p><p><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html">TiddlyWiki</a> is a complete interactive wiki in <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/JavaScript.html">JavaScript</a>. It can be used as a single HTML file in the browser or as a powerful Node.js application. It is highly customisable: the entire user interface is itself implemented in hackable <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/WikiText.html">WikiText</a>.</p><p>Learn more and see it in action at <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tiddlywiki.com/</a></p><p>Developer documentation is in progress at <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/dev/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tiddlywiki.com/dev/</a></p><h1 class="">Join the Community</h1><p>
<h2 class="">Users</h2><p>The TiddlyWiki discussion groups are mailing lists for talking about TiddlyWiki: requests for help, announcements of new releases and plugins, debating new features, or just sharing experiences. You can participate via the associated website, or subscribe via email.</p><ul><li>The main TiddlyWiki group: <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki</a><blockquote><p>Note that you do not need a Google Account to join the discussion groups. Subscribe by sending an email to <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="mailto:tiddlywiki+subscribe@googlegroups.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mailto:tiddlywiki+subscribe@googlegroups.com</a> or <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="mailto:tiddlywikidev+subscribe@googlegroups.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mailto:tiddlywikidev+subscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.</p></blockquote><ul><li>An enhanced group search facility is available on <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="https://www.mail-archive.com/tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mail-archive.com</a></li></ul></li><li>Watch recordings of our regular <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki%2520Hangouts.html">TiddlyWiki Hangouts</a></li><li>Follow <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="http://twitter.com/TiddlyWiki" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TiddlyWiki on Twitter</a> for the latest news</li><li><strong>New: Join us on our live chat at <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="https://gitter.im/TiddlyWiki/public" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gitter.im/TiddlyWiki/public</a> !</strong></li></ul><h2 class="">Developers</h2><ul><li>The <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-missing" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWikiDev.html">TiddlyWikiDev</a> group for developers: <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWikiDev" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWikiDev</a><blockquote><p>Note that you do not need a Google Account to join the discussion groups. Subscribe by sending an email to <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="mailto:tiddlywiki+subscribe@googlegroups.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mailto:tiddlywiki+subscribe@googlegroups.com</a> or <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="mailto:tiddlywikidev+subscribe@googlegroups.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mailto:tiddlywikidev+subscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.</p></blockquote><ul><li>An enhanced group search facility is available on <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="https://www.mail-archive.com/tiddlywikidev@googlegroups.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mail-archive.com</a></li></ul></li><li>Follow <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="http://twitter.com/#!/TiddlyWiki" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TiddlyWiki on Twitter</a> for the latest news</li><li>Get involved in the <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">development on GitHub</a></li><li>Chat at <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="https://gitter.im/TiddlyWiki/public" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gitter.im/TiddlyWiki/public</a> (development room coming soon)</li></ul><p>New releases of <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html">TiddlyWiki</a>, <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyDesktop.html">TiddlyDesktop</a> and <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyFox.html">TiddlyFox</a> are announced via the discussion groups and <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="https://twitter.com/TiddlyWiki" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> (you can also subscribe to an Atom/RSS feed of <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="https://github.com/jermolene/tiddlywiki5/releases.atom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TiddlyWiki releases from GitHub</a>)</p><h2 class="">Documentation</h2><p>There is also a discussion group specifically for discussing <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html">TiddlyWiki</a> documentation improvement initiatives: <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidocs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidocs</a>
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</p><h1 class="">Installing <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html">TiddlyWiki</a> on Node.js</h1><ol><li>Install <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Node.js.html">Node.js</a><ul><li>either from your favourite package manager: typically <code>apt-get install nodejs</code> on Debian/Ubuntu Linux or <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Serving%2520TW5%2520from%2520Android.html">Termux for Android</a>, or <code>brew install node</code> on a Mac</li><li>or directly from <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="http://nodejs.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://nodejs.org</a></li></ul></li><li>Open a command line terminal and type:<blockquote><p><code>npm install -g tiddlywiki</code></p><p>If it fails with an error you may need to re-run the command as an administrator:</p><p><code>sudo npm install -g tiddlywiki</code> (Mac/Linux)</p></blockquote></li><li>Check <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html">TiddlyWiki</a> is installed by typing:<blockquote><p><code>tiddlywiki --version</code></p></blockquote></li><li>In response, you should see <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html">TiddlyWiki</a> report its current version (eg &quot;5.1.21&quot;; you may also see other debugging information reported)</li><li>Try it out:<ol><li><code>tiddlywiki mynewwiki --init server</code> to create a folder for a new wiki that includes server-related components</li><li><code>tiddlywiki mynewwiki --listen</code> to start <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html">TiddlyWiki</a></li><li>Visit <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="http://127.0.0.1:8080/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://127.0.0.1:8080/</a> in your browser</li><li>Try editing and creating tiddlers</li></ol></li><li>Optionally, make an offline copy:<ul><li>click the <svg class="tc-image-save-button tc-image-button" height="22pt" viewBox="0 0 128 128" width="22pt">
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</svg> <strong>save changes</strong> button in the sidebar, <strong>OR</strong></li><li><code>tiddlywiki mynewwiki --build index</code></li></ul></li></ol><p>The <code>-g</code> flag causes <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html">TiddlyWiki</a> to be installed globally. Without it, <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html">TiddlyWiki</a> will only be available in the directory where you installed it.</p><p>If you are using Debian or Debian-based Linux and you are receiving a <code>node: command not found</code> error though node.js package is installed, you may need to create a symbolic link between <code>nodejs</code> and <code>node</code>. Consult your distro's manual and <code>whereis</code> to correctly create a link. See github <a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="http://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/1434" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">issue 1434</a></p><p>Example Debian v8.0: <code>sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node</code></p><p>You can also install prior versions like this:</p><blockquote><p>npm install -g tiddlywiki@5.1.13</p></blockquote><h1 class="">Using <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html">TiddlyWiki</a> on Node.js</h1><p><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki5.html">TiddlyWiki5</a> includes a set of <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Commands.html">Commands</a> for use on the command line to perform an extensive set of operations based on <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWikiFolders.html">TiddlyWikiFolders</a>, <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlerFiles.html">TiddlerFiles</a> and <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-missing" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWikiFiles.html">TiddlyWikiFiles</a>.</p><p>For example, the following command loads the tiddlers from a <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html">TiddlyWiki</a> HTML file and then saves one of them in static HTML:</p><pre><code>tiddlywiki --verbose --load mywiki.html --rendertiddler ReadMe ./readme.html</code></pre><p>Running <code>tiddlywiki</code> from the command line boots the <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://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><span class="doc-from-version"><svg class="tc-image-warning tc-image-button" height="22pt" viewBox="0 0 128 128" width="22pt">
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</svg> New in: 5.1.20</span> First, there can be zero or more plugin references identified by the prefix <code>+</code> for plugin names or <code>++</code> for a path to a plugin folder. These plugins are loaded in addition to any specified in the  <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWikiFolders.html">TiddlyWikiFolder</a>.</p><p>The next argument is the optional path to the <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://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><code>tiddlywiki [+&lt;pluginname&gt; | ++&lt;pluginpath&gt;] [&lt;wikipath&gt;] [--&lt;command&gt; [&lt;arg&gt;[,&lt;arg&gt;]]]</code></pre><p>For example:</p><pre><code>tiddlywiki --version
tiddlywiki +plugins/tiddlywiki/filesystem +plugins/tiddlywiki/tiddlyweb mywiki --listen
tiddlywiki ++./mygreatplugin mywiki --listen</code></pre><p><span class="doc-from-version"><svg class="tc-image-warning tc-image-button" height="22pt" viewBox="0 0 128 128" width="22pt">
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</svg> New in: 5.1.18</span> Commands such as the <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/ListenCommand.html">ListenCommand</a> that support large numbers of parameters can use <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/NamedCommandParameters.html">NamedCommandParameters</a> to make things less unwieldy. For example:</p><pre><code>tiddlywiki wikipath --listen username=jeremy port=8090</code></pre><p>See <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Commands.html">Commands</a> for a full listing of the available commands.
</p><h1 class="">Upgrading <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html">TiddlyWiki</a> on Node.js</h1><p>If you've installed <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki%2520on%2520Node.js.html">TiddlyWiki on Node.js</a> on the usual way, when a new version is released you can upgrade it with this command:</p><pre><code>npm update -g tiddlywiki</code></pre><p>On Mac or Linux you'll need to add <strong>sudo</strong> like this:</p><pre><code>sudo npm update -g tiddlywiki</code></pre><h1 class="">Also see</h1><p><ul class=""><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWikiFolders.html">TiddlyWikiFolders</a></li><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/MultiTiddlerFileSyntax.html">MultiTiddlerFileSyntax</a></li><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/MultiTiddlerFiles.html">MultiTiddlerFiles</a></li><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlerFiles.html">TiddlerFiles</a></li><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Generating%2520Static%2520Sites%2520with%2520TiddlyWiki.html">Generating Static Sites with TiddlyWiki</a></li><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/How%2520to%2520build%2520a%2520TiddlyWiki5%2520from%2520individual%2520tiddlers.html">How to build a TiddlyWiki5 from individual tiddlers</a></li><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Using%2520TiddlyWiki%2520for%2520GitHub%2520project%2520documentation.html">Using TiddlyWiki for GitHub project documentation</a></li><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Using%2520a%2520custom%2520path%2520prefix%2520with%2520the%2520client-server%2520edition.html">Using a custom path prefix with the client-server edition</a></li><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Building%2520TiddlyWikiClassic.html">Building TiddlyWikiClassic</a></li><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Customising%2520Tiddler%2520File%2520Naming.html">Customising Tiddler File Naming</a></li><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Environment%2520Variables%2520on%2520Node.js.html">Environment Variables on Node.js</a></li><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Scripts%2520for%2520TiddlyWiki%2520on%2520Node.js.html">Scripts for TiddlyWiki on Node.js</a></li><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Serving%2520TW5%2520from%2520Android.html">Serving TW5 from Android</a></li><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Working%2520with%2520the%2520TiddlyWiki5%2520repository.html">Working with the TiddlyWiki5 repository</a></li><li><a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Installing%2520TiddlyWiki%2520on%2520Microsoft%2520Internet%2520Information%2520Server.html">Internet Information Services</a></li></ul></p><p><em>This readme file was automatically generated by <a class="tc-tiddlylink tc-tiddlylink-resolves" href="https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki.html">TiddlyWiki</a></em>
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