How to split out data from Tiddlywiki

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I love TiddlyWiki, but due to the content being buried inside a massive HTML document, it is difficult to use it under source control, among other things.

Is there a way to get it to store the data in a external data file (e.g. a large JSON file)? Alternatively is there a way to get it to save each Tiddle as a separate file so at least merge conflicts are less likely?

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is there a way to get it to save each Tiddle as a separate file so at least merge conflicts are less likely?

You can run TiddlyWiki under node.js. See http://tiddlywiki.com/#TiddlyWiki%20on%20Node.js. This will serve your wiki through a local web address and save each tiddler as an individual file. In addition, you always have the option to save your wiki in a single html file again by clicking the save/download button in your wiki.

Is there a way to get it to store the data in a external data file (e.g. a large JSON file)?

A possibility is to open "advanced search" and use a filter expression to select a certain set of tiddlers. Then you can export your selection as a bundle in json format. See http://tiddlywiki.com/#How%20to%20export%20tiddlers.

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How does one link between his/her various tiddlers

There are 2 ways either via putting double brackets around it:

and a [[Test]]

and there will be a new one called "Test"

OR via using camelcase, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CamelCase

Just follow the default tutorial: http://www.blogjones.com/TiddlyWikiTutorial.html

In step 4 it will open "HowToMakeATiddler"

Search by tag in TiddlyWiki

It sounds like what you want is either MatchTagsPlugin by Eric Shulman (The TiddlyTools guy) or YourSearchPlugin by Udo Borkowski.

Both let you do full operator-enhanced tag searches but their syntax and other features differ.

MatchTagsPlugin lets you set up a new search field which displays its results in a new tiddler in a configurable format and will search only tags using a syntax like this:

excel AND (macro OR script) AND NOT virus

If the provided interfaces don't do it for you, take a look at what I did using InlineJavascriptPlugin.

YourSearchPlugin modifies the existing search field to support a richer query syntax (and, optionally, a new results popup) and you can specify that a given entry should only match tags by prefixing it like this:

#excel (#macro or #script) not #virus

You could also poke around on TiddlyHub to see if anything else might meet your needs.

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Search by tag in TiddlyWiki

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