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James Anderson

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Mar 28, 2021, 5:08:45 PM3/28/21

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Hello,

I have a TW called notes.hta that contains the following plugins:

"welford/twstaticblog/helper",

"welford/twstaticblog/export",

"welford/twyt",

"welford/twspimg"

however when I call this

```

call tiddlywiki .\tw --load .\notes.hta --output .\blog --build posts

```

I am getting the error messages:

```

Warning: Cannot find plugin 'welford/twstaticblog/helper'

Warning: Cannot find plugin 'welford/twstaticblog/export'

Warning: Cannot find plugin 'welford/twyt'

Warning: Cannot find plugin 'welford/twspimg'

```

Presumably getting these because I have these plugins listed in my tiddlwyiki.info

Maybe I am just misremembering, but i thought having the plugins in the file you load is ok. Is that not the case? do they need to be in the Node.js instance of TW? Is there any way around this?

Thanks,

James

Joshua Fontany

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Mar 28, 2021, 6:39:44 PM3/28/21

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If those plugins exist in the single-file TW instance that you are Loading, then yes - In fact, I don't think you even need a tiddlywiki.info file at all, Unless you are unpacking that wiki into a foler-style / individial *.tid(s).

Timing wise, you are getting the `Warning: Cannot find plugin ` errors AS the TW core is loading your wiki-folder, therefore BEFORE the command is initiated.

Once the single-file tiddlers are loaded, those plugins should appear in the normal `tiddlers/` directory.

Best,
Joshua Fontany

Jeremy Ruston

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Mar 29, 2021, 4:01:39 AM3/29/21

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Hi James

Maybe I am just misremembering, but i thought having the plugins in the file you load is ok. Is that not the case? do they need to be in the Node.js instance of TW? Is there any way around this?

TiddlyWiki under Node.js will only load plugins on the server that are either listed in the tiddlywiki.info file, or are in the "plugins" folder of the wiki folder.

So, it sounds like a better workflow might be to use two separate TW runs: one to use the "savewikifolder" command to save your HTA wiki as a proper wiki folder (complete with the plugins), and then a second one to boot that wiki folder and run your blog commands.

Best wishes

Jeremy

Thanks,
James

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James Anderson

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Apr 4, 2021, 3:55:40 PM4/4/21

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Thanks Joshua and Jeremy.

Ended up going with what Jeremy suggested:

"""

tiddlywiki --load .\notes.hta --savewikifolder .\temp\blog

"""

then

"""

tiddlywiki .\temp\blog --output .\blog --build css

tiddlywiki .\temp\blog --output .\blog --build index

tiddlywiki .\temp\blog --output .\blog --build framework

...

"""

I keep a separate TiddlyWiki folder that overrides a few things I want when exporting (palette and theme changes) and copy it over the exported Tiddlywiki.