How to force auto-save on tiddler

[Robert Freiberger]

Hello, 

I have my Tiddlywiki shared between my work Mac and personal PC using a Dropbox folder with the Tiddlydesktop client. While I'm pretty careful, there have been times I left one client open with a Tiddler I'm in the middle of editing, only to update the Tiddlywiki on the other client, causing some data loss. 

Is there a way to force a Tiddler to save given a set timeout of no changes or edits? Not sure if this is possible or is there a better way to manage a shared Tiddlywiki?

Thanks,

Robert

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Robert Freiberger

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[Thomas Elmiger]

Hi Robert,

For my personal Wikis in the browser I developed the plugin Editor Counter available on https://tid.li/tw5/plugins.html – it can trigger a wikisave after a given amount of text entered/removed.

You will have to configute this on the plugin’s settings tab.

https://tid.li/tw5/plugins.html#%24%3A%2Fplugins%2Ftelmiger%2FEditorCounter

(I never tried in Tiddlydesktop though.)

All the best,

Thomas

[Mark S.]

For recovering your data, don't forget that TiddlyDesktop has a backup (I would point the backup to the local drive on each system rather than to a shared dropbox site).

-- Mark

[TonyM]

I used Drop Box for this purpose for years with TWClassic. 

I found being sure the sync took place in Dropbox before I shut down any computer, left work to go home was not only critical and you may find it not updated when you get to the other location, even if your wiki was not saved. So I always saved the wiki, closed the browser, checked DropBox  and ideally shut down the computer (laptop) and turned it (and monitor) off at the wall. (very important on Fridays). Actually I used my own Eco Switch to "turn it off at the wall"

Doing a shut down when ever possible does allow a fresh operating system, browser and tiddlywiki load, but you would be surprised at the kilowatts, and related "carbon" emissions that result from computers left on, and the power used by a laptop power pack even without a computer connected.

The load time was a real hassle, I know, But I replaced the HDD in both home and work PC with SSD (Which I Took when I left) and now startup is sub-minute.

However I do not use DropBox any more and I am grateful as too many times I was standing looking at my computer waiting for it to finish syncing.

Regards

Tony