[SOLVED] Error message Undefined widget 'edit-comptext' after installing autocompletion plugin

#1

Hi :slight_smile:

I find a problem with autocompletion plugin from this source. I already follow the instruction

Blockquote
$:/ControlPanel -> Advanced -> Editor Type -> text/vnd.tiddlywiki you must chose comptext instead of text.

After that, I try to edit tiddler and the editor area shows some error like below :

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There is a error writing : Undefined widget ‘edit-comptext’

What I have done so far?
1 Contact the developer through email but no response
2 Search the topic in this forum, stack workflow, etc but no explanation

Thus I try to seek answer and assistance by making a new topic. Is there anyone has the same problem / issue ?

Thank you before :pray:

#2

You did save and reload?

#3

Yes, I have save it and reload it. For your information, now I can not edit all of my tiddler. It’s stuck with the error message Undefined widget ‘edit-comptext’ in the editor area

#4

Make sure type “text/vnd.tiddlywiki” is comptext. Any typos and you’ll get that error.

#5

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Hi :grinning:
Thanks, I confirm that it is written comptext, save it and reload it (as @TW_Tones suggests too) but it still shows the same error.

Any other possible root cause for this behaviour?

Many thanks

#6

Do you have other plugins installed?

#7

Are you certain that you correctly installed the “edit-comptext” plugin? If you did, you should be able to find a tiddler named

$:/plugins/snowgoon88/edit-comptext

which is the plugin itself. In addition, after save-and-reload, the plugin should automatically unpack a set of shadow tiddlers named:

$:/plugins/snowgoon88/edit-comptext/completion.js
$:/plugins/snowgoon88/edit-comptext/config
$:/plugins/snowgoon88/edit-comptext/cursor-position.js
$:/plugins/snowgoon88/edit-comptext/edit-comptext.css
$:/plugins/snowgoon88/edit-comptext/edit-comptext.js
$:/plugins/snowgoon88/edit-comptext/examples
$:/plugins/snowgoon88/edit-comptext/framed.js
$:/plugins/snowgoon88/edit-comptext/readme
$:/plugins/snowgoon88/edit-comptext/simple.js
$:/plugins/snowgoon88/edit-comptext/usage
#8

Hi :grinning:

Sorry late to reply due to time differences. Yes I have several other plugins as below

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As why the comptext is disabled (the yellow one in the screenshot), I don’t know the reason. I don’t set any thing or press any key but it is disabled.

#9

Hi :grinning:

Sorry late to reply due to time difference. I just follow the installation instruction as mentioned in the website

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To add the bare plugin to your own TiddlyWiki5, just drag this link to the browser window:
$:/plugins/snowgoon88/edit-comptext

After that, I click import, save and reload. Afterwards, I set comptext replacing text on the editor.

I try to search one of your shadow tiddler suggestion and I can not find any in my TW. So I guess the plugin is not automatically unpack the shadow tiddler. But again I don’t know the reason. Do you have any suggestion for me to try?

Many Thanks

#10

As indicated in your reply to @Mark_S, it appears that the plugin IS installed, but is also DISABLED. This would certainly account for the “undefined widget” error message!

To re-enable the plugin, you can either:

  • DELETE the following tiddler: $:/config/Plugins/Disabled/$:/plugins/snowgoon88/edit-comptext
    or
  • Using the $:/ControlPanel > Plugins tab, find the entry for $:/plugins/snowgoon88/edit-comptext (the one that has the striped yellow background) and click on the “right chevron” button along the left side of that entry (it may be a little hard to see). This will display the plugin details. You should see an “Enable” button at the top right of the details. Click this button.

Then save-and-reload. View the $:/ControlPanel > Plugins tab again to confirm that the striped yellow background is gone. The plugin should now be working as desired.

Let me know how it goes…

-e

#11

Hi :grinning:

Thank you for your complete solution. It works now!! :+1:

So the root cause is that the plugin is not automatically enabled and I am lacking the knowledge of how to enable the plugin. All of other plugins is directly enabled the first time they are installed.

Thank you too for @EricShulman @Mark_S @clsturgeon @TW_Tones and the TW community
Sincerely yours :pray: