What are workflows to copy tiddlers between single file wikis multiple times?

#1

I want to split a single file wiki into two smaller ones. This will require copying/moving tiddlers into the new empty second wiki multiple times.

I think the most common way is to use drag-and-drop. Bad on mobile. Not functional for full screen window workflows, even on desktops and big displays. Don’t I need two windows side by side to make use of drag-and-drop? Most modern browsers use full window tabs, is it possible at all to have two tabs displayed side by side a la two-pane file managers like Midnight Commander? Or do I have to use two browser instances/two browsers?

Another option is to export the tiddler to a file, then import it to the second wiki, but that is too much clicking for each tiddler.

Since TiddlyWiki can save a tiddler to a file and can import a tiddler from a file, I’d be happy to have copy/cut to clipboard and import from clipboard buttons, but only find old threads like this one Storing Tiddlers in the Clipboard

#2

Would working from the AdvancedSearch help? I do a lot from there myself. If you can write a filter for the tiddlers you want to move, then from the “export” button, instead of clicking it, you can drag and drop that into a new TW to import them.

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#3

I need to move single tiddlers, but interactively, multiple times, and one by one, so input data is just one tiddler title for each iteration. I brought up Midnight Commander for a reason - there I can open two directories (my two wikis) and copying or moving a file is the matter of moving the cursor to it and pressing one key.

And I want to avoid involving NodeJS, where each tiddler is a file.

#4

if you make a list of the tiddlers that you want to move then you can copy the list and paste into advanced search. you can then export all at once into a json file and then import them all into the new wiki in one step. you can also use the list to delete button in advanced search after you have exported them

#5

I have no lists of tiddlers. As I read through tiddlers, I decide that I want to move a single tiddler to another single file wiki. Since this is a repetitive task, I am investigating various ways of doing it. As I’ve tried to explain above, both drag-and-drop, as well as export to file then import back to the other wiki have their drawbacks. Drag and drop is not mobile friendly. Export/Import through a regular file requires too many user actions, it is not ergonomic.

A workflow like:

  1. Click on a button of current tiddler ViewToolbar to copy/cut the current tiddler to system clipboard
  2. Switch to other single file wiki
  3. Click on a button in the Page Toolbar to paste from system clipboard as new tiddler, with an optional global setting to automatically change the tiddler owner (the creator field) to the one in the new wiki

would be much better.

#6

Utilize the bundler plugin from @Pmario. It allows you to save several complex filters, and exporting/importing is a straightforward process.

#7

This doesn’t exist. If making a list is too hard, you could add a tag to the tiddler for which wiki you want to copy it to and then export in batches.