[Tiddler file naming] Save plugin.info tiddler in specified path with .info extension

[kookma]

I use $:/config/FileSystemPaths for customizing tiddler file naming. I have a plugin.info tiddler and I like to

1. save it in system/plugins/kookma/tamasha
2. save on the disk with .info extension NOT .tid

I used the below filter

• $:/config/FileSystemPaths
  [title[plugin.info]addprefix[system/plugins/kookma/tamasha]]

but no success! Would you please advise me on this.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 10
• Browser Chrome 87
• Node.JS 12 .19.0
• Version Tiddlywiki 5.1.23 on Node.JS

[Jermolene]

Hi @kookma

2. save on the disk with .info extension NOT .tid

the trouble is on reading the file back the system would have no way of knowing that the .info file was to be treated as a .tid file.

[kookma]

@Jermolene - Thank you for clarification. I hope some day I can solve this problem -:)

[joshuafontany]

With 5.1.23 you can use a $:/config/FileSystemExtensions like this:

[suffix[.info]then[.info]]

This will a) force a *.meta file to be written to disk holding all other field but the text field, and b) the text field will be written to disk as the "safe-title"plus the custom-extention-from-filter.

This is handled separately from the paths defined in $:/config/FileSystemPaths. You can remove the ".info" from the tiddler's title in the $:/config/FileSystemPaths filters.

[kookma]

@joshuafontany - thank you. That means I can write the my-tiddler.info as file my-tiddler.info on the disk. So with 5.1.23 I can implement what I asked! Am I right?

[kookma]

@joshuafontany - I was able to write to disk and read from disk using your suggestion

• $:/config/FileSystemExtensions contains
  [suffix[.info]then[.info]]

and

• $:/config/FileSystemPaths contains

[suffix[.info]!has[draft.of]removesuffix[.info]removeprefix[$:/]addprefix[system/]]

[is[system]!has[draft.of]removeprefix[$:/]addprefix[system/]]

[is[draft]search-replace:g:regexp[/|\\],[_]addprefix[drafts/]]

So, it works great! I can create plugin.info tiddler of type JSON and write/read to disk as plugin.info. Thank you

caveat
The strange behavior is, if I change line one with line three in $:/config/FileSystemPaths Tiddlywiki save plugin.info as plugin.info.info. I cannot understand this. May be it is because of first line and third line both create a name for plugin.info tiddler and first takes priority.

[saqimtiaz]

@kookma in both config tiddlers, the first path to match wins. So the most specific filters need to be higher up.

Documentation: https://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#Customising%20Tiddler%20File%20Naming

[kookma]

Thank you Saq! So here the behavior is different from say <$lisy filter="filter-run1 filter-run2">. I bookmarked the doc page.

[saqimtiaz]

@kookma consider the use case: if multiple filters match to modify a path, we cannot apply them all and still get a coherent path. Therefore we use the first filter that matches.

[kookma]

I got it! Thank you