Feature Request: File, Open from disk

[marksz]

When I'm creating user-scripts via an AI chat, I often generate a lot of total version rewrites, and save each one to disk with
File, Save to disk.
Some times I have to go back a version or two to get back to a stable starting place for a feature i'm trying to get with a fresh chat as the context window in the old one has gotten so full, the AI spits out lots of junk code, which is often faster to evaluate by running rather than reading thoroughly. I comment what works or doesn't after testing each version, so it'd be much faster to find the right one right in Tampermonkey.

So, to go back, I have to find the right version in another text editor, copy the code, and paste it back into Tampermonkey.
It'd be much faster to just revert with the File menu in Tampermonkey, so why not have an open to go with the existing save?
This seems a pretty fundamental omission to me, but easily rectified!

It's nice to have a block edit Undo, but I'd really like a file level Undo too!

[AjiTae]

Maybe this'll help: https://github.com/Tampermonkey/tamperdav/

[marksz]

Thanks AjiTae, but that doesn't really solve the problem of needing an external editor. It would just replace the copy/paste with a file save as, and navigate to the right webdav copy of the script, which might even take longer than the copy/paste method I use now for a version revert.
The message: "WARNING: this is not a 100% WebDAV-compliant server. Many clients should, but don't necessarily have to work!"
at your link makes me concerned this could introduce more productivity interrupting issues to find a reliable client.

[derjanb]

The message: "WARNING: this is not a 100% WebDAV-compliant server. Many clients should, but don't necessarily have to work!" at your link makes me concerned this could introduce more productivity interrupting issues to find a reliable client.

This just says that it'll work with Tampermonkey, but there is no guarantee that it works with other WebDAV clients even though I tested some sucessfully.

[derjanb]

In case you're using VSCode, then you now can utilize this VSCode extension and this browser extension to modify the scripts in your local editor. Hope this helps.

[marksz]

I've been using a userscript manager editor on, and often off, for like 30 years.
I started with MIT's Chickenfoot before Greasemonkey.
Tampermonkey has been my editor for at least 10-15 years!
I don't know VSCode. I just like fixing web annoyances that bug me!
Although I hear VSCode is more efficient than Chat oriented programming.

Isn't an Open option right in Tampermonkey fairly trivial for most browser APIs?
It looks like little more than a copy paste from the API examples for Chrome, and a simple UI change.
Firefox usually has great developer docs too, so those two would be plenty for me!

The File System Access API: simplifying access to local files  |  Capabilities  |  Chrome for Developers
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/capabilities/web-apis/file-system-access

[derjanb]

Implemented at 5.5.6236 (crx|xpi in review)
At Chrome you can also track the modifications of local file now.

Chrome/Edge users, please download the crx file linked above and drag and drop it to the extensions page chrome://extensions or wait for the Chrome Web Store review being done.
Firefox users please wait for the XPI being reviewed and install the BETA version or check for BETA version updates at about:addons once the review is finished.

For a quick fix please export your settings and scripts as zip or (JSON) file at the "Utilities" tab and import it back at the fixed BETA version.

[raszpl]

Tested "track from disk" in vivadli 7.9.3950.5 (Official Build) (64-bit) Chromium Version 144.0.7559.175.
Works ok first time I select "track from disk", warns about overwrite and loads file from disk fine.
I get "Unable to parse this! :(" the moment I save that file on disk in external editor, everything else seems to work and file is updated correctly.