[tw] [TW5] Duplicate tiddler names and TOC tree

2015-09-20 Thread Bob Flandard
Hello, I'm using the excellent toc macro, but notice that it's not possible to have two (or more) tiddlers with the same name, which means that two distinct level1 tiddlers can't have level2 children with the same name. I could just think of unique names, but that looks a bit strange (e.g.

[tw] Re: [TW5] Formatting the results of a $list as a

2015-09-20 Thread Hegart Dmishiv
Might I interject with the term *"a reference manual"* as opposed to *"a user manual"*? That's how the current documentation feels to me. If you know specifically what you're looking for, then I'm sure it's great. But from a complete beginner's perspective it's difficult to find the

Re: [tw] Re: [TW5] Default values for templates

2015-09-20 Thread Evolena
Le dimanche 20 septembre 2015 00:29:51 UTC+2, Tobias Beer a écrit : > > Now I'm confused, because... what was I testing earlier? ^_^ > > [...] one of the last times this kicked in: > > #1939 saving a tiddler with non-empty input fields > >

[tw] Re: [TW5] Formatting the results of a $list as a

2015-09-20 Thread Hegart Dmishiv
Hi *@Tobi*, In the official docs: *"make a macro available to all tiddlers"* vs my: *"global macro"*, and I'm the one complaining that the current documentation is too developer-centric?! Oh gosh, what a dunderhead I must seem. I guess that's why I couldn't find it when searching for "global

[tw] Re: [TW5] Formatting the results of a $list as a

2015-09-20 Thread Tobias Beer
Hi Evolena, > For example, it's a detail but I don't like to have to open a new tiddler > to access examples. > I certainly agree with you on this and I can even see how this might actually put users off. While concise, formalized, standardized, these tables essentially are quite cryptic.

[tw] Re: [TW5] Formatting the results of a $list as a

2015-09-20 Thread Hegart Dmishiv
Thanks *@Eric* and *@Evolena*, it's always great to get multiple answers showing different ways of achieving something, it gives me more opportunity to learn. Speaking of which, I just wanted to explain myself a bit, and why I'm asking all these strange questions. I'm really struggling to

[tw] Re: [TW5] Formatting the results of a $list as a

2015-09-20 Thread Tobias Beer
Hi Hegart, > I guess there must be some way to make this macro accessible globally > within my wiki, by moving the macro definition into a new tiddler named > something like $:/_Macros/defn-link or something. Is that all I'd need to > do to make it globally accessible to other tiddlers

[tw] Re: [TW5] Formatting the results of a $list as a

2015-09-20 Thread Tobias Beer
Hi Evolena, > I must admit that I'm not fond of the new documentation too, I often open > an old TW5.1.7 to retrieve a simplest presentation. What exactly would you mean? Can you give an example? -tb -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[tw] Re: [TW5] Formatting the results of a $list as a

2015-09-20 Thread Evolena
Look at the LinkWidget . If I correctly understand what you try to achieve, something like this may work: <$link to="Open Source" tooltip={{Open Source!!dfn}} tag="abbr">open source or: <$set name="tv-wikilink-tooltip" value="{{!!dfn}}"> <$link to="Open

Re: [tw] Re: [TW5] Default values for templates

2015-09-20 Thread FrD
Hi Evolena, Great news ! I didn't know of default values for macros. I've learnt a lot today. Most of my use-cases are text references like {{!!title}} or some other field as it is common when using templates. Thanks ! FrD Le samedi 19 septembre 2015 21:44:08 UTC+2, Evolena a écrit : > > As

Re: [tw] Re: [TW5] How to get rid of "Drop here (or use the 'Escape' key to cancel)" green ribbon?

2015-09-20 Thread Tobias Beer
Haven't looked at how the green drop-bar is actually triggered, but to fix the fox, this might do: body:-moz-drag-over .tc-green-drag-thingy{ display:block; } - tb -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this

[tw] Re: [TW5] Formatting the results of a $list as a

2015-09-20 Thread Evolena
Le dimanche 20 septembre 2015 09:38:23 UTC+2, Hegart Dmishiv a écrit : > > Thanks *@Eric* and *@Evolena*, it's always great to get multiple answers > showing different ways of achieving something, it gives me more opportunity > to learn. > > Speaking of which, I just wanted to explain myself a

[tw] Re: [TW5] Formatting the results of a $list as a

2015-09-20 Thread Eric Shulman
On Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 10:55:22 PM UTC-7, Hegart Dmishiv wrote: > > [[GIMP]] is an [[">open source|Open Source]] graphics > application. > Use the <$link> widget around the , and use TextReference syntax to retrieve the "defn" field value from the target tiddler: [[GIMP]] is an

Re: [tw] Re: [TW5] Default values for templates

2015-09-20 Thread Tobias Beer
> > Haha, when testing I thought it didn't work because of that! > :D do the double-check is the mother of correctitude - tb -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it,

[tw] Re: [TW5] Formatting the results of a $list as a

2015-09-20 Thread Evolena
For example, it's a detail but I don't like to have to open a new tiddler to access examples. It's more of a sentiment than of a reasoning, but I understand when people find it too developper-centric. Maybe it has become too formal, less explicit *per se*. I reckon it's been a lot of work to

[tw] Re: [TW5] Duplicate tiddler names and TOC tree

2015-09-20 Thread Tobias Beer
Hi Bob, There is: using the caption field . In fact, I am thinking that I might also want an option to shown the the caption as the title in view-mode, thus: displayed title: *Introduction* actual title: *My New Book With A Long

[tw] Re: [TiddlyWiki5] folded tiddlers - not enough visual feedback (#1908)

2015-09-20 Thread Tobias Beer
Hi Andrew, Will the fold-bar icon actually show up on the View Toolbar tab in the > control panel when it is released cause right now it isn't? Jeremy must be responding lightning fast, otherwise I cannot explain how it is the very last entry. :-) Or, are you asking for an icon for the bars?

[tw] Re: How to sort a group of tiddlers based on Field value

2015-09-20 Thread Shash
Hi, Let us say, I have around 10 tiddlers for each individual topic of a chapter. Now instead of listing using makedoc plugin (as suggested in your makedoc plugin) I want to add a field named 'topic_number' where I can add a number and later list it in the chapter tiddler. I tried using your

[tw] Re: How to sort a group of tiddlers based on Field value

2015-09-20 Thread Tobias Beer
Hi Shash, Haven't looked at "makedoc" in forever. ^_^ I believe there is no way for makedoc to have a chapter count right now. I once proposed iterator variables but they have unfortunately been removed again, because they would not

[tw] Context Search plugin in sidebar

2015-09-20 Thread Danielo Rodríguez
Hello Bob, glad you are giving my plugin good use. What do you expect exactly to be the default behavior? To display the highlighted results when searching instead of the list? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe

[tw] Re: How to sort a group of tiddlers based on Field value

2015-09-20 Thread Hegart Dmishiv
I don't know if this is helpful at all, I'm still very new to TiddlyWiki myself, but there is a tiddler field called *list*, which can be used to alter the sort order of tiddlers tagged with the title of the current tiddler. For example, to use your use-case, I have a chapter of my book, with

[tw] Re: How to sort a group of tiddlers based on Field value

2015-09-20 Thread Hegart Dmishiv
Reading back through ListField and Order of Tagged Tiddlers it seems that I'm not using them in the way they were intended. My method works, but may have unintended side effects. To use the *list* tiddler

Re: [tw] Re: Are the downloadable TWs from tw.com assembled at download or pre-made?

2015-09-20 Thread Erwan
Hi Tobias, With Mat we had a discussion on github which is related to this kind of idea: https://github.com/erwanm/tw-aggregator/issues/77 It would indeed make sense to have this as a local application, but first I'd like to try something based on reading input parameters from the indexed

[tw] [TW5] Tinka Plugin Packer 0.2.0-beta release

2015-09-20 Thread 'Andreas Hahn' via TiddlyWiki
Hi, just a heads up for everyone interested: I just released a beta version with many new features which hopefully make plugin creation both even more simple and more comfortable. Since this is a beta release, please do not hesitate to report bugs/typos and the likes. It is also recomended

[tw] How to sort a group of tiddlers based on Field value

2015-09-20 Thread Shash
Hi, I have a group of tiddlers and I want to sort them based on a field value which is numeric. I tried using sort and nsort but I think I am missing something in there. Requesting help for this. Thanks! Shash -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [tw] CommunitySearch new address and new features

2015-09-20 Thread Tobias Beer
Hi Erwan, > I'd prefer to avoid having to rewrite urls automatically since it would > probably be a source of errors. > As far as I can see... 1. you know the url of the source wiki 2. you know the target tiddler title 3. you can url-encode that into an external link This surely

Re: [tw] [TW5] Documentation Contributors Edition

2015-09-20 Thread Jeremy Ruston
Hi Erwan So basically I think it's possible with an aggregator-like system to: > Have you seen the process I use with the Translators edition; it's very similar: http://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/editions/translators/#Extracting%20Translations > * how to transmit the name/address of the wiki

Re: [tw] Re: Are the downloadable TWs from tw.com assembled at download or pre-made?

2015-09-20 Thread Tobias Beer
Hi Erwan, First of all, thanks for your amazing contribution. Needs to be said, again, and again. :-) > There are many possibilities and I don't know what is best, so of course > suggestions are welcome! > In general, I would design that application / workflow in a way that everyone could

[tw] Re: [TW5] Tinka Plugin Packer 0.2.0-beta release

2015-09-20 Thread Tobias Beer
Hi Andreas, I really like this. If I see it right, it can also be used ad-hoc create what I once called swarms . Thinking along those lines, as a tool to package more "ad-hoc" collections rather than full blown plugins, it would

Re: [tw] CommunitySearch new address and new features

2015-09-20 Thread Erwan
On 18/09/15 06:26, Tobias Beer wrote: This is nice. It appears that there might be some external links missing? ...especially the documentation links. It's because at the time these "news" were written I thought they would be displayed only on the wiki. In the future I think it's easier

[tw] Re: [TW5] Duplicate tiddler names and TOC tree

2015-09-20 Thread Bob Flandard
Hello tb, Thanks for the link. That is nifty and works well. The caption field displayed as the tiddler title would be a nice option. There could be many tiddlers that you wanted displayed with a title "Introduction" as it's a common heading, but only one tiddler is allowed that privilege.

[tw] Re: How to sort a group of tiddlers based on Field value

2015-09-20 Thread Hegart Dmishiv
Further testing has revealed that my method does NOT in fact work, and it was just coincidence that they were appearing in the order that I had created them in, rather than in alphabetical order. The correct way to use the *list* field is as documented in the TW official docs, by adding it to

[tw] Re: [TW5] Formatting the results of a $list as a

2015-09-20 Thread Hegart Dmishiv
A couple of observations I've made since starting to use the same information stored in my *defn* tiddler variable as a popup (hover) explanatory text. 1. As and tooltip don't like inline coding, all my definitions should be in plain text only. 2. Referencing a field of a tiddler is

[tw] [TW5] Fields Tag Template

2015-09-20 Thread Andrew
Hello again all you wonderful people, I'm excited to introduce another of my little creations which I would like to call the fields tag to further the tiddler experience. Please forgive me if anyone else has created anything like this already. Simply import the template and tag any tiddler you

[tw] Re: How to delete unused Tags in TW5

2015-09-20 Thread JL
Hi Matabele, Thanks for that. I have got my head around Tobias' plugin interface now, but will give yours a shot too, in the interests of my tw education. Cheers JL On Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 6:07:05 PM UTC+7, Matabele wrote: > > Hi > > I have attached a test version as a .tid file

[tw] Re: Context Search plugin in sidebar

2015-09-20 Thread Tobias Beer
Hi Bob, Similar to this one: Custom Search Tab "Exact" @ tb5 ...you could create one that is called "context". Best wishes, — tb -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group.

[tw] Re: How to delete unused Tags in TW5

2015-09-20 Thread JL
Hi Tobias, What confused me is that most of my tags are also tiddlers. So when I entered a tag, I saw the button offering to rename the tiddler (not replace the tag). That was the button I was referring to in my earlier post. It took me a while to work out what was going on there, and also to

[tw] Re: How to delete unused Tags in TW5

2015-09-20 Thread Hegart Dmishiv
One thing I learned recently about TiddlyWiki, which might be relevant, is that if you apply a personalised colour to a tag using $:/TagManager, a tiddler is generated automatically for that tag if there isn't already one, with nothing else in the new tiddler but the *color* field (and, or

[tw] Re: How to delete unused Tags in TW5

2015-09-20 Thread Matabele
Hi JL The functionality of the two methods is equivalent with the exception that I have offered an option to replace/remove the selected tag from all tiddlers with one button click (click the four crosses at the top of the RHS column.) I thought this might be useful for your particular use

Re: [tw] Fwd: [TiddlyWiki5] folded tiddlers - not enough visual feedback (#1908)

2015-09-20 Thread Tobias Beer
Hi Andrew, When would an "unfold other tiddlers" button be of use, as compared to the existing "unfold all"? Not expected to find this option here since it isn't really a button or a > tool but more of a styling option. +1 Best wishes, — tb -- You received this message because you are

[tw] Context Search plugin in sidebar

2015-09-20 Thread Bob Flandard
Hello, I've been fiddling with TW5 variations and have managed to get one particular TW with the context search plugin http://braintest.tiddlyspot.com/#Context%20Plugin that gives results in the sidebar rather than the main story river. The sidebar has two tabs "List" and "Context", the

Re: [tw] Fwd: [TiddlyWiki5] folded tiddlers - not enough visual feedback (#1908)

2015-09-20 Thread andrew harrison
Sorry, I was just a little slow in understanding that the missing button isn't a button but a bar that runs across the tiddler. Not expected to find this option here since it isn't really a button or a tool but more of a styling option. It would be nice to have a button that unfolds everything

[tw] Fwd: [TiddlyWiki5] folded tiddlers - not enough visual feedback (#1908)

2015-09-20 Thread andrew harrison
Umm, will the fold-bar icon actually show up on the View Toolbar tab in the control panel when it is released cause right now it isn't? It's also not showing up on the Tools tab in tiddler info. But, great feature. I wish it were a plugin though. -- You received this message because you are

[tw] Re: How to sort a group of tiddlers based on Field value

2015-09-20 Thread Tobias Beer
Hi Shash, Any chance you can upload a minimal testcase? Best wishes, — tb -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: [tw] Fwd: [TiddlyWiki5] folded tiddlers - not enough visual feedback (#1908)

2015-09-20 Thread Jeremy Ruston
Hi Andrew On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 5:54 PM, andrew harrison < andrew.j.harriso...@gmail.com> wrote: > Umm, will the fold-bar icon actually show up on the View Toolbar tab in > the control panel when it is released cause right now it isn't? It's also > not showing up on the Tools tab in tiddler

[tw] Re: [TiddlyWiki5] folded tiddlers - not enough visual feedback (#1908)

2015-09-20 Thread andrew harrison
I've been playing with this upcoming feature and something is missing, once I fold everything, I can't click one place to unfold everything. I have to click 42 times (a little exaggerated for effect) to get all my tiddlers expanded again. On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 9:54 AM, andrew harrison <