[tw5] Re: Unrestricted field names... an implied use case

Let me be more specific eg: >So, the field values could be a relationship between the current tiddler and those other tiddlers. For example: > >title: Adam >Barbara:mother >Caesar:father >David:friend You mentioned that having upper-case letters in the field names can help to solve the "relati

[tw5] Drop Down Fields/Content Filtering

Possibly a strange question. I have a massive list of organization type as well as others lists. I found, and got, the following drop down field working with a Tiddler for the field itself, and then another tiddler with all the options, one a new line, and surrounded by the option code. I the

[tw5] Re: Unrestricted field names... an implied use case

On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 5:12:19 PM UTC+2 Mat wrote: > Just thinking out loud... > > As you may know, the coming v5.2.0 will feature unrestricted field names. > This is very big news! This will push fields to a substantially more > prominent position because *fields can then be directly ma

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

Hi Brian, That's exactly the behaviour I was talking about in an earlier post here in the thread. ... But stuff like this has to be considered from the very beginning. At the moment we use wikitext transclusions to "simulat

[tw5] Checkbox Widget: A bit of appreciation for the "tag" attribute

I just noticed today the "tag" attribute for Checkbox Widgets. That is a huge help putting together a custom interface for managing tags on any tiddler. So thanks to whoever worked on that little gem. Snapshot below of a work-in-progress (part of a modal window for editing tiddlers). *aside*:

[tw5] Re: Filter question: get caption else use title

On Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 1:45:51 AM UTC+2 TW Tones wrote: as far as I can see I can replicate you filter with [tag[Widgets]sort[]] > +[get[caption]else[{!!title}]] while neither this or your filter provides > links to the original tiddler. > That doesn't produce the same results. Your filt

Re: [tw5] Re: Artwork for v5.2.0

Entries -- including through this most recent one submitted by James -- are all posted for easy comparison at https://tw-logo-contest.tiddlyhost.com/ Currently I haven't removed any entries except where authors have withdrawn them or indicated that one image is to replace another. So, Frank B

[tw5] Re: Get maximum number of tiddlers created a day

Euthymious, What do you mean by "*But is it possible to pick one maximum number?"* Do you mean limit the output? <$list filter="[!is[system]eachday[created]get[created]*limit[20]*]"> On {{{ []}}} {{{ [samedaycount[]] }}} tiddlers were created Tones On Wednesday, 16 June 2021 at 18:31:11 UTC+1

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

Brian, That would be useful but I am not sure if we can use var() as its a function. Changing $:/themes/tiddlywiki/vanilla/metrics/sidebarwidth is sufficient. Regards Tones On Thursday, 17 June 2021 at 10:55:08 UTC+10 Brian Radspinner wrote: > @Tones, I don't know if you can make a tool out

[tw5] Re: Unrestricted field names... an implied use case

Mart, I am execited about this too, see and vote for my Idea here Which reads; *is/all operators to include fields and new system fields! V5.2.0* *Folks,* *Would it be possible to add to the next version is[field] and all[fields]]

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

@Tones, I don't know if you can make a tool out of it but you can use CSS variables to get a start with one element's width effecting another's... *body.tc-body* { --sidebarWidth: 33.33%; } *.tc-sidebar-scrollable* { width: var(--sidebarWidth); } *.tc-story-river* { width: calc(100%

Re: [tw5] Re: Unable to run TiddlyDesktop on Linux

Timimi is an extension for the browser and an added part to download and set up - and then of course in the extension settings in you browser, you set up the backup part. What it does is saving and creating backup. You can use your tiddlywiki as you please with the addons you would like. Beake

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

Some thoughts; In a related need I created a sidebar width tool - attached. If you look at how it works I have to concatenate the N with px wide. This value permits one number to change the relationship using fluid story and fixed sidebar. I would like to see the number and units stored separat

[tw5] Re: Filter question: get caption else use title

Saq, Well then either I don't understand what you are saying and/or you don't understand what I am saying (or both). as far as I can see I can replicate you filter with [tag[Widgets]sort[]] +[get[caption]else[{!!title}]] while neither this or your filter provides links to the original tiddler.

[tw5] Re: Edit While Scrolling Content CSS

Thanks TiddlyTweeter! My idea came from a personal workflow preference, so it is rather unique in that sense. I also understand where you are coming from regarding a CSS Manipulator, however, I can also see the major issue there having a background with web development. Having a CSS manipulato

Re: [tw5] Re: Artwork for v5.2.0

I really like that design f.brunsb! On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 5:22:18 PM UTC-4 f.brunsb...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I have something more... > [image: entw5.png] > > TiddlyTweeter schrieb am Mittwoch, 16. Juni 2021 um 00:10:22 UTC+2: > >> iamdar...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Ok, modified 3rd

Re: [tw5] Re: Artwork for v5.2.0

something really basic: [image: キャプチャ.PNG] [image: 名称未設定.png] something about breaking things apart and putting them back together :) On Wednesday, 16 June 2021 at 22:22:18 UTC+1 f.brunsb...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I have something more... > [image: entw5.png] > > TiddlyTweeter schrieb

[tw5] Re: Filter request: "except those transcluded in the" current tiddler

I'd like to draw attention to this PR that's been sitting for about a year due to needed improvements: https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/4766 By making transclusion into a first-class citizen that TiddlyWiki keeps track of, it would produce an elegant solution for this problem and ma

Re: [tw5] Re: .tid file format

Aha, you've accidentally solved the mystery of why I have two tiddlers stored as JSON in my Zettelkasten wiki! They have newlines in fields. Thanks. :-) On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 9:32:37 AM UTC-5 jeremy...@gmail.com wrote: > Just to add that the .tid file format really is as simple as it l

Re: [tw5] Re: Artwork for v5.2.0

Hi, I have something more... [image: entw5.png] TiddlyTweeter schrieb am Mittwoch, 16. Juni 2021 um 00:10:22 UTC+2: > iamdar...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Ok, modified 3rd attempt ... > > >> Author: IAmDarthMole >> Name: Drag n Drop JSON LG >> >> [image: Logo4.png] >> > > I PERSONALLY THINK that is

Re: [tw5] Re: Unable to run TiddlyDesktop on Linux

Do either Beaker Browser or Timimi allow for TW addons such as TiddlyGraph? On Monday, June 14, 2021 at 11:12:11 AM UTC-4 Em Heppler wrote: > I have found Beaker Browser works really well on Linux/Ubuntu for > tiddlywiki. > > https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Saving%2520on%2520Beaker%2520Browser.htm

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

Hello everybody, I think a "simple tool" like TiddlyTweeter wants is already there. It is the basic settings. The community shows that for people who play a bit with it (and know CSS), many different designs are possible even without such a tool. You can still wish for it, of course :-) But pe

[tw5] Re: Edit While Scrolling Content CSS

iamdar...@gmail.com wrote: > The below CSS is a slightly modified submission by Soren over on a > different thread: https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/AbBmtgL7s74 > > When a Tiddler is edited it drops to the bottom of the screen and stays > there until it is saved. While locked at the bott

[tw5] Edit While Scrolling Content CSS

Hello, The below CSS is a slightly modified submission by Soren over on a different thread: https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/AbBmtgL7s74 When a Tiddler is edited it drops to the bottom of the screen and stays there until it is saved. While locked at the bottom of the screen you can sti

[tw5] Re: Filter request: "except those transcluded in the" current tiddler

I added this to my "documenting.tw" file: https://giffmex.org/gifts/documenting.tw.html#Filter%3A%20All%20tagging%20except%20those%20transcluded%20here On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 9:27:16 AM UTC-5 Si wrote: > Hi David, > > I've been planning to do something similar in my own wiki. I can't th

[tw5] Re: .tid file format

Thanks to all for your replies; that was exactly the information I was looking for. Now to get Pythoning. David Shaw On Wed, 16 Jun 2021, 09:12 David Shaw, wrote: > Is the format of a .tid file available anywhere? > > I ask because I am using Python to pull information from the Web, which I > t

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

PMario wrote ... > ... "simple tool" ... I think you meant "simple to use tool" ... The > backend side of this tool imo is complex and will need a lot of thought. As > I wrote in my last post. > HaHa! I love your semantic appreciation of English! Right! I did not really mean making it is easy.

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

PMario wrote... > ... vanilla CSS atm is close to 2500 lines of code. > Right! It is a major achievement! It is pretty astonishing! The end-use issues partly arise from* "HOW do you know?" *what directives in that vast stylesheet(s) system are active where and when? The developer tools will *r

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 5:04:07 PM UTC+2 TiddlyTweeter wrote: PMario's "fits my personal needs" is a kinda understatement :-) ... I agree > with him that ... > I do think it is true that DIFFERENT APPS (end-usages) often need > DIFFERENT FACES (end-looks / UI). > Yea, .. Most of the time

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 4:48:48 PM UTC+2 TiddlyTweeter wrote: It really strikes me that one of the TW gurus who understand it's CSS/HTML > and the cascade that binds the two ... > ... could probably give us a better TOOL to PLAY with layout dynamically??? > This basically means to create

[tw5] Filter expression for date field in the past and today

Hi! I'm trying to figure out a filter expression to show me the tiddlers with a custom date-field, which is populated by the date-picker plugin, that is either matching today's date or any past dates (or the last 100 days or so). I want to show those tiddlers in a table using TiddlyTables or Dyn

[tw5] Unrestricted field names... an implied use case

Just thinking out loud... As you may know, the coming v5.2.0 will feature unrestricted field names. This is very big news! This will push fields to a substantially more prominent position because *fields can then be directly mapped to tiddlers*. I mean, just look at this: *"In the current tidd

Re: [tw5] Re: Filter request: "except those transcluded in the" current tiddler

Yes! A big "¡Sí!" to si! Thanks, works great! On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 9:27 AM Si wrote: > Hi David, > > I've been planning to do something similar in my own wiki. I can't think > of a way to do it with a single filter expression, but here is a very > clunky approach: > > <$list filter="[tag]

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

Ciao PMario & Frank *Very interesting thread! * Real end-looks/end-usage are the stakes. PMario's "fits my personal needs" is a kinda understatement :-) ... I agree with him that ... I do think it is true that DIFFERENT APPS (end-usages) often need DIFFERENT FACES (end-looks / UI). My own PERS

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 2:24:04 PM UTC+2 Soren Bjornstad wrote: > Absolute positioning strikes me as likely to confuse TiddlyWiki's layout, > but I'm mostly a “guess and check” CSS user so I can't explain why, except > that I've tried to do it in the past and it hasn't worked very well. B

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

Ciao Soren & all It really strikes me that one of the TW gurus who understand it's CSS/HTML and the cascade that binds the two ... ... could probably give us a better TOOL to PLAY with layout dynamically??? TW is *exceptionally good* at dynamic recursion. The layout is infinitely tweak-able. So

[tw5] Re: Filter request: "except those transcluded in the" current tiddler

Just realized the search filter should probably be more like this: [!search:text:literal,casesensitive] On Wednesday, 16 June 2021 at 15:27:16 UTC+1 Si wrote: > Hi David, > > I've been planning to do something similar in my own wiki. I can't think > of a way to do it with a single filter expres

[tw5] Re: Filter request: "except those transcluded in the" current tiddler

Just realised the search should be literal and case sensitive: [!search::literal,casesensitive] On Wednesday, 16 June 2021 at 15:27:16 UTC+1 Si wrote: > Hi David, > > I've been planning to do something similar in my own wiki. I can't think > of a way to do it with a single filter expression, but

Re: [tw5] Re: .tid file format

Just to add that the .tid file format really is as simple as it looks, with the constraints implied by that simplicity: * Field names cannot contain colons * Field values (apart from the "text" field) cannot contain newlines The core works around these limitations by saving tiddlers in JSON form

[tw5] Re: Filter request: "except those transcluded in the" current tiddler

Hi David, I've been planning to do something similar in my own wiki. I can't think of a way to do it with a single filter expression, but here is a very clunky approach: <$list filter="[tag] [tag{!!draft.of}]" variable=tagged-tiddler> <$vars search-term={{{ [addprefix[{{]addsuffix[}}]] }}}

Re: [tw5] Re: Building a book/blog webpage -- is TW5 right for it?

Hello folks,   Thank you for all your answers. A lot of helpful elements. I also bumped into the Text-Slicer Edition which seems eminently useful for the book conversion part. Looks like this is actually integrated in the book browser/annotator that Télumire linked to.   It's still far from cle

Re: [tw5] Re: [TW5] group by field

Glad it helped. Thanks goes to Mark S. for all his work. Regards, Scot On Wednesday, 16 June 2021 at 03:45:39 UTC+1 Boazter wrote: > Very nice! There are some good things for me to explore here. It's > interesting to see the similarities and the very different paths we took. > Of course, my ski

[tw5] Re: [question] plugin that turn a transclusion into a clickable link in edit mode ?

Hello Saq, This is exactly what I wanted, thank you so much ! Since TW 5.2.0 is around the corner (?) I will wait a bit to upgrade my wiki, but your demo is perfect for my needs :) In my opinion, from a UX POV it's best to use a popup, or even better no popup at all (just click on the link to

[tw5] Re: .tid file format

To be clear since it sounds like you might be trying to create them from scratch without any reference to look off, you probably want to include at least the fields *created*, *modified*, *tags*, *title*, and *type. *Type is *text/vnd.tiddlywiki* for standard wikitext, and created/modified are

[tw5] Re: .tid file format

David, I parse them all the time and there's not really much to it – most of the fields are at the top separated from their values by a colon and a space, and then after the first blank line is the *text* field. I imagine this may change slightly in the upcoming version 5.2 since field names a

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

Absolute positioning strikes me as likely to confuse TiddlyWiki's layout, but I'm mostly a “guess and check” CSS user so I can't explain why, except that I've tried to do it in the past and it hasn't worked very well. But your situation may be different. Also, wouldn't that be applying the same

[tw5] Re: logical AND for filter runs

I think you may be looking for :intersection? - named prefix :intersection replaces all filter output so far with titles that are present in the output of this run, as well as the output from previous runs. Forms the input for the next run. NEW IN: 5.1.23 See the examples for filter r

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

Hello Mario, In your preview the main story is off-centered when the side menu panel is open. Personally I think it would maybe be better if it stayed perfectly centered as long as there is space for it, to reduce distraction (the text moving around) :) Otherwise, I love the centered story view

[tw5] Re: appending to external links

perfect, thanks Eric! On Wednesday, 16 June 2021 at 11:19:25 UTC+1 Eric Shulman wrote: > On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 2:50:58 AM UTC-7 james.w@gmail.com > wrote: > >> lets say I have a tiddler called Search which contains: >> www.google >> then in another tiddler i want to use this to crea

[tw5] Re: appending to external links

On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 2:50:58 AM UTC-7 james.w@gmail.com wrote: > lets say I have a tiddler called Search which contains: > www.google > then in another tiddler i want to use this to create external links to > different sites e.g. > {{Search}}.com -> www.google.com > {{Search}}.co.u

[tw5] appending to external links

Hello, wondering how i can achieve the following (admittedly contrived) example: lets say I have a tiddler called Search which contains: www.google then in another tiddler i want to use this to create external links to different sites e.g. {{Search}}.com -> www.google.com {{Search}}.co.uk -

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

I think I found something On Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 10:55:47 AM UTC+2 PMario wrote: > Hi Frank, > > You are right. That looks nicer as a default. ... The setting I created > fits my personal needs ;). .. > > IMO it should be possible to define your setting that way: > > - Body width ...

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

Hi Frank, You are right. That looks nicer as a default. ... The setting I created fits my personal needs ;). .. IMO it should be possible to define your setting that way: - Body width ... in pixel, em or % of the max-width ... which contains the story-river + the sidebar - Body / Sidebar .

[tw5] logical AND for filter runs

I've been into toying with run prefixes for my filters, to see what I can now do with them. I've been able to have an equivalent of "if not A then B" but I've not been able to get "if A then B". the + or :and prefix is not a logical AND at all but just a way to replace all currents stuff in the

[tw5] Get maximum number of tiddlers created a day

Hello! I got stuck on this seemingly simle question. It is rather easy to count tiddlers created each day: <$list filter="[!is[system]eachday[created]get[created]]"> On {{{ []}}} {{{ [samedaycount[]] }}} tiddlers were created But is it possible to pick one maximum number? -- You received thi

[tw5] .tid file format

Is the format of a .tid file available anywhere? I ask because I am using Python to pull information from the Web, which I then want to get into a Tiddlywiki and, for reasons that are far too long, complicated and boring to go into here, I am having to do all this on an Android device and can't ge

[tw5] Re: empty.html should start with a "Centered story, fixed sidebar" setting.

Hi Soren, That's an interesting approach and I think it looks good. ... IMO it would be a very easy to create a theme on top of my new "Centered story, fixed sidebar" option. It would need to add a new setting for "Editor width" in addition to the existing "Tiddler width" and there would be a

[tw5] Re: Filter question: get caption else use title

@pmario thank you for taking a look. Oddly enough, this came up now as I was trying to see if I could replace a custom filter with the new filter capabilities in the core. There are actually multiple ways that we could address this with a new filter but I haven't had the chance to think through