[tw5] TW5: Paywall plugin

2021-02-14 Thread Dr. Bob Jansen
Anyone know of a paywall plugin for TW5? I have an interested potential client but he wants a paywall feature around parts of the wiki. bobj -- Dr Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia Ph (Korea): +82 10-4494-0328 Ph (Australia) +61 414 297

[tw5] Re: Using TiddlyWiki for fact-based information modelling and database engineering ???

2020-12-15 Thread Bob Jansen
eply >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/57_eiPadjCo/m/uknk-SRbAAAJ> >>>>> ? >>>>> >>>>> I am confident of creating links and relationships of any type with >>>>> tiddlywiki, with tags, alt-tags and

[tw5] Re: Using TiddlyWiki for fact-based information modelling and database engineering ???

2020-12-14 Thread Bob Jansen
would of course need to be more familiar with the Toulmin data model >>> to implement it well. >>> >>> Tones >>> >>> >>> On Monday, 7 December 2020 at 11:45:40 UTC+11 bob...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> Tones, >>>>

[tw5] Re: Using TiddlyWiki for fact-based information modelling and database engineering ???

2020-12-06 Thread Bob Jansen
bout implementation methods >> of the Toulmin data model I espoused before. But you didn't elaborate :-( >> >> So come on, how about some of your ideas :-) >> >> bobj >> >> On Monday, 7 December 2020 at 11:43:43 UTC+11 Bob Jansen wrote: >> >>&g

[tw5] Re: Using TiddlyWiki for fact-based information modelling and database engineering ???

2020-12-06 Thread Bob Jansen
Tones, you piqued my curiosity with your statement about implementation methods of the Toulmin data model I espoused before. But you didn't elaborate :-( So come on, how about some of your ideas :-) bobj On Monday, 7 December 2020 at 11:43:43 UTC+11 Bob Jansen wrote: > Hans > &

[tw5] Re: Using TiddlyWiki for fact-based information modelling and database engineering ???

2020-12-06 Thread Bob Jansen
Hans a pleasure. bobj On Sunday, 6 December 2020 at 22:58:16 UTC+11 hww...@gmail.com wrote: > Bob, > > That is a neat association/relationship sketch. Thanks for sharing it and > the link to your research site. > > Regards, > Hans > > On Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 8:21:04 PM UTC-5 bob...@

[tw5] Re: Using TiddlyWiki for fact-based information modelling and database engineering ???

2020-12-05 Thread Bob Jansen
Tones, your description of your hierarchy brought back to mind the PhD thesis work I did on extending conventional data dictionaries to cater for knowledge objects. I created a proof of concept using Hypercard, a precursor of TW, using a data model similar to what you are describing. The data m

[tw5] Re: Using TiddlyWiki for fact-based information modelling and database engineering ???

2020-12-03 Thread Bob Jansen
Just a follow up. There appears to be a freely available online edition of an updated version of Toulmin's book at http://johnnywalters.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/3/5/13358288/toulmin-the-uses-of-argument_1.pdf bobj On Friday, 4 December 2020 at 10:07:49 UTC+11 Bob Jansen wrote: > Tones,

[tw5] Re: Using TiddlyWiki for fact-based information modelling and database engineering ???

2020-12-03 Thread Bob Jansen
ooks can be re-queried (all my books are in storage as we have been >>>> living >>>> most of the time in South Korea for the past decade. Corona has left us >>>> 'stranded' in Sydney). >>>> >>>> I will respond to the recent

[tw5] Re: Using TiddlyWiki for fact-based information modelling and database engineering ???

2020-12-02 Thread Bob Jansen
time to take discussion outside of this >> group. Not that I want to disenfranchise anybody but the discussion has >> wider ramifications/application than Tiddlywiki. It also can be applied to >> Mediawiki and even Bill Atkinson's original Hypercard and its offshoots. &g

[tw5] Re: Using TiddlyWiki for fact-based information modelling and database engineering ???

2020-12-01 Thread Bob Jansen
tc. Just a thought. Ciao for now. bobj On Wednesday, 2 December 2020 at 14:19:52 UTC+11 Bob Jansen wrote: > TiddlyTweeter wrote: > "Very good case example (http://cultconv.com/ [footnote---on mobile its > too minuscule!])." > > yes, I know of the sizing issue on mobile

[tw5] Re: Using TiddlyWiki for fact-based information modelling and database engineering ???

2020-12-01 Thread Bob Jansen
TiddlyTweeter wrote: "Very good case example (http://cultconv.com/ [footnote---on mobile its too minuscule!])." yes, I know of the sizing issue on mobile devices. Not sure how to handle that other than a redesign which I am loathe to do given usage stats (~8,000 per month over last calendar ye

[tw5] Re: Using TiddlyWiki for fact-based information modelling and database engineering ???

2020-11-29 Thread Bob Jansen
Charlie, very interesting project and something along the lines I have been thinking about for many years. I started by extending a data dictionary model to cater for knowledge objects (my PhD dissertation) which lead very quickly into how to describe the various complex objects involved and th

[tw5] Custom export format

2020-10-14 Thread Bob Jansen
of TLSConsignment to take advantage of new features, bug fixes, etc. The upgrade will be provided by Dr. Bob Jansen with instructions of how to perform the upgrade. You do not need to upgrade if you do not want to, it is entirely your own decision. But if you do not upgrade you may miss out of

Re: [tw5] Re: Alternate titles for tiddlers

2020-10-10 Thread Bob Jansen
aption as well. My serial > number idea is more to allow the tiddlers to have any name (that is unique > and rename tolerant) > > Regards > Tones > > > > On Saturday, 10 October 2020 20:31:45 UTC+11, Bob Jansen wrote: > >> Mario >> >> I did see your po

Re: [tw5] Re: Alternate titles for tiddlers

2020-10-10 Thread Bob Jansen
my TW is implementing. This I presume might be for a future TW version Bobj Dr. Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia Ph: +61 414 297 448 Skype: bobjtls > On 10 Oct 2020, at 19:12, PMario wrote: > > Hi, > I'm a bit confused. Did you see my post, that conta

Re: [tw5] Re: Alternate titles for tiddlers

2020-10-09 Thread Bob Jansen
Tones Sounds like you’re on the case already Bobj Dr. Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia Ph: +61 414 297 448 Skype: bobjtls > On 10 Oct 2020, at 10:53, TW Tones wrote: > > Bob, > > We can already, we just keep title and have another user field for t

Re: [tw5] Re: Alternate titles for tiddlers

2020-10-09 Thread Bob Jansen
Tones Maybe we need to learn a lesson from databases, have every tiddler with a unique key generated by the system and use the title as a user field. Bobj Dr. Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia Ph: +61 414 297 448 Skype: bobjtls > On 10 Oct 2020, at 09:06, TW To

[tw5] Alternate titles for tiddlers

2020-10-09 Thread Bob Jansen
Is it possible to have a tilddler with a title, say TK15, but on display to display a more meaningful title? My TW has tiddlers with such obscure titles as they represent an asset number but the actual asset, an artwork, may have a title of Blue Poles, oil on canvas, 2000x1500cm, 1987 It woul

[tw5] Re: Show/Hide a button

2020-10-09 Thread Bob Jansen
I sorted it out. I misunderstood the scope of the state tiddler. It can be the current tiddler and use of a field value makes the test simple. bobj On Friday, 9 October 2020 at 15:25:29 UTC+11 Bob Jansen wrote: > I would like to show/hide a button depending on the value of a variable of

[tw5] Show/Hide a button

2020-10-08 Thread Bob Jansen
I would like to show/hide a button depending on the value of a variable of a tiddler. I see the reveal widget would do this but how can I set the state variable tiddler on the display of the target tiddler? I have tried action-setfield but this needs to be activated by a button. Anyone got any

Re: [tw5] Re: editlist widget

2020-10-08 Thread Dr Bob Jansen
Thanks Eric, that did the trick BobJ --- Dr Bob Jansen The Cultural Conversations project Turtle Lane Studios Pty Ltd trading as the Australian Centre for Oral History 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia Ph (Korea): +82 10-4494-0328 Ph (Australia) +61 414 297 448 Resume

[tw5] editlist widget

2020-10-07 Thread Bob Jansen
Eric, could you provide an example of how to use the listview attribute to display the content of two fields with a comma space between them. eg. Bob Jansen, Turtle Lane bobj -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubs

[tw5] Re: Transclusion issues

2020-10-06 Thread Bob Jansen
all view templates would be renamed to have the prefix $:/bobj/gallery-ops/ and remain tagged with $:/tags/ViewTemplate 3. What do you mean by 'You can then collect code into functional tiddlers' bobj On Wednesday, 7 October 2020 at 15:30:33 UTC+11 Bob Jansen wrote: > Tones, S

[tw5] Re: Auto Save Wiki

2020-10-06 Thread Bob Jansen
Thanks Eric, I will look into this bobj On Wednesday, 7 October 2020 at 16:36:28 UTC+11 Eric Shulman wrote: > On Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 9:56:44 PM UTC-7, Bob Jansen wrote: >> >> Is there a way to Auto Save a wiki file, after say, a specified time >> period? &

[tw5] Auto Save Wiki

2020-10-06 Thread Bob Jansen
Is there a way to Auto Save a wiki file, after say, a specified time period? My trial user has complained of the current method and especially the Leave Page... message which meant nothing to her until I explained it. She has lost several periods of data changes so far and is not happy. This al

[tw5] Leaving a TW unsaved but no Leave Page ... message

2020-10-06 Thread Bob Jansen
I have noticed that if I leave my TW file without saving through selecting another URL from my Bookmarks Bar (I am using Safari on a Mac) then I do not get the Leave Page... message and instead I see the requested URL and loose all unsaved changes. Is it possible to amend this so that the Leave

[tw5] Re: Transclusion issues

2020-10-06 Thread Bob Jansen
Tones, Saq and Joshua, Thank you for all your help. My code now works as expected so I can move forward to the next 'obstacle' :-) bobj On Wednesday, 7 October 2020 at 15:28:44 UTC+11 Bob Jansen wrote: > Tones, > Sounds interesting as a way for me to provide an update mechan

[tw5] Re: Transclusion issues

2020-10-06 Thread Bob Jansen
ks]] and save tags for ad hoc organisation. > > Regards > Tony > > On Monday, 5 October 2020 17:05:50 UTC+11, Bob Jansen wrote: > >> I am trying to implement a simple function in my TW. >> >> >> <$button> >> <$list filter="

Re: [tw5] Re: Transclusion issues

2020-10-06 Thread Bob Jansen
Saq Sorry for misspelling your name. I am currently on my iPhone and it thinks it is correcting me Bobj Dr. Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia Ph: +61 414 297 448 Skype: bobjtls > On 7 Oct 2020, at 10:30, Saq Imtiaz wrote: > > \define buttonActions() > &

Re: [tw5] Re: Transclusion issues

2020-10-06 Thread Bob Jansen
Saw, Ah bugger, you are right. I have been looking at this for over a day and did not spot this. This is the problem with trying various ideas and stuff from one idea gets left behind. Will change and hopefully this will fix things. Bobj Dr. Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216

Re: [tw5] Re: Transclusion issues

2020-10-06 Thread Dr. Bob Jansen
view if possible. Tones On Wednesday, 7 October 2020 08:03:38 UTC+11, Bob Jansen wrote: Hi Brains Trust, I need your combined knowledge. I have uploaded a copy of my TW to http://cultconv.com/TLSConsignment.html <http://cultconv.com/TLSConsignment.html> I have

[tw5] Re: Transclusion issues

2020-10-06 Thread Bob Jansen
TK19 exhibition_id TK19 Nowhere is TK15 displayed TK15 has its artwork_id set to TK19 and only TK19, no TK17 nor TK18. Can anyone explain this? bobj On Tuesday, 6 October 2020 at 15:34:43 UTC+11 Bob Jansen wrote: > Joshua, > > just tried your suggestion. MIxed result. &g

[tw5] Re: Transclusion issues

2020-10-06 Thread Bob Jansen
ork_type"/> Choose the exhibition from this list: <$macrocall $name="edit-list" tiddler="$:/TLS/exhibition_id" listview="{{{ [get[exhibition_name]] }}}" filter="[tag[Exhibitions]!tag[Index]]" /> <$action-log mes

[tw5] Re: Transclusion issues

2020-10-05 Thread Bob Jansen
}}` >> >> >> >> >> action-setfield >>$tiddler= {{{ [{$:/TLS/exhibition_id}] }}} >>$field="artwork_id" >> $value={{{ [{$:/TLS/exhibition_id!!artwork_i

[tw5] Re: Transclusion issues

2020-10-05 Thread Bob Jansen
you > outcomes > >- I basically converted the otherwise actions into text and took it >outside of the button. > > Regards > Tony > > On Monday, 5 October 2020 17:05:50 UTC+11, Bob Jansen wrote: >> >> I am trying to implement a simple function in my

Re: [tw5] Re: Transclusion issues

2020-10-05 Thread Dr. Bob Jansen
verted the otherwise actions into text and took it outside of the button. Regards Tony On Monday, 5 October 2020 17:05:50 UTC+11, Bob Jansen wrote: I am trying to implement a simple function in my TW. <$button> <$list filter="[

[tw5] Transclusion issues

2020-10-04 Thread Bob Jansen
I am trying to implement a simple function in my TW. <$button> <$list filter="[tag[Mark]]"> <$action-setfield $field="exhibition_id" $value={{{ [{!!exhibition_id}addsuffix[ ]addsuffix{$:/TLS/exhibition_id}] }}} />

[tw5] Re: Two 'simple' functions but can not work out the wikitext

2020-10-01 Thread Bob Jansen
ler in the middle of a $list run? Does this force two passes of the $list loop? bobj On Thursday, 1 October 2020 at 21:17:21 UTC+10 Bob Jansen wrote: > I am trying to implement two simple functions but can not work out the > wikitext. Tones, I have tried following your cheat sheet but noth

[tw5] Two 'simple' functions but can not work out the wikitext

2020-10-01 Thread Bob Jansen
I am trying to implement two simple functions but can not work out the wikitext. Tones, I have tried following your cheat sheet but nothing I try appears to work. One over arching question. When I use a $list statement to produce a subset of available tiddlers and then go through each in turn,

Re: [tw5] Still frustrated

2020-09-30 Thread Bob Jansen
if the scope of today's browsers contributes >> and maybe that needs to be looked at. Looking at HTML/CSS though, the early >> days of hard coding have been replaced by IDE's. Maybe TW needs to change >> to something like an IDE with sound foundation in language gra

Re: [tw5] Still frustrated

2020-09-30 Thread Dr Bob Jansen
r and possibly restrict what can be done through the IDE but with a hook to let the experienced programmer do what they want with appropriate responsibilities on results of course. Mario, the examples I mentioned used code like '.operator parameter'. I'll find some and mail them to

Re: [tw5] Still frustrated

2020-09-30 Thread Bob Jansen
mples of inconsistencies. > > Though keep in mind a widget is "subprogram" of sorts. The internal > widgets are highly consistent (a few exceptions), however third party ones > vary as for any similar case. > > Regards > Tones > > > On Monday, 28 September 2

Re: [tw5] Still frustrated

2020-09-27 Thread Bob Jansen
ewbies. Perhaps a linear A to Z step by step tutorial is > better. > > Atro > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 10:22 AM Bob Jansen wrote: > >> I know and am very thankful of the many items of advice I have received >> in the past. But I am still frustrated - there must be

Re: [tw5] Re: Still frustrated

2020-09-27 Thread Dr. Bob Jansen
possibly other places Dont kick yourself. Tones On Monday, 28 September 2020 10:11:29 UTC+10, Bob Jansen wrote: Eric and Tones, your explanation makes things clearer and the cheat sheet helps. It just adds to my argument though, the documentation needs to be updated. For

[tw5] Re: Still frustrated

2020-09-27 Thread Bob Jansen
> There is an older resource on this here http://pv5.tiddlyspot.com however > I will update my own abridged version and share a cheat sheet today. > > Regards > Tony > > On Sunday, 27 September 2020 16:52:29 UTC+10, Bob Jansen wrote: >> >> I know and am very thankf

[tw5] Still frustrated

2020-09-26 Thread Bob Jansen
I know and am very thankful of the many items of advice I have received in the past. But I am still frustrated - there must be some core element I am not understanding. The main issue is how to address items in wikitext, {{ [[ {{{ << < etc. I know this all depends on how the item is being used

[tw5] Re: Eric Shulman's edit-list macro

2020-09-26 Thread Bob Jansen
Thanks for the followup Eric, that is all working as expected. A very useful macro indeed! bobj On Sunday, 27 September 2020 at 08:28:01 UTC+10 Bob Jansen wrote: > I apologise to the group because I emailed Eric directly instead of going > via the group. I attach the details

[tw5] Eric Shulman's edit-list macro

2020-09-26 Thread Bob Jansen
I apologise to the group because I emailed Eric directly instead of going via the group. I attach the details of the conversation below for anyone who is interested in using this very useful macro. *My initial query:* I am trying to use your edit-list macro. I can get the pop-up list to displa

Re: [tw5] Re: Searching TW

2020-09-21 Thread Dr. Bob Jansen
visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/b3f5b44e-bee3-4634-b000-65ae80efcb82o%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/b3f5b44e-bee3-4634-b000-65ae80efcb82o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- Dr B

Re: [tw5] Re: Searching TW

2020-09-20 Thread Dr. Bob Jansen
dlywiki/64f6a1cf-12be-4330-afe3-b7f2383c5175o%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/64f6a1cf-12be-4330-afe3-b7f2383c5175o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- -------- Dr Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216,

Re: [tw5] Re: Searching TW

2020-09-20 Thread Dr. Bob Jansen
wrote: On Sunday, September 20, 2020 at 10:44:59 PM UTC-7, Bob Jansen wrote: I am looking for a facility to search TW. Using the sidebar  retrieves tiddlers based on title and/or text matching but I have other fields I want to search and sometimes restrict to one or more fields

Re: [tw5] Re: [TW5] New Plugin: Simple Search

2020-09-20 Thread Bob Jansen
help. > > All the best, > Thomas > > > Bob Jansen schrieb am Mo., 21. Sept. 2020, 07:35: > >> Thomas, >> >> have installed your plugin into my wiki. Search shows found items >> provided I search for an entry in the title. If I search in any of my >

[tw5] Searching TW

2020-09-20 Thread Bob Jansen
I am looking for a facility to search TW. Using the sidebar retrieves tiddlers based on title and/or text matching but I have other fields I want to search and sometimes restrict to one or more fields. Have installed the Simple Search plugin and am having issues finding things. I have message

[tw5] Re: [TW5] New Plugin: Simple Search

2020-09-20 Thread Bob Jansen
Thomas, have installed your plugin into my wiki. Search shows found items provided I search for an entry in the title. If I search in any of my fields, it shows how many items found but no item titles. I have added my fields in the preferences tiddler. bobj On Thursday, 17 September 2020 at 2

Re: [tw5] Re: search widget odd behaviour

2020-09-17 Thread Dr Bob Jansen
Saq, Ah, clever. Did not know about these templates. Will try tomorrow. Thanks for your help. BobJ --- Dr Bob Jansen The Cultural Conversations project Turtle Lane Studios Pty Ltd trading as the Australian Centre for Oral History 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia Ph

Re: [tw5] Re: search widget odd behaviour

2020-09-17 Thread Dr. Bob Jansen
  If you still have issues, it would be a lot easier to assist if you could post a copy of your file where we can test things. -- Dr Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia Ph (Korea): +82 10-4494-0328 Ph (Australia) +61 414 297 448 Resum

Re: [tw5] Re: search widget odd behaviour

2020-09-17 Thread Dr. Bob Jansen
es]!tag[Index]!matchcontains:artwork_id[$artID$]]">       <$view field="person_name"/>   If you still have issues, it would be a lot easier to assist if you could post a copy of your file where we can test things. -- Dr Bob Jansen

Re: [tw5] Re: search widget odd behaviour

2020-09-17 Thread Dr. Bob Jansen
any results. What should the correct contains operator expression in this case be? bobj On 17/9/20 7:37 pm, Eric Shulman wrote: On Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 11:37:09 PM UTC-7, Bob Jansen wrote: I have three tiddlers, tag=Names, TK5, TK6 and TK7. Each has a field, artwork_id but o

Re: [tw5] Re: search widget odd behaviour

2020-09-17 Thread Dr. Bob Jansen
obj On 17/9/20 7:37 pm, Eric Shulman wrote: On Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 11:37:09 PM UTC-7, Bob Jansen wrote: I have three tiddlers, tag=Names, TK5, TK6 and TK7. Each has a field, artwork_id but only TK5 has artwork_id=TK1. the other two have an empty field. I have a ti

Re: [tw5] Re: search widget odd behaviour

2020-09-17 Thread Dr. Bob Jansen
specific text string? bobj On 17/9/20 7:37 pm, Eric Shulman wrote: On Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 11:37:09 PM UTC-7, Bob Jansen wrote: I have three tiddlers, tag=Names, TK5, TK6 and TK7. Each has a field, artwork_id but only TK5 has artwork_id=TK1. the other two have an empty fie

Re: [tw5] Re: search widget odd behaviour

2020-09-17 Thread Dr Bob Jansen
to the user as the detailed display of any tiddler will make it immediately obvious what type of content is being displayed, artwork, person, consignment, exhibition, etc. Bobj ------- Dr Bob Jansen The Cultural Conversations project Turtle Lane Studios Pty Ltd trading as the Australia

[tw5] macro definition

2020-09-16 Thread Bob Jansen
Can I define more than one macro in a tiddler and have them all available by tagging the tiddler with $:/tags/Macro or does it have to be one macro definition per tiddler? bobj -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from

[tw5] search widget odd behaviour

2020-09-16 Thread Bob Jansen
I have three tiddlers, tag=Names, TK5, TK6 and TK7. Each has a field, artwork_id but only TK5 has artwork_id=TK1. the other two have an empty field. I have a tiddler, TK1 which has a field artwork_id with value TK1. TK1 calls a macro <> The macro is: \define is_purchased_by(artworkID) <$wikif

Re: [tw5] Re: How to debug TW code

2020-09-16 Thread Bob Jansen
Thanks Tones and Imtiaz helpful ideas. Maybe a manual tiddler should be prepared from these comments as I am sure I am not the only one to face this issue. As a general question does anyone peruse all the questions and answers to update the manual? Bobj Dr. Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St

[tw5] How to debug TW code

2020-09-16 Thread Bob Jansen
I am trying to debug some TW code that is not working as expected. The code is in a macro. I have tried to display the value of a variable but that does not seem possible from within a macro. Are there any debugging facilities apart from dumpvariables which gives way too much for me to follow?

Re: [tw5] Re: passing parameters to macro

2020-09-15 Thread Dr. Bob Jansen
Thank you Eric and Tones. Very informative. I am learning, albeit slowly. bobj -- Dr Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia Ph (Korea): +82 10-4494-0328 Ph (Australia) +61 414 297 448 Resume: http://au.linkedin.com/in/bobjan Skype: bobjtls

Re: [tw5] Re: passing parameters to macro

2020-09-15 Thread Dr Bob Jansen
Eric, Thanks for your reply. One question. You reference the macro parameter using multiple braces but the documentation says to use <<__...__>>. Is this documented somewhere? BobJ ------- Dr Bob Jansen The Cultural Conversations project Turtle Lane Studios Pty Ltd tr

[tw5] passing parameters to macro

2020-09-15 Thread Bob Jansen
How can I check if a parameter passed to a macro is blank? I have tried \define purchased(name_id) <$list filter="[tag[Artworks]!tag[Index]!search:name_id{[<<__name_id__>>]is[blank]then[XX]}sort[title]]}>• <$link to={{!!artwork_id}}><$view field="title"/> <$view field="artwork_title"/> \end

[tw5] Upgrading my TW

2020-09-14 Thread Bob Jansen
I am writing a TW that will be distributed to several test users. Each will obviously add their own data into their own copy. How can I release a new version so they can upgrade whilst saving all their data? I have looked at the upgrade.html file and this seems to be aimed at upgrading the TW c

[tw5] Leave Page message

2020-09-14 Thread Bob Jansen
>From that I understand, if my wiki has been edited and the √ button is red, if I close the wiki before saving, I will get the Stay or Leave message box. Is there any way to alter the message to make it more explicit that the wiki needs to be saved and then to save it when clicking the save bu

Re: [tw5] Re: one to many relationship

2020-09-14 Thread Bob Jansen
0 at 08:43:23 UTC+10 TW Tones wrote: > Bob, > > Yes, tiddlywiki is in my view the "healthiest" online community group I > have ever come across. > > Result: we all contribute more. > > Tones > > > On Tuesday, 15 September 2020 08:38:56 UTC+10, Dr Bob Jansen

Re: [tw5] Re: one to many relationship

2020-09-14 Thread Dr Bob Jansen
Mario, Sorry about misspelling your name in my last message. I hate predictive spelling of the iPad. I usually check but for some reason didn't that time. BobJ --- Dr Bob Jansen The Cultural Conversations project Turtle Lane Studios Pty Ltd trading as the Australian Centr

Re: [tw5] Re: one to many relationship

2020-09-14 Thread Dr Bob Jansen
over the past few days is incredibly helpful and not one troll. Thanks again everyone. BobJ --- Dr Bob Jansen The Cultural Conversations project Turtle Lane Studios Pty Ltd trading as the Australian Centre for Oral History 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia Ph (Korea): +

Re: [tw5] Re: one to many relationship

2020-09-14 Thread Dr Bob Jansen
Jed, Apologies, I mistook your title for the artwork title. I generate a unique ID and the use that as the tiddler title. BobJ --- Dr Bob Jansen The Cultural Conversations project Turtle Lane Studios Pty Ltd trading as the Australian Centre for Oral History 122 Cameron St

Re: [tw5] Re: one to many relationship

2020-09-14 Thread Dr Bob Jansen
Felicia Thank you for your detailed reply. I will study it in the morning and make sure I follow what you are saying. BobJ --- Dr Bob Jansen The Cultural Conversations project Turtle Lane Studios Pty Ltd trading as the Australian Centre for Oral History 122 Cameron St, Rockdale

Re: [tw5] Re: one to many relationship

2020-09-14 Thread Bob Jansen
Jed Thanks for your email I can’t use titles as they can not be guaranteed to be unique. That’s why every tiddler has a unique id. I was thinking about a filed in the name riddler with the ids of the artworks but then how to display the titles? Bobj Dr. Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St, Rockdale

[tw5] one to many relationship

2020-09-14 Thread Bob Jansen
could someone help me and advise on how to implement a one-to-many relationship in TW without the use of tags. assume person buys many artworks. Each person and each artwork has a unique id since you cannot guarantee the uniqueness of titles. I have been pondering for some days how to do this u

Re: [tw5] Re: a transclusion inconcistency

2020-09-13 Thread Dr. Bob Jansen
filters. From what I have gleaned so far, filters are the concept that makes things work and as such an important central concept that I would expect similarly sized and detailed documentation with lots and lots of examples. I am not trying to be negative but positive, for future newbies bobj

Re: [tw5] Re: a transclusion inconcistency

2020-09-13 Thread Bob Jansen
artwork-submitted-to-exhibition" /> Add new artwork If I add as the last line of the code then the display of the tiddler changes to Add New artwork If I leave out the then the display looks as it should and the code does work. What should I do? bobj On Sunday, 13 September 2020 at

Re: [tw5] Re: a transclusion inconcistency

2020-09-12 Thread Bob Jansen
Thanks Eric. By the way, where do all those brackets come from in the inline filter and where is all that documented when to use which and how many ? Bobj Dr. Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia Ph: +61 414 297 448 Skype: bobjtls > On 13 Sep 2020, at 12:12, Eric Shul

[tw5] Re: a transclusion inconcistency

2020-09-12 Thread Bob Jansen
code: <$button> <$wikify name="theuniqueid" text={{$:/TLS/uniqueid}}> <$action-createtiddler $basetitle="$:/TLS/new-id" $overwrite="yes" /> <$action-setfield $tiddler="$:/TLS/new-id" text={{$:/TLS/uniqueid}} uniqueid=<> /> />

[tw5] a transclusion inconcistency

2020-09-12 Thread Bob Jansen
I have found an inconcistency in transclusion as follows: Main tiddler code: <$button> <$action-createtiddler $basetitle="$:/TLS/new-id" $overwrite="yes" /> <$action-setfield $tiddler="$:/TLS/new-id" uniqueid={{$:/TLS/uniqueid}} /> /> Add :$/TLS/uniueid tiddler code: {{$:/TLS/idcode}}{{$:/TLS/in

Re: [tw5] Re: Concatenation and arithmetic

2020-09-11 Thread Bob Jansen
Thanks Thomas with all this help I’m getting I’m learning fast Bobj Dr. Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia Ph: +61 414 297 448 Skype: bobjtls > On 12 Sep 2020, at 06:05, Thomas Elmiger wrote: > > And here is a button that creates a new tiddler who’s title i

Re: [tw5] Re: Frustration galore

2020-09-11 Thread Bob Jansen
Spot on Eric, thanks Bobj Dr. Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia Ph: +61 414 297 448 Skype: bobjtls > On 11 Sep 2020, at 22:56, Eric Shulman wrote: > >> On Friday, September 11, 2020 at 4:14:44 AM UTC-7, Bob Jansen wrote: >> The task is to create a ti

Re: [tw5] Re: Frustration galore

2020-09-11 Thread Dr Bob Jansen
Thanks Eric, will give this a try. In an earlier version, I did use the $(..)$ format and then for a reason I can't explain, replaced it by the <<..>> format after reading various manual pages. BobJ ----------- Dr Bob Jansen The Cultural Conversations project Turtle Lan

[tw5] Frustration galore

2020-09-11 Thread Bob Jansen
I am hoping that someone can shine some light on my issue as I have been working at it for some hours now to no success. The task is to create a tiddler storing in a field a string, for example, ArtworkImages/BJ007.jpg, where the number is an incremental number and the text comes from various t

Re: [tw5] Re: Concatenation and arithmetic

2020-09-09 Thread Bob Jansen
wrong track here? bobj On Thursday, 10 September 2020 at 16:00:18 UTC+10 Bob Jansen wrote: > Tones, > > Thanks for your reply. I am not averse to learning about filters in fact > as I go along I'm getting much better at them. > > I was just frustrated at the poor doc

Re: [tw5] Re: Concatenation and arithmetic

2020-09-09 Thread Dr Bob Jansen
bject than I currently possess. The issue for me is how to relate my problem to a filter based solution. Hopefully your reply as with others will give me greater insight. Bobj --- Dr Bob Jansen The Cultural Conversations project Turtle Lane Studios Pty Ltd trading as the Australian C

[tw5] Concatenation and arithmetic

2020-09-09 Thread Bob Jansen
1. Is there a simple concatenation operator, like & or + that can be used to concatenate strings? I know that a macro can do it but that seems very confusing to a simple mind like me. 2. Is there a way of doing simple arithmetic, say increment a variable or add some variables together? The manu

[tw5] Re: 360 panorama galleries and tours in Tiddlywiki

2020-08-16 Thread Bob Jansen
I have been following the discussion on how to provide 360 panoramas through Tiddlywiki. The numerous messages so far indicate a work in progress. I have the 360 app from Occipital on my iPhone with which I record panoramas. I can then make these viewable through Tiddlywiki using the following

Re: [tw5] Re: 'page turning' facility

2020-07-23 Thread Bob Jansen
Just for the record, I chose to use the page number as the title so I can refer back to the original page in the scrapbook. Else I would need a table of tiddler titles and page numbers. But Tony is right, what do you call something that has no natural name. Bobj Dr. Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St

[tw5] Re: 'page turning' facility

2020-07-23 Thread Bob Jansen
Tony, thank you very much for your reply. I have implemented Eric's solution but will study what you have done to better understand how to program TW. bobj On Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:19:08 UTC+10, Bob Jansen wrote: > > I have a tiddlywiki file with 170 'pages' of info

[tw5] Re: 'page turning' facility

2020-07-23 Thread Bob Jansen
Fantastic Eric, just what I was wanting. I will study what you have provided and so upskill myself. bobj On Thursday, 23 July 2020 15:19:08 UTC+10, Bob Jansen wrote: > > I have a tiddlywiki file with 170 'pages' of information. Each tiddler > corresponds to a physical page

[tw5] 'page turning' facility

2020-07-22 Thread Bob Jansen
I have a tiddlywiki file with 170 'pages' of information. Each tiddler corresponds to a physical page in a book. I would like a button to allow the user to 'turn the page', next or previous, without having to type its title into the search bar. Pages have a title of 'Page 001', 'Page 002', etc.

[tw5] Re: What is a large tiddlywiki file size? What is too large?

2020-04-25 Thread Bob Jansen
t; You have 9 megs in your $:/Import tiddler ! Delete that and you'll feel > much better. > > > > On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 8:34:48 PM UTC-7, Bob Jansen wrote: >> >> I am working on a tiddlywiki of images of a book of newspaper clippings >> covering a for

[tw5] What is a large tiddlywiki file size? What is too large?

2020-04-25 Thread Bob Jansen
I am working on a tiddlywiki of images of a book of newspaper clippings covering a forty year period. There will be about 180 main tiddlers each with an image of a page. I am working on extracting the names of people, places, names, and exhibitions mentioned in a clipping so that the reader can

[tw5] Re: using <$list filter= statement and have display items with hyperlink

2020-04-13 Thread Bob Jansen
Thanks everyone. I have used <$list filter="[tag[Andrew C Frank]sort[title]]">• <$link/> And it does exactly what I need. BobJ -- 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, sen

[tw5] using <$list filter= statement and have display items with hyperlink

2020-04-10 Thread Bob Jansen
I am trying to set upan index page for items that all share a common tag. The statement I am using is Enter code here.<$list filter="[tag[Andrew C Frank]sort[title]]">* <$view field="title"/>.. This displays a list of tiddlers each with the tag 'Andrew C Frank' and each item has an * in front

Re: [tw] Re: upgade fails on os x

2014-10-08 Thread Dr Bob Jansen (in Korea)
iuse.com/#feat=filereader As to version of TW, I am not sure how to tell that from my file. Click the control panel icon in the sidebar; the TiddlyWiki version number is listed at on the first tab under Info/Basics. Best wishes Jeremy Bobj Dr Bob Jansen Turtle L

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