[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-08-04 Thread Jeremy Ruston
> That's exactly the reason why I don't understand jQuery hasn't been > made available as a plugin. There are already plugins dependent on > other plugins. The logic for incorporating jQuery in the core code rather than as a plugin is: 1) To allow the core code itself to use jQuery 2) To simplif

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-08-02 Thread wolfgang
Thanks for detailing your thoughts after a thorough digestion. And good to to let your passion for TiddlyWiki be seen. I can understand your aversion to different non-compatible versions of TiddlyWiki in the past, and do see the great advantage of the plugin system. No question about that. > Alt

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-31 Thread Jeremy Ruston
OK, thanks for the prompt Wolfgang. I had decided to give myself a pause to think, but hadn't intended it to be so long. I want to focus on the jQuery issue, and hope that by addressing it we can cover some of the other points that were raised. >From my perspective, the key issue seems to be a c

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-29 Thread wolfgang
> There's a lot more to say, but it's late, and possibly best said in > another thread anyway. I wanted to acknowledge that I'm reading all > this, and thinking about it deeply. I'll try to post some more > coherent thoughts in a day or two, and thanks for bearing with the > discussion. > > Best w

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-14 Thread Måns
Hi I'm just a user enjoying the fact that TiddlyWiki exists and I'm using it for all kinds of tasks personally (for work and for personal recreation :-))- lately I have become a little discouraged by the fact that most(almost all) of the people I communicate with, use IE - They don't see TiddlyWi

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-13 Thread Ken Girard
I think part of the problem with documentation is that the people who really understand it all are the folks who are busy creating new and fun stuff. And since that is the fun part, documentation gets pushed to the bottom of the pile. Plus half the time people are asking these really amazing quest

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-11 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 9, 2009, at 6:25 AM, wolfgang wrote: > I think this assessment isn't fair Eric. I was aware of the respects in which my comment about documentation was inadequate -- should I say, "inaccurate"? -- Wolfgang. Of course, I'm aware, too, that it is an open source project. There is a lot

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-09 Thread Jeremy Ruston
Thanks to everyone for joining the discussion. It's wonderful to hear people being passionate about TiddlyWiki, and caring about its future. The frustration is also clear, but, being an optimistic sort of person, I can't help but think that we can figure out a way forward that meets the needs of e

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-09 Thread wolfgang
> I would add one other thing that I think someone -- Wolfgang? -- who > has more right to speak up than me -- the lack of documentation. The > fact that an application like TiddlyWiki should have been around so > long without systematic documentation of features, components, > guidance regarding

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-08 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 7, 2009, at 10:39 PM, Morris Gray wrote: > I'm not sure if there are enough worldly wise people here to see the > unraveling of a cohesive group taking place. An unraveling that can > easily slide into a lowering of moral and dampening enthusiasm for > both users and developers. Probably

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-08 Thread mauve
+1 I utterly agree with Morris Gray's wise words ! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to TiddlyWiki@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, s

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-07 Thread Alex Hough
+1 for this: "[...]little applications as demonstration models for people to try and see some of the advantages. 2009/7/8 Morris Gray : > > On Jul 8, 8:34 am, wolfgang wrote: > >> Thanks for your efforts to create consent. But if there is passion for >> a slim, stable legacy TiddlyWiki - wher

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-07 Thread Morris Gray
On Jul 8, 8:34 am, wolfgang wrote: > Thanks for your efforts to create consent. But if there is passion for > a slim, stable legacy TiddlyWiki - where jQuery remains optional - > developer will step up and your team can concentrate on your task > without becoming unnecessarily diverted. I agree

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-07 Thread wolfgang
Sorry to everyone with a short attention span for this long post. One could also proceed to the last paragraph, to get the gist. > To be clear, there have been three changes associated with jQuery: > > - the inclusion of the jQuery library by default; this is the decision > that you go on to crit

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-07 Thread Jeremy Ruston
> That's my main concern. TW version 2.5 can already be considered as a > fork, since in this thread it has clearly explained, that a standard > TiddlyWiki now serves 2 purposes, for TW users and developers - as it > has been until recently - but also as a code repository for external > jQuery plu

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-06 Thread wolfgang
> > Just my two cents worth as someone who I think has earnt the right to > have an opinion on all things TiddlyWiki. ;) > Not that I would have earned myself any right to have an opinion... ;-) > Where coincidental or not it is my sincere > belief that it is impossible to contribute to the Tidd

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-06 Thread Saq Imtiaz
> It's also worth pointing out here that the relation between Osmosoft and > the core-development team is mostly coincidental - it's primarily that > way because no outside developer has stepped up to become a regular core > contributor. Correction. From where I'm standing no outside developer h

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-05 Thread FND
> there's been a lot of discussion over the years about the > microkernel approach Just to clarify: I don't think it was realistic to expect that end-users would have to cook their own TiddlyWiki from various modules While there might be some minor components that might be externalized, the sta

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-04 Thread wolfgang
Thanks for your detailed perspective. > >> > talk about stripping TW to its really essential core, externalizing > >> > what's not really essential to external plugins to choose from. It > >> > appears just the opposite happening now ? > > As I say, there's been a lot of discussion over the years

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-04 Thread Jeremy Ruston
> Great Idea, Fred. I tried only once to register and contribute to a > media wiki, which was tiddlywiki.org. Since this failed I never tried > it again. I think we're all a bit sad about the barriers to contribution on the mediawiki instance at tiddlywiki.org. And the dissonance between mediawik

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-04 Thread wolfgang
> Perhaps that's due to it being a MediaWiki instance, so we might set up > TiddlyWebWiki there at some point in the future if that's desired - but > I don't think that alone would resolve the issue. Great Idea, Fred. I tried only once to register and contribute to a media wiki, which was tiddlyw

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-04 Thread Jeremy Ruston
> Somehow I was under the impression that some time ago there quite some > talk about stripping TW to its really essential core, externalizing > what's not really essential to external plugins to choose from. It > appears just the opposite happening now ? I think you're describing a sort of micro

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-03 Thread FND
> I'd like to be able to make the neccesary translation for the added > elements - without having to to translate everything once again... > Is it possible to get only those strings that needs to be added to the > existing translation There was supposed to be a diff, but I guess that didn't quite

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-03 Thread FND
> It's great to have upgrades to a program with so much devellopment and > involvement going on. I believe it must be quite difficult to renew > the core, with stepping on too many peoples feet. Indeed it is - but that's just natural. > I'd like some updates to the documentation [...] I think w

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-07-02 Thread wolfgang
> < var filePath = "js/TiddlerTweakerPlugin.js"; // relative or absolute > URI > jQuery('

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-06-25 Thread wolfgang
> If you just want to dynamically load JavaScript files, try the following: > var filePath = "..."; // relative or absolute URI > jQuery('

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-06-25 Thread Måns
Translation issue I'd like to be able to make the neccesary translation for the added elements - without having to to translate everything once again... Is it possible to get only those strings that needs to be added to the existing translation I've made to http://svn.tiddlywiki.org/Trunk/associa

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-06-25 Thread Alex Hough
Suggestion (not a new one) : a new downloaded TW should have the same search plugin as tiddlywiki.com Alex --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to Tid

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-06-25 Thread wolfgang
> We've just released TiddlyWiki version 2.5.2 at: > > http://www.tiddlywiki.com/ Thanks for the latest release and everything that went into it. > Oh - I forgot to mention Wolfgangs MenuFlex - Which must be on the > linklist - It's a showcase if any TW's are - on the great > possibilities Tiddl

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-06-25 Thread Alex Hough
Great post Måns! I agree that the links and help should be refresh. Personally I liked the original TW page before the revamp, which didn't try and teach you about it while you looked at it. It had charm in that it was written by Jeremy, the TW creator. I liked that. Jeremy also wrote something a

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-06-25 Thread Måns
Oh - I forgot to mention Wolfgangs MenuFlex - Which must be on the linklist - It's a showcase if any TW's are - on the great possibilities TiddlyWiki offers - wellpresented and very well documented!! On Jun 25, 6:50 am, Måns wrote: > It's great to have upgrades to a program with so much devellop

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-06-24 Thread Måns
It's great to have upgrades to a program with so much devellopment and involvement going on. I believe it must be quite difficult to renew the core, with stepping on too many peoples feet. I admire your effort in making TiddlyWiki fresh and new - and applause that you have taken the radical step t

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-06-24 Thread Eric Shulman
> If you put "<" into ToolbarCommands, a 'less' is produced when the > toolbar is expanded ToolbarCommands definitions now support the following special symbols: > = more - menu items following > are hidden until "more" is clicked < = less - hides menu items | = line - visual group seperator

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-06-24 Thread Alex Hough
If you put "<" into ToolbarCommands, a 'less' is produced when the toolbar is expanded ALex 2009/6/24 Paulo Soares : > > Thank you all for the release. > > Can anyone say a few words about: > > # Toolbar command ">" now toggles between more/less (ticket #608) > # Toolbar command ">" displays

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-06-24 Thread Paulo Soares
Thank you all for the release. Can anyone say a few words about: # Toolbar command ">" now toggles between more/less (ticket #608) # Toolbar command ">" displays additional commands on separate line (ticket #608) I don't see this working on tiddlywiki.com. Cheers, -- Paulo Soares On 24 Jun, 1

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-06-24 Thread FND
N.B.: Strictly development-related issues are better discussed on the dev group: http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWikiDev/ You're more likely to get competent help there. > would the following work to bring a javascript into the current page? > $.twFile.load(); > $.twFile.init(

[tw] Re: Announcing Tiddlywiki 2.5.2

2009-06-24 Thread Gnosos
Thanks for the update and the great service! Now my question. I noticed that the $.twFile documentation doesn't have the Demo yet. Yet it seems to address my current need (http://groups.google.com/ group/TiddlyWiki/browse_thread/thread/60fd809a5a8d5204). So, my question is would the following wo