[tw] Re: FatSlicePlugin

2009-05-20 Thread Dave Parker
Thanks Paul, I'll give it a try... DP On May 20, 3:38 am, "Paul Downey (psd)" wrote: > > There's a discussion > > here:http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_frm/thread/546c0d777... > > > ...back in October about this experimental plugin that gives you > > "slices with multiple column

[tw] Re: FatSlicePlugin

2009-05-20 Thread Paul Downey (psd)
> There's a discussion > here:http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_frm/thread/546c0d777... > > ...back in October about this experimental plugin that gives you > "slices with multiple columns" I think the word "experimental" was really around whether the functionality was suitable fo

[tw] re: FatSlicePlugin

2009-05-19 Thread Dave Parker
There's a discussion here: http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_frm/thread/546c0d7774b520f6/abcec5030aa58280?lnk=gst&q=fat+slice ...back in October about this experimental plugin that gives you "slices with multiple columns" Is this something that will be worked on any further? What

[tw] Re: FatSlicePlugin

2008-10-22 Thread Lyall
Sounds like a nicer implementation of my ImprovedSlicesPlugin See http://www.remotely-helpful.com/TiddlyWiki/ImprovedSlicesPlugin.html#ImprovedSlicesPlugin ...Lyall On Oct 22, 3:13 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Phil Hawksworth and I scratched an itch and came up with > a

[tw] Re: FatSlicePlugin

2008-10-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hey Eric (et al!) > I like the notion of a 2D 'slice array', addressable by row and column > names... and I especially like that fact that the additional table > syntax doesn't interfere with the TW standard slice table handling, > e.g., using the above table, you could still retrieve values wher

[tw] Re: FatSlicePlugin

2008-10-22 Thread Eric Shulman
> We plan to implement almost exactly what you proposed although we had > been leaning towards the following syntax: > > <> Using the "::" separator twice in the section reference could be very problematic... especially for code that currently assumes that only one separator will be present. Fo

[tw] Re: FatSlicePlugin

2008-10-22 Thread PhilHawksworth
Eric, Yes. At the time we implemented this we didn't appreciate that we could retrieve the values using the <> macro (*blush*) We plan to implement almost exactly what you proposed although we had been leaning towards the following syntax: <> We'll have a chat about the syntax to adopt and then

[tw] Re: FatSlicePlugin

2008-10-21 Thread Eric Shulman
> Like the default TiddlyWiki slices the first column is an index. > Unlike the default slices, you can have multiple columns, and > access a column by name, the names coming from the title row. > | |!column1 |!column2 |!column3 | > |row1| a | b | c | > |row2| d | e | f | > |row3| g | h | i | >  

[tw] Re: FatSlicePlugin

2008-10-21 Thread Ken Girard
You have a master table in the OreoTable tiddler which tracks who ate Oreos on which day of this month, and references to various different cells in it scatter here and there. When you update the table next month, you also update all the references. Ken Girard On Oct 21, 9:16 pm, "Dave Gifford -

[tw] Re: FatSlicePlugin

2008-10-21 Thread Dave Gifford - http://www.giffmex.org/
Holy cow, creating a table and then a slice macro is so much easier than typing 'b'! Great job! Seriously, though, it looks interesting and helpful, but maybe you can help my dim imagination - it has been a long day - what are some of the helpful uses for this that you can envision? Dave --~--~-