[twdev] Re: [TWX] some syntactical bits and stuff

2020-09-01 Thread Mat
Mat wrote: > > >- Filtered transclusion: Replace the syntax {{{[...]}}} with >[evaluate[...]] i.e an "evaluate" operator. In case of space >separation, use single or triple quotes. This would visually harmonize >filtered transclusion with how filters look overall. It would also m

[twdev] Re: [TWX] some syntactical bits and stuff

2020-07-25 Thread Mat
> > >- Let the widget name serve as the "main attribute": > > Ah, I now note that I already posted very similar thoughts to this bullet. <:-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivin

[twdev] Re: [TWX] some syntactical bits and stuff

2020-07-25 Thread Mat
Further sugar for TWX and mind: - Let the widget name serve as the "main attribute": <$set name=x value=...> → <$set=x value=...> <$tiddler tiddler=x ...> → <$tiddler=x ...> <$list filter=...>→ <$list=...> (Not everything has a "main attribute") - Filtered transclusion: R

[twdev] Re: [TWX] some syntactical bits and stuff

2020-05-12 Thread Mat
Further on syntax for TWX: - The syntactic distinction between <$thisWidget/> and <> is unjustified and confusing for an end user. "So what" if they are different constructs programmatically - as an end user I just "type them" in my text and they do things. The one critical syntacti

[twdev] Re: [TWX] some syntactical bits and stuff

2020-04-21 Thread Jed Carty
That syntax would be much much harder for me to use. I am dyslexic and have to rely mostly on the shapes of things, not on individual letters. Doing this would make reading and writing the code take many times longer for me. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[twdev] Re: [TWX] some syntactical bits and stuff

2020-04-21 Thread Mat
Both due to the many variants employed and a lack for more easily typed brackets or other enclosing characters in TW, i.e: [[...]] <<...>> {{...}} '...' "..." """...""" {{{...}}} and in filter variants [...] <...> {...} there could instead be a single type but with a "flag" to signify what is i

[twdev] Re: [TWX] some syntactical bits and stuff

2020-04-12 Thread Mat
> > >- Change name of "currentTiddler" variable to be only "current". One >reason is because it is not always tiddlers we're talking about. Possibly >currentTitle, which as least is closer to what the outputs {{{ from this >filter }}} are. (Also, minor, but the "is operator" use

[twdev] Re: [TWX] some syntactical bits and stuff

2020-03-12 Thread Mohammad
On Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 2:25:52 PM UTC+3:30, Mat wrote: > > For "TWX", i.e a *totally hypothetical* future version of TW: > > >- Replace $set with an empowered $vars for direct parameter value >setting. >- ...and merge $wikify into it. Wikification can be toggled via a >