Ed, I remember recently seeing just such a cheatsheet posted somewhere from a link in this forum. So I know it exists...
This is an older one, probably only for non-noobies: http://tobibeer.github.io/tb5/#Variables%20vs.%20Parameters On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 7:49 AM Ed Heil <edh...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > Same re: Tiddlyspot, the SSL issue is kinda a big deal. > > With regards to intros to tiddlywiki, I wanted to throw the following out > there to the community.... > > In terms of intros/guides to Tiddlywiki, one of the things that's been a > thorn in my side while learning is all the various kinds of brackets and > where you use them! It seems like there are a dozen different contexts in > which you use one, two, or three square brackets, angle brackets, or curly > brackets -- not to mention widget tags -- and it's not always clear to a > newbie which can go inside which. (It's not always 100% clear to me and I > feel like I've risen above "newbie" at this point). > > The answers are all within the tiddlywiki web site but it's sometimes hard > to find the answers if you don't know how to phrase the question. > > I think a hugely valuable resource to "people trying to rise above the > level of newbie" would be a cheat sheet to what kind of markup is > appropriate in what kind of context. This would be especially valuable to > people like me who have experience in programming and markup in some other > context but find out that the way things work in tiddlywiki is unique and > not always what they expected from other contexts. > > So I could scan the list and notice that in a filter I use <> {} to get to > variables and textrefs, in a macro definition I use $this$ and $(that)$ to > get to parameter and variables, in the attributes of a widget tag I use > <<this>> and {{{that}}} to get the results of a macro and the results of a > filter expression... that kind of thing, maybe with links to the tiddlywiki > website which explains each piece. > > Again, that wouldn't be helpful for complete newbies but it'd be a > valuable resource for somebody who's just started to learn the complicated > stuff and is running into problems using the wrong kind of markup in the > wrong places. > > Maybe someday I'll write for myself the resource that I wish were > available to me while learning.... > > On Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 8:06:21 AM UTC-4, Anne-Laure Le Cunff wrote: >> >> Thank you! I actually started typing a paragraph about TiddlySpot and >> removed it. The reason why I didn't include is that there's no SSL/HTTPs, >> and many people are looking at Roam alternatives mainly for privacy >> reasons. Is it something that will get addressed at some point, maybe with >> LetsEncrypt? >> >> On Tue, 14 Apr 2020, 10:14 Mat, <matia...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> If I were a noob, I'd want to hear about Tiddlyspot >>> <http://tiddlyspot.com/> which allows free hosting of TW's. It has been >>> the go-to solution for many people over the years, including myself, and >>> native TW has a built-in saver for it (Controlpanel > Saving > Tiddlyspot). >>> The point is to get an online wiki, so it is possible to make it public >>> even if it also has a site password feature. >>> >>> Tiddlyspot was originally made for what we now refer to as TWC (TW >>> Classic) so the premade options to choose from when setting up a tiddlyspot >>> only has "TWC variants" - so I made a kind of "iframe-skin" to set up a TW5 >>> on Tiddlyspot: http://tiddlywiki5.tiddlyspot.com >>> >>> ...even my aunt could set up a public TW via this page, which is not the >>> case for e.g github or "hosting my own server" etc. >>> >>> I have no affiliation with the cousins Simon and Daniel Baird who are >>> the brains behind Tiddlyspot and who (incredibly) generously have provided >>> us with this for well over a decade. >>> >>> <:-) >>> >>> -- >>> 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, send >>> an email to tiddl...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/2696923d-42b9-418d-a7a6-04b059728315%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/2696923d-42b9-418d-a7a6-04b059728315%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/VvFC2yHyP6U/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/32405c26-09be-4ae1-a3fa-ec068e9628b4%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/32405c26-09be-4ae1-a3fa-ec068e9628b4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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