Definitely I think markdown should be the default to reach broader masses. The focus should be on easy to use interface, easy markup language. Tiddlytext can stay for configurations and customisations, but users don’t need to get there easily, it can be in settings.
> On 19 May 2020, at 02.43, Rizwan Ishak <madapeedikakka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Glad you find Tekan amusing. > > So if let me try and summarise. > > If markdown was the main markup system, users would find TW5 more accessible? > > On Tue, 19 May 2020, 05:41 Edgaras, <edgaras....@gmail.com > <mailto:edgaras....@gmail.com>> wrote: > Mat I think there is a bit of difference tinkering in tiddlytext and > something widespread and future proof as html/css/js. > Also there are much more resources, people had every single problem thousands > of times. > > I strongly agree with central place where to publish stuff. Imagine if there > was a website where top solutions are promoted, voted up. Those would get > attention and be improved by donations and contributions. Over the month with > TW I kept discovering great stuff, just couple of days ago I discovered Tekan > <https://ibnishak.github.io/Tesseract/projects/tekan/Tekan.html> by Riz. > Truly amazing example of how TW can be anything. > > ––––––––––––––– > > Riz I am up for a discussion and feedback! I really want to help TW. Let me > try to explain. > > Given that HTML is the target for both > This is not true for me. I only want to publish some of my notes. It's > important for me to also build a personal knowledge system. With the right > format and organisation system Niklas Luhmann developed his "second brain" – > the Zettelkasten modular noting system just by using paper notes. I want to > achieve similar with modular human readable, file based digital notes. > Markdown fits perfectly for this purpose, the format is universal, very > portable, supported by many editors, systems. So I strongly agree with Scott > here. Markdown is a strong original readable format. I like the idea of > starting with Markdown (in some cases JSON or CSV) as a base data/model > format > and then add logic and structure with html/css/js. > > Next very important thing for me is the editing experience. If I spend a lot > of time writing, I want it to be pleasant and calm. That's why I love Typora > <https://typora.io/>, a super minimal text editor, doing > one job well – editing content. The editing interface is separated from my > data files, I can change to another editor at any time I want. That being > said, I wish Typora had some of the > RoamResearch superpowers. And funny enough something like that was released > couple of months ago – Obsidian <https://obsidian.md/>. I think in time we > will see more and more editors that are made > for interconnected thoughts, complex thinking. > > I also wish TW would become like that one day – a tool that connects well > with other workflows and not a monolith system (that is super modular but > internally). > > I use VSCode but it's optimized for coding and not for writing. The interface > is way too complex for a writing tool. > > Maybe that's another thing that I would like to see in TW – much more > separation between building the tool/tinkering and writing, thinking > connecting thoughts. It's like when you are driving a car you don't wan to > see all the engines and electronics (while some people still would enjoy > that). > > -- > 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/gX0o8j7Coa8/unsubscribe > <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/gX0o8j7Coa8/unsubscribe>. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/75d1df71-630e-4940-a7bd-5457dee823b4%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/75d1df71-630e-4940-a7bd-5457dee823b4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > -- > 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CAO0b0pFAG%2BBgfunT-7kRzbs3qj3oVcoRCqDAn9JfJuFQLN%3DNpQ%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CAO0b0pFAG%2BBgfunT-7kRzbs3qj3oVcoRCqDAn9JfJuFQLN%3DNpQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/5FD824A4-C9E4-41D6-BB2B-6507705D69D5%40gmail.com.
