Thanks for the comment. On Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 3:40:03 AM UTC-5 jero...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, Rahul. > > I don't know if I get you right, but in my eyes, you could attain > non-linearity by having each of your sections, subsections, equations, > figures, tables, lists, etc be individual tiddlers which you can tag and > transclude, independently of the use of Latex formatting in the text field. > > If I understood correctly the advice by "Javier Rojas", a lot of custom > formatting can be achieved by using html and css. So for the time being I > am now trying to learn how to do just that, because my work does NOT > include special notations (like Phonetic notation). If I hit the wall then > I'll come again here and ask. > > But our needs may differ. if you need some complex formattings -the likes > of math or chem notation- I can´t think of an alternative to Latex. In > this context I found the link provided by "Ste" very useful. > > The demo linked by "TW Tones" shows a whole universe of plugins, which I > am slowly trying to explore. Take a look... maybe there is something for > you there. > > I have never tried auto-numbering, but if each of your sections, > subsections, equations, figures tables and lists are different tiddlers, > then maybe all you need would be some kind of plugin which can calculate a > numbering and place it on a field which you can then show as you see fit. I > wonder if a plugin with such functionality exists. > > Wish you a nice day. > > On Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 3:39:28 AM UTC+9 rahulka...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I would like to put my thoughts here. Apology if all of this doesn't fit >> here. >> I believe that Latex does not represent the non-linear structure of >> knowledge as tiddlywiki does. However, I'm basically trying to get a >> document with best features of formatting as close to latex as possible. >> I am also interested in knowing people's thoughts about auto-numbering of >> sections (sub-sections), equations, figures, tables and lists. All of these >> has to be consistent especially when you transclude otherwise we're losing >> the most powerful feature of tiddlywiki. >> >> -Rahul >> >> >> On Monday, November 23, 2020 at 6:05:34 PM UTC-5 TW Tones wrote: >> >>> Jero, >>> >>> Some work a few of us are doing is likely to assist you here. With Mario >>> as the key coder we are working on and there is a demo of it see >>> https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywikidev/c/vS5ZI0FCiIY >>> >>> Basically it allows the definition of extended and customised mark-up. >>> In time I believe a library of custom mark-up could address any authors >>> needs. >>> >>> I am keen to build a library of elements I will use when writing process >>> documents and manuals, my own or a sharable custom "mark-up language" is >>> possible. >>> >>> In the mean time do consider making use of html elements and CSS to >>> alter the output as you need. >>> >>> Tones >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, 24 November 2020 at 06:46:19 UTC+11 jero...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> Wikitext offers great formatting options, but in specific use cases >>>> there can be a legitimate need for some more granularity in controling >>>> features like line breaks, indents and line spacing. >>>> >>>> Yesterday I happened to read about the Katex plugin for TW in the >>>> documentation of Tiddlyshow. >>>> As I have no previous experience with Latex (and a search for ["Katex" >>>> "plain text"] in this Google Group didn't yield the kind of results I >>>> expected) I'm now asking this question here in the hope that it makes >>>> sense: >>>> >>>> Besides of mathematical and chemical typesetting: Is it also possible >>>> to have some Latex plain text typesetting in Tiddlywiki using the Katex >>>> plugin? >>>> >>>> Background: >>>> >>>> Much of the formatting we apply to plain text in Foreign Language >>>> teaching materials (slides, handouts and the like) can be considered >>>> "semantic formatting". >>>> Wikitext can not offer all of the text formatting features we need >>>> -maybe in part this is due to limitations imposed by the browsers. >>>> >>>> Before the pandemic, I used to create most of my classroom slides and >>>> PDF printouts in LibreOffice. But this year I finally decided to carry out >>>> a transition towards the goal of integrating all my teaching-related tasks >>>> in Tiddlywiki only. >>>> >>>> I have been using Wikitext tables as a way to hack some of the current >>>> limitations on indents and line breaks, but this method of editing feels >>>> rather strenuous and suboptimal. >>>> >>>> If Latex plain text compatibility in Tiddlywiki is possible, I would >>>> definitely want to go down the rabbithole of making out a workflow. This >>>> might involve doing the writing in a dedicated Latex editor, and then >>>> exporting/pasting the text into tiddlers. >>>> >>>> What do you think? >>>> >>> -- 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. 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