Arg. "Every cell can *h*old content managed with any kind of widget, and any cell can also be a transclusion of content from some other tiddler."
On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 5:55:03 PM UTC-3 Charlie Veniot wrote: > The Sheets Editor is the tiddler that edits all sheets. > > Then, wherever we want to show the sheet, we transclude whatever tiddler > has sheets data using the sheets editor as transclusion template. > > The point of TiddlySheets is not to be a spreadsheet application, but > rather to be something like TreeSheets: a way to enter information and > organize (layout) that content with the help of rows and columns. > > What I've quickly realized is that every cell can be more than just an > edit text widget. Every cell can old content managed with any kind of > widget, and any cell can also be a transclusion of content from some other > tiddler. > > So suddenly TiddlySheets has the potential of being a TreeSheets on > steroids. > > Even more interesting: TiddlySheets could be used as a Forms Creator. > > Oops, I went off-track. Not sure exactly if I answered your question. > Please let me know if I was clear as mud and/or answering a totally > different question... > > On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 10:02:57 AM UTC-3 jn.pierr...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Interesting possibilities. But could you please tell me how you get that >> toolbar for your tiddler-in-edit-mode? >> >> I have hacked a bit an earlier work (not mine!) to have a spreadsheet >> within a tiddler (I just added support for dictionaries+index instead of >> just fields -- that needs an external data sheet but it's more user >> friendly (for me at least). It could get further. I am pretty rooky about >> template tiddlers. >> >> Le dimanche 4 avril 2021 à 23:51:57 UTC+2, cj.v...@gmail.com a écrit : >> >>> Arg, I just fixed a wee problem with empty rows and empty columns not >>> showing in transclusion of data tiddler. >>> >>> An empty row/column makes for a space between cells of content. >>> >>> So TestTiddlerDataTransclusion snapshot replaced by this attached one. >>> >>> On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 5:28:42 PM UTC-3 Charlie Veniot wrote: >>> >>>> G'day all, >>>> >>>> As I plug away at the TiddlySheets idea brewing in me old sponge (related >>>> thread <https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/C2fdiTnYQn4>) ... >>>> >>>> A few definitions first: >>>> >>>> - "*Sheets Editor*" is a tiddler to create and edit "Sheets." >>>> Think of "Sheets Editor" as analogous to the Google Sheets App (or to, >>>> ugh, >>>> MS Excel): it has all of the smarts to enter content and layout/format >>>> the >>>> content >>>> - Any "*Sheet*" tiddler is a data tiddler, containing everything >>>> (content info, layout info, meta data, etc.), analogous to a Google >>>> Sheet >>>> Document (or an Excel document/file) >>>> >>>> *(Refer to attached screenshots.)* >>>> >>>> I wondered: how would I go about displaying any sheet in any other >>>> tiddler (whether in the story river, or sidebar, or anywhere else)? >>>> >>>> And how do I show that content with the layout setup via the Sheets >>>> Editor ? And how do I go about that without duplicating all of the smarts >>>> in the Sheets Editor? >>>> >>>> Solution: modify the Sheet Editor tiddler so that it can fulfill two >>>> roles: >>>> >>>> - "Editor" of data tiddlers >>>> - Display template for transclusion of those data tiddlers >>>> >>>> Because I am so "transclusion-minded", that immediately feels like the >>>> right way to go for me. How would you go about it? >>>> >>>> Cheers ! >>>> >>> -- 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/3bb55eda-7c04-42e7-994d-06a67466553en%40googlegroups.com.
