Ah, thanks Jon, I knew i'd seen that somewhere. It's getting hard to remember where I get such good advice from, and I certainly don't want to misappropriate such knowledge. I'm all about the open source paradigm of "standing on the shoulders of giants". I just wish I could remember which giant I'm standing on at the time, haha.
On Saturday, 16 January 2016 21:30:36 UTC+13, Jon wrote: > > Hi, > > Noticed that > > - $:/_Macros/ > > is the recommended approach for self-created system tiddlers given in some > guidance on nomenclature > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Ftiddlywiki.com%2F%23Adopt%2520a%2520Titles%2520Policy%3A%255B%255BAdopt%2520a%2520Titles%2520Policy%255D%255D%2520%255B%255BNaming%2520of%2520System%2520Tiddlers%255D%255D&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGnvyk0YpPNiUNgU9tHIkq031l9DA> > > > Regards > Jon > > On Saturday, 16 January 2016 01:28:25 UTC, Scott Simmons (Secret-HQ) wrote: >> >> I appreciate Jeremy including some guidance on nomenclature >> <http://tiddlywiki.com/#Adopt%20a%20Titles%20Policy:%5B%5BAdopt%20a%20Titles%20Policy%5D%5D%20%5B%5BNaming%20of%20System%20Tiddlers%5D%5D> >> >> in the main TiddlyWiki documentation. Given the changes to TW5 over the >> last couple of years, though, I'm curious how uers are actually naming >> their tiddlers — in particular, user-created system tiddlers. >> >> I've been running counter to convention by naming macros and plugins >> $:/Secret-HQ/macros/mymacro and $:/Secret-HQ/plugins/myplugin. Other >> typical naming for me includes $:/Secret-HQ/ui/sidebar/mysidebartab and >> $:/Secret-HQ/stylesheet/thisstyle. (I'd rather switch to /css but I >> keep using /stylesheet because of $:/tags/Stylesheet.) >> >> This keeps my self-created system tiddlers together in alphabetical >> listings, but since I tag them all $:/tags/Secret-HQ, I can keep track of >> them with <<list-links>> macros easily enough. >> >> It's nonstandard, though, and it will eventually cause problems if I >> share any of my content. So I should probably be naming this way, instead: >> >> - $:/macros/Secret-HQ/mymacro >> - $:/plugins/Secret-HQ/myplugin >> - $:/stylesheets/Secret-HQ/thisstyle >> - $:/ui/Secret-HQ/sidebar/mysidebartab >> - $:/tags/Secret-HQ >> >> Am I right in thinking these names are more standardized and less likely >> to cause conflicts/confusion if the wind up in someone else's TiddlyWiki >> somehow? >> >> — >> >> As a follow-up question: What's up with >> >> - $:/tags/Macro >> - $:/tags/ControlPanel >> - $:/tags/PageControl >> - $:/tags/Stylesheet >> >> ... and the like? >> >> I've reconciled myself to their camelcase, but what was the (maybe purely >> historical now?) logic behind using these names rather than: >> >> - $:/Macro >> - $:/ControlPanel >> - $:/PageControl >> - $:/Stylesheet >> >> ... ? >> >> Identifying tags *AS* tags in their name seems a little clunky and >> counterintuitive to me — which could just be me having trouble wrapping my >> brain around the faux-tree naming structure. Emerson warned that "a >> foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," but I can't help >> thinking it would be more elegant to have $:/Macro/Secret-HQ/mymacro tagged >> $:/Macro and $:/User/Secret-HQ. >> >> Maybe that itsn't the best way to go about it, but I *DO* feel >> TiddlyWiki could benefit from tighter consistency of naming conventions, >> especially with it being so community- and contributor-oriented. My own >> nonstandard naming developed out of learning to create different kinds of >> tiddlers one at a time and not seeing a consistent pattern among the names. >> (And I suspect others have faced the same issue, as I stil run across >> plugins named $:/user/plugin/aplugin rather than $:/plugin/user/aplugin.) >> >> Is development a little too far down the line to be raising this sort of >> nitpick? Or is TiddlyWiki5 still fluid enough to benefit from these kinds >> of questions? >> > -- 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 post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/b76cc4b2-7881-4620-af05-98577b12c2ae%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
