Hey David, I do use something like that, but I seperate links, tags, and what is "related". I currently used a related to field to handle this, but that has the problem that if I want to add another tiddler to that relatedness, I have to edit ALL of the tiddlers it is now related to.
On Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 11:01:59 AM UTC-5, David Gifford wrote: > > Why not use a tiddler tagged $:/tags/ViewTemplate, with this: > > <$list filter="[all[current]backlinks[]sort[title]]"><$link><$view > field="title"/></$link> </$list> > > Then anything that links or tags to the present tiddler will show up in > the tiddler as a related tiddler. There wouldn't be a separate tiddler 'A > relation', but between tagging and backlinking you would be able to see all > related tiddlers. And it would change as you change the links. > > On Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 9:34:01 AM UTC-5, Diego Mesa wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> I've been thinking a lot recently about how to handle tiddler >> "relations". That is, I have some tiddlers that are *related* to others, >> but not necessarily through (my version) of a tag relationship. I first >> just started typing out a related section in each tiddler like this: >> >> Tiddler 1 >> ------------- >> ... >> my content >> ... >> >> !! Related >> >> * [[Tiddler 2]] >> * [[Tiddler 3]] >> >> >> I quickly got tired of copy/pasting this into tiddler 2 and 3, so I >> turned into a field, where each tiddler has a "related" field with the >> names of tiddlers its related to. If this field is present, its >> automatically displayed at the end as a list. >> >> I am still *building* and *learning* and so these relationships change. >> Say I want to say that they are all now related to a Tiddler 4. I have to >> now go back and make changes to 3 tiddlers. As the process continues this >> gets cumbersome. >> >> So I thought, well I could just have some kind of tiddler like this: >> >> A Relation >> ----------- >> * [[Tiddler 1]] >> * [[Tiddler 2]] >> * [[Tiddler 3]] >> >> And then just go back and change that tiddler as the relationships of >> that group change. This system is nonoptimal though, as: >> >> - What does its title mean? >> - With this setup, every single time a tiddler is opened it has to >> search ALL RELATION TIDDLERS and see if it's listed in any of them. This >> doesnt make sense! >> >> Im envisioning some way to enter a new relation, and upon saving in this >> one tiddler, it handles populating the related field somehow. >> >> Anyway, this is all just some random thoughts on this. >> >> Does anyone have any better ideas/systems for managing this? >> >> Thanks! >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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/12cf0143-7a6f-4042-82b6-799c1524eb5b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
