Hi David
> Just wanted to mention I think the new Javascript mid-level macro > implementation in the new renderer is looking very useful Jeremy! .. it > should be a good entry point for people getting into javascript via TW5. > Great, thank you, that's exactly my thinking: people shouldn't need to know any TW5 APIs in order to write a JavaScript macro. > Looking forward to seeing the new rendering work go live. > Soon! You can't imagine how pleased I will be to get it done. It's proving an irresistible opportunity to fix lots of small stuff too. Unfortunately there are a lot of minor incompatibilities between the old widgets and the new. > I have been stalled in my TW5 development work at the moment while I wait > for it ;) .. > Yup, I feel the same way. I've been putting lots of little things on ice for the last three weeks. but I have a few plugins in mind once it is stable. > Good, looking forward to seeing them > > One of which is a plugin for creating multiple fields (with possible > default entries) for a tiddler at the same time. This will gather all > data-tiddlers (dictionary or json) marked with a $:/fieldTemplate tag and > display them in a drop down box at the bottom of the tiddler editing > template (right after the add field line). If you choose one and select the > "add" button it will read the relevant data tiddler, add the fields to the > tiddler you are editing using the names from the data tiddler and then > populate them with any relevant data from the data tiddler. > > So if your dictionary looked like this... > > bookprice: $5.00 > bookisbn: > bookweight: 0.5kg > storelocation: warehouse > > It would create the fields as bookisbn, bookprice etc ... and for those > with default content it would place the relevant content, so bookprice > default would be $5.00 etc > Aha, that makes sense, very useful. I found I needed this "structure" when I wanted to create tiddlers with a > lot of repeated information, with only minor variance. For the example > about, the book description and title would be the main things that changed > and would be stored in the tiddler text and title respectively. The > remainder of the information was needed for filtering, but would not vary > too much from the defaults. > > I also found when entering the field names etc a lot, it involved a lot of > slow repeat typing of field names and then default data. This solved that > problem > > I had to extend the fieldmangler widget to handle adding multiple fields > and their default data, but it was a minor change and I called it > $fieldmanglerext. > > I have a version working with the old renderer, helped me input lots of > tiddlers accurately and quickly, just need to amend it for use with the new > renderer. > Excellent, should be fairly straightforward. Best wishes Jeremy > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWikiDev" 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 http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" 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 http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
