Re: [tw] Re: TW5 - Make it read only permanently

2016-06-17 Thread John Newell
Hi Mark In the release of the twEbook I have disabled the ability for readers to add, edit or save content using the tiddlywiki platform. Please note that I expect in excess of 95% of readers to be interacting with the twEbook on mobile devices ( phone & tablets ). That means access to cloud

[tw] Re: TW5 - Make it read only permanently

2016-06-17 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
As an eBook, if you take away the ability to save, you also take away the ability to have annotations. Probably worth thinking about annotations and bookmarks in future ebooks. An annotated ebook could be passed among friends who could add their thoughts. Mark On Monday, December 30, 2013 at

Re: [tw] [TW5] converting standard Tiddlywiki to Node.js Tiddlywiki (and back)

2016-06-17 Thread RichardWilliamSmith
Hi Bob, When you run the node version, you are accessing your wiki over http, which means that it cant access regular files on your filing system unless they're also being served over http - it's a security feature - you can run a separate server for them if that's the solution you're looking

Re: [tw] Re: TW5 - Make it read only permanently

2016-06-17 Thread John Newell
Hi c pa I'm ReadOnly -ing my Final TW as an eBook - which works fine I am applying that as my final, distributable product. If what you suggest is worth doing - I would be grateful to see the end result and any accompanying Guide Notes, I just don't have any free time ATM to pursue your

Re: [tw] [TW5] converting standard Tiddlywiki to Node.js Tiddlywiki (and back)

2016-06-17 Thread Bob Flandard
Hi Jeremy (or anyone), The standalone to Node.js drag and drop method worked well (very slick interface for selecting tiddlers to import), but whereas a link to a video clip would play the clip in a new browser tab, the link is now inactive. Sample link =

Re: [tw] Re: Navigating and transcluding Slices...Missing Features for the atomic concept:

2016-06-17 Thread 'c pa' via TiddlyWiki
>> Can you give an example of #3. I've never had luck calling a widget from inside a widget and I would like to know how it's done Oh right. I do all my editing from dashboards because all my tiddlers are structured. The concept is as follows: Analysis # Decide on a structure for

[tw] Re: What would be needed to create an INSTANT (READER) PUBLISH mode?

2016-06-17 Thread Josiah
Ciao Mark S. What I am really interested in is when folk like you devise a suited way forward can make a published version that permits stuff like bookmarks and annotation but can STOP everything else. The point being its a DEFINITIVE TEXT, not an editable one. I am convinced the combination

[tw] Re: What would be needed to create an INSTANT (READER) PUBLISH mode?

2016-06-17 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
I added Sticky notes to the KJV Bible project, but haven't heard what people think of the idea. In general, once you have your content in the smallest "semantic unit" (maybe paragraphs), it should be easy to display it with the option to annotate or bookmark. A side entry in the TOC would

Re: [tw] [TW5] converting standard Tiddlywiki to Node.js Tiddlywiki (and back)

2016-06-17 Thread Bob Flandard
Cor! that was quick, Thanks Jeremy! I just woke from an afternoon nap and there's the answer. And it looks pretty straightforward. Have a good weekend, Bob -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: [tw] Re: Navigating to a specific headline or slice in TW5

2016-06-17 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
Please consider the matter from the viewpoint of average users. > > In fact, slices would become the fundamental unit; an entire tiddler would > be a special case of a slice covering the entire tiddler. > > Slices are different in several important ways. To start, they are much lighter than a

[tw] Re: [tw5] Filter operand characters for newline or linebreak?

2016-06-17 Thread Jed Carty
For me this works: <$list filter='[[bob joe]splitbefore[ ]]'> -- 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

[tw] Re: TW5 - Make it read only permanently

2016-06-17 Thread 'c pa' via TiddlyWiki
Oh this is an easy one. #1 Edit the edit template and change it to look exactly like the view template #2 Open up the tiddlywiki in a text editor, find the shadow edit template, and make it look exactly like the view template. #Save the text file #Load in a browser and test -- You received

Re: [tw] Re: [TW5] TiddlyWiki code structure and documentation, try 2. Any volunteers?

2016-06-17 Thread 'c pa' via TiddlyWiki
I'm trying to do this same thing at tw-for-bunnies, but I'm approaching it from the other end. Here are my observations (some of which I'm thinking of on the fly) # As a user I need to understand the structure of widgets and macros so I can use them myself #* The structure of widgets and

Re: [tw] [TW5] converting standard Tiddlywiki to Node.js Tiddlywiki (and back)

2016-06-17 Thread Jeremy Ruston
Hi Bob > Sorry if this question is naive. I followed the instructions to install a > Node.js version of TW (Windows) and all went smoothly. How do I convert my > existing standard single file TW into a Node.js version, and then convert it > back if I need to? My standard TW has some

Re: [tw] Re: Navigating and transcluding Slices...Missing Features for the atomic concept:

2016-06-17 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
Can you give an example of #3. I've never had luck calling a widget from inside a widget and I would like to know how it's done. All of that, just to call a slice, which could have been made in a second in TWC. Am I the only one who thinks this is incredibly daunting, especially for

[tw] [TW5] converting standard Tiddlywiki to Node.js Tiddlywiki (and back)

2016-06-17 Thread Bob Flandard
Hello, Sorry if this question is naive. I followed the instructions to install a Node.js version of TW (Windows) and all went smoothly. How do I convert my existing standard single file TW into a Node.js version, and then convert it back if I need to? My standard TW has some non-standard

[tw] What happened to HORIZONTAL SPACE? (queries on tranclusion display)

2016-06-17 Thread Josiah
One of the weirdest aspects of the net is how the metaphor of "the page", despite a potentially infinite 2 dimensional viewport, most of the time gets limited horizontal space and enforces obligatory infinite vertical reading. I am absolutely sure THAT is hampering modes of understanding. The

Re: [tw] Re: TW5 as a better option than ePub.

2016-06-17 Thread John Newell
hi there TOTALLY agree ▶️ I've introduced hundreds to TW - and if each of us TW aficionados has been doing the same - then there's a big userbase out there - but the increased complexity confuses many, ( like it's built for nerds and not Joe Average ) Following the lead of Ghost.org and

Re: [tw] Re: Navigating and transcluding Slices...Missing Features for the atomic concept:

2016-06-17 Thread 'c pa' via TiddlyWiki
Folks, Whenever I feel the need to include slices in my tiddlers, I implement each slice using a combination of the following: 1. a field and an <$edit-text tag="textarea" $field="slicename" /> widget. 2. the same field and an <$transclude mode="block" $field="slicename" /> widget. 3. a tag

[tw] [tw5] Filter operand characters for newline or linebreak?

2016-06-17 Thread Mat
+[splitbefore[-]] ...works great for splitting before (or actually, after) the "-" character. But what do I put in its place to split at newline or paragraph breaks? I've searched around and cannot find any solution. I've also attempted to use regexp[], where it is easy to symbolize e.g

Re: [tw] Re: [Happy Birthday Jeremy]

2016-06-17 Thread David Gifford
well, I am a couple days late to the party, but hey, hope you had a happy birthday Jeremy! Dave On Friday, June 17, 2016 at 6:40:30 AM UTC-5, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > Thank you everybody for the birthday wishes, much appreciated! A grand > thing about being so old is that birthdays now seem to

[tw] Re: [TW5] Presenting the wizard wizard plugin, which may need a better name.

2016-06-17 Thread Josiah
Jed I am often an idiot on computing. But, fuck, I can see that is extremely elegant. Why because its not looking like "time out", its really well integrated. Giving full access as you go along. Its not a slideshow as we know it. Its is, but its more. Best Josiah On Friday, 17 June 2016

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2016-06-17 Thread Josiah
Ciao Xavier & John It interests me a lot to LEVERAGE off the the huge e-text repositories that now exists. Many of them have very fair copyright regulations that allow their e-texts to be used, often without even acknowledgement. I suspect that an initiative around this, which there are often,

[tw] What would be needed to create an INSTANT (READER) PUBLISH mode?

2016-06-17 Thread Josiah
Ciao To me it seems ODD that TW does not natively have an INSTANT READER-PUBLISH mode. I do NOT mean a means to get an offline TW online. Several exist. I mean a direct, built in method, to transform an editable TW into a NON-EDITABLE one & auto-upload it, but still dynamic, with all

[tw] Re: [TW5] Presenting the wizard wizard plugin, which may need a better name.

2016-06-17 Thread Jed Carty
I have added some things to the wizard. You can now control make it so that the 'Next' button is only visible if certain conditions are met. It uses a list of filters and checks each filter individually. This means you have have a set of different unrelated conditions that all need to be met

Re: [tw] Re: [Happy Birthday Jeremy]

2016-06-17 Thread Jeremy Ruston
Thank you everybody for the birthday wishes, much appreciated! A grand thing about being so old is that birthdays now seem to come all the time! Best wishes Jeremy > On 17 Jun 2016, at 12:15, Eric Shulman wrote: > > On Friday, June 17, 2016 at 3:39:06 AM UTC-7, Josiah

[tw] Re: [Happy Birthday Jeremy]

2016-06-17 Thread Eric Shulman
On Friday, June 17, 2016 at 3:39:06 AM UTC-7, Josiah wrote: > > Remind me not to invite you to my funeral. lol. x > That would require permanent allocation of space for a RESTful API. -e -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To

Re: [tw] Re: TW5 as a better option than ePub.

2016-06-17 Thread Josiah
Ciao John Newell I am very much in harmony with the idea of wide USAGE without needing full blown editing. By way of background it seems to me that there is a huge userbase for TW that never appears here and is hard to document because (by design) TW does not track users. The MASS effect of

[tw] Re: [Happy Birthday Jeremy]

2016-06-17 Thread Josiah
Remind me not to invite you to my funeral. lol. x for (var i=1; i<=2; i++) >for (he = tiddly_good_fellow) > chmod(he,777); > > -e > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

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2016-06-17 Thread Xavier Cazin
Hi John, I believe what TW is capable of FAR EXCEEDS the functionality and BEAUTY of > other eBook formats - and my limited coding ability holds me back from > making this THE future for eBooks - yes - I am an advocate and > part-visionary as I see in TW what hasn't been used to advantage > As a

Re: [tw] Re: TW5 as a better option than ePub.

2016-06-17 Thread John Newell
Missed a bit . My objective is to have thousands of reader using tiddlywiki - with ease ( though not editing it ) . Or at least - not in the way you'd imagine. Cheers JN John Newell MAGILLA ENTERPRISES 0419992172 j...@social.as tw: @magillamax > On 17 Jun 2016, at 4:24 PM, Mat

Re: [tw] Re: TW5 as a better option than ePub.

2016-06-17 Thread John Newell
Hi Mat Thanks for the email, I would be honoured to do so. Soon after launching I will strip it back as a twBook template and provide it - don't think of it as earth-shattering stuff ( but with help I am sure it could be ! ) I believe what TW is capable of FAR EXCEEDS the functionality and

[tw] Re: TW5 as a better option than ePub.

2016-06-17 Thread Mat
Hi John, you mentioned in another thread that your book is about to be released. Could I, on behalf o f the community, ask you to share your final TW-as-eBook setup (without content) ? It sounds like a spot-on thing as an edition and I'm sure it would be very appealing to a lot of people -