[tw5] Re: A TiddlyWiki "GraphViz Server" (?)

2023-03-18 Thread Charlie Veniot
BTW, adding the GraphViz plugin to a TiddlyWiki instance increases the size of that TiddlyWiki instance by 1.1 MB Adding that to one TiddlyWiki instance is a problem if you only view graphs occasionally, and is a significant problem if you are opening and saving edits to that TiddlyWiki many

[tw5] Re: A TiddlyWiki "GraphViz Server" (?)

2023-03-18 Thread scott....@gmail.com
> The problem with an online GraphViz server: you have to be online and > have access to a server. Oh, do your wikis have access to one another when offline? I don't have anything set up like that. I run them either as single-file wikis or in standalone Node processes. But this makes sense in

[tw5] Re: A TiddlyWiki "GraphViz Server" (?)

2023-03-18 Thread Charlie Veniot
I know that's a real groaner, but I need to change "GraphViz Server" to something else so that folk realize this isn't a "server." It is more a "utility" or "appliance." The GraphViz plugin can be added to any TiddlyWiki instance. The purpose of this project is to have one TiddlyWiki

[tw5] Re: A TiddlyWiki "GraphViz Server" (?)

2023-03-18 Thread scott....@gmail.com
I wasn't around the TW community when you started discussing this. I'm fascinated by the work. It looks quite useful. But I also wonder what TW adds in this case to any other server implementation of GraphViz. If you're going to create these diagrams on a server of yours or someone else's,

[tw5] Re: A TiddlyWiki "GraphViz Server" (?)

2023-03-18 Thread Charlie Veniot
Drag the attached into TiddlyWiki.com for import. Tiddlers: - Sample Graphs *(URL's generated to render GraphViz images with the GraphViz uTWility)* - gViz *(macro for generating URL's to GraphViz uTWility with graph specification embedded in the URL)* - a bunch of example

[tw5] Re: A TiddlyWiki "GraphViz Server" (?)

2023-03-18 Thread Charlie Veniot
"Server" might not be the right word. Kind of like saying almond beverage is "milk". (Digression: then why is "milk of magnesia" okay???) Instead of "server", and just because I like cutesy/comical portemanteaux : A GraphViz u*TW*ility ? On Friday,