[tw] Re: [TW5] NodeJS beyond simply serving tiddlywikis

2017-10-08 Thread Jed Carty
I got it to load tiddlers from another wiki, that part is pretty straight forward. I haven't gotten external images to work but it is easy to use .meta files to add external media to an otherwise blank wiki and then include that in another wiki. -- You received this message because you are

[tw] Re: [TW5] NodeJS beyond simply serving tiddlywikis

2017-10-08 Thread Jed Carty
I am going to try and write this up somewhere nicer with instructions that hopefully won't require much knowledge. For those of you who are comfortable with node here is my setup: I am using the node version of tiddlywiki and I have it installed globally, and I have TiddlyServer cloned from

[tw] An Aside: Learning Curves

2017-10-08 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
I never understood "steep learning curves". Ron: "Shirley that means you learn quickly." Shirley: "Shallow learning curve seems weak." Herbert: "It depends on your X Y axis." Ron: "Well Time (X) & Learning (Y) can't be anything but good as it goes higher." Fred: "Its just a confusing cliche

[tw] Re: How to cite part of texts in a tiddler from another?

2017-10-08 Thread Asimov Isaac
Hi Thomas, Yes, you're right. When the parameter limit:"no" is added, everything works perfectly. Sorry for my carelessness. XD And I find that your example even supports adding prefix and suffix, it is far more flexible than I imaged. That means there must be more features I have not noticed

[tw] Re: How to cite part of texts in a tiddler from another?

2017-10-08 Thread Asimov Isaac
Hi Tony, > > Good suggestion! We can combine the methods through our discussions together, and customize them according our own needs. It must be powerful to do most things we want. Isaac -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To

Re: [tw] Re: TiddlyServer as a Mac App

2017-10-08 Thread RichardWilliamSmith
Hi Amit, Yes, I'll look into it more when I have time. I want this working, so I'm pretty motivated but, as always, it's a bit more complicated than I was hoping.I'm going to have to actually understand what's going on, instead of making it up as I go along. Le sigh. Thanks for your patience.

[tw] Re: How to cite part of texts in a tiddler from another?

2017-10-08 Thread TonyM
Issac, A creative approach? on reading through the discussion again, i was thinking about the excise tiddler feature in the editor. you can hightlight and cut text into a tiddler and a transclusion of that remains in the source tiddler. what if you chose one language as primary and excised

[tw] Re: How to cite part of texts in a tiddler from another?

2017-10-08 Thread Asimov Isaac
Hi, Tony, Thank you for your reminding. CSS and HTML are really good alternitives if someone is not familiar with WikiText at the beginning. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[tw] Re: How to cite part of texts in a tiddler from another?

2017-10-08 Thread Asimov Isaac
Hi, Thomas, I spend two hours playing your macro and it's really amazing! Your method is nearly what I seek! And with some modifications, the Extract Macro could be useful in more cases. It seems like using macros is the most ideal solution to this kind of problems now. The only slight "flaw"

Re: [tw] Re: TiddlyServer as a Mac App

2017-10-08 Thread Amit Ahire
Thanks for the update Richard. Can you delve a bit more into the issue, if you have a better picture? On Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 8:01:31 AM UTC+5:30, RichardWilliamSmith wrote: > > I'm really sorry to anyone who wasted time with this but in it's current > form, it *will not work* unless

[tw] Re: How to cite part of texts in a tiddler from another?

2017-10-08 Thread Thomas Elmiger
Hi Isaac, The parameter limit:"no" (as included in my examples) should give you *all* results. When it is missing, the macro returns only the first occurrence. Did you realise that? Concerning the documentation you are absolutely right, I should revise that. Great you found my testing

Re: [tw] Re: TiddlyServer as a Mac App

2017-10-08 Thread Amit Ahire
TiddlyServer is working fine. I set up the path in the settings.json and its renders the wiki properly. In terms of Macapp by Richard - I am new to OSX, but i tried changing the location of the app. I had kept Tiddlesever app in the Applications folder after setting the path in settings.json

[tw] Re: An Aside: Learning Curves

2017-10-08 Thread Thomas Elmiger
“Learning stairs” would be a great term! Rewards and new heights after each step. -- 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

[tw] Re: An Aside: Learning Curves

2017-10-08 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
B, T & M. I find it a really interesting trope. Your replies illustrate there is a visceral resonance in the phrase that gives it traction. Its used a lot. Yet as a stat "curve" it doesn't really make sense. It kinda got free of the math though--sort of transferred the upward curve into a kind

[tw] Re: Tidgraph question

2017-10-08 Thread Ste Wilson
Glad you have found it I like it :) Might see if I can drop a linen to the author... -- 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

[tw] [TW5] Expense tracking plugin

2017-10-08 Thread Jed Carty
It is still in pretty early stages, but I made an expense tracker plugin to complement the invoice creator I made. Right now it lets you enter expenses and filter and sort them by things like expense category, project and date range. Then you can save a static report based on the expenses.

[tw] Re: TiddlyServer backup and file ownership

2017-10-08 Thread Glenn D
Yes, i have crontab set up, although now that you mention it, I'm not sure if it runs under root or pi. I'll check that. On Friday, October 6, 2017 at 11:05:21 PM UTC-5, RichardWilliamSmith wrote: > > Hi Glenn, > > I'll look into this - I suspected there were some issues around ownership. > Did

[tw] Re: Just Dreaming - click to edit at Cursor

2017-10-08 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
Here's my general concept. An editor environment where you take your notes in chunks so that your cursor is position is more or less unnecessary. You make new notes without having to create a tiddler title in a separate box. You just keep moving forward. You can go back later to make links,

[tw] Re: Just Dreaming - click to edit at Cursor

2017-10-08 Thread TonyM
To All, Thanks for the feedback. A Quick summary of where I see this now. Note taking may be better served by other solutions including Marks Lincelerator, Preview mode with save and no exit. On click to edit at cursor which aside from note-taking, text input would be most helpful when

[tw] Re: Tidgraph question

2017-10-08 Thread TonyM
For those who pass here later; here is a directory I have created using Tidgraph, just to give you an idea. -- 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

[tw] Re: [TW5] Expense tracking plugin

2017-10-08 Thread TonyM
Jed, It looks good. Could be just what I need to track expenses within a project tiddler. I was comparing it to my SharePoint Transaction register and thought it would be easy to generalize a little more to allow receipts as well. Expenses could be Negative, and Receipts positive (or debit and

[tw] Re: Introduction to Tiddlyserver

2017-10-08 Thread JWHoneycutt
"dropbox": "/Users/jwh/Dropbox/TW5" I just answered my own question - here is the syntax that works for my situation 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

[tw] Re: Just Dreaming - click to edit at Cursor

2017-10-08 Thread TonyM
Mark, That looks like a great alternative especially for live note taking. Let me know if I can help you achieve this. It will not help in some cases where click to edit will but it may actually be a better answer for Notes. Regards Tony -- You received this message because you are

[tw] Re: Introduction to Tiddlyserver

2017-10-08 Thread JWHoneycutt
Richard, The introduction to Terminal is great - cleared a lot of things up for me - Thanks https://www.didaxy.com/a-crash-course-in-the-mac-terminal I have a new MacBook, and wanted to reinstall TiddlyServer. It is very frustrating. You helped me out last time and I got it working, so I

Re: [tw] Re: Introduction to Tiddlyserver

2017-10-08 Thread Arlen Beiler
Ah, nice! Just noticed this tonight. Yes, double-clicking start.cmd will simply run the command "node server", which will start TiddlyServer. And now that I notice that you wrote this email on Sep 25, I guess we're still working on the mac part. But if there is a simple mac equivalent to

[tw] Re: [TW5] NodeJS beyond simply serving tiddlywikis

2017-10-08 Thread TonyM
Jed, Thanks Jed (PS I have a Nephew Jed) so much for that comprehensive answer, you have thrown a lot of light on this, By confirming some of my speculation you help me proceed knowing something is achievable, not me just dreaming again. It is great to get an overview from someone who has

[tw] Re: An Aside: Learning Curves

2017-10-08 Thread TonyM
I am comfortable with "Learning Curve" and See no confusion. To me its about the Journey, to Get some where, such as mastery of TiddlyWiki or a new Job. The Area under the learning curve represents the amount of information you need to learn and the slope is determined how quickly you have to