[tw] Re: Your TWederation! [The official TWederation brainstorm thread]

2016-06-24 Thread Dragon Cotterill
> > - this doesn't use a client-server architecture. Given the questions I > have been asked this deserves to be said a few hundred more times. > This to me sound more like the old Groove Networks database system was based. I feel that you really need to take a look at the Groove architecture

[tw] Re: TiddlyWiki European Meetup 2016

2016-06-24 Thread Dragon Cotterill
I am curious as to what the meetup will consist of. Having done various Hackathon's in the past (most notably the London Dropbox Hackathon) I am wondering if it would be anything like that. Or will it more more of a discussion about the possibilities of TW? Unfortunately I can only attend on

[tw] Re: [TWC] dGSD config question

2016-06-28 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Yeah, you're not alone as a TWC user. :) -- 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 to this group, send

[tw] Re: [TW5] Editor Toolbar - Adding a browse for files button ( [ext[...]] )

2016-07-25 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Hi Bo, On Monday, 25 July 2016 09:18:15 UTC+1, The Bo wrote: > > Any idea or is there already such a plugin? > As Jeremy stated, it's almost impossible to get the details to external files from inside TW due to the security restrictions of the Browsers. One of my TW's makes extensive use of

[tw] Re: The proper way to keep a TiddlyWiki organized

2016-07-29 Thread Dragon Cotterill
The "proper" way to organise your TWs is... whatever works for you. There is no right or wrong way. It's whatever works for you. If your reading list needs to be separate tiddlers for each book for some, and a big long list for others then you can mix and match as you see fit. I have a whole

[tw] Re: Random Thoughts about the new version of TW.

2016-07-17 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Sunday, 17 July 2016 01:01:50 UTC+1, Josiah wrote: > > The title IS the index. > I agree. For single, stand alone TW's there is nothing better. It is intuitive for the user. But when it comes to sharing Tiddlers, you WILL get repeated names. What do you do then? On Sunday, 17 July 2016

[tw] Random Thoughts about the new version of TW.

2016-07-16 Thread Dragon Cotterill
This is just a quick list of some of the thoughts following on from conversations with Mat and Mario at the Pub after the TWEU Meetup. As with any Pub conversations it is likely that most of these ideas will fall by the wayside, but some of the ideas have got me thinking and it's worth getting

[tw] Re: What do you recommend for changing image orientation or rotating an image by 90 degrees?

2016-07-18 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Monday, 18 July 2016 02:23:31 UTC+1, j wrote: > > I have an application where I am importing images into a 5.1.12 version of > TiddlyWiki. But all of the images come in in landscape mode and some > should in portrait or vertical mode and I haven't been able to figure out > how to rotate

Re: [tw] [TW5] Is it possible to make a Copy2Clipboard widget?

2016-06-28 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Would you need to have something you could actually select? Like a temporary textara? function copyTextToClipboard(text) { var textArea = document.createElement("textarea"); textArea.value = text; document.body.appendChild(textArea); textArea.select(); try { var successful =

[tw] Re: ⁂ Need pretty face for TWederation

2016-08-18 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Thursday, 18 August 2016 15:38:36 UTC+1, Jed Carty wrote: > > As far as 'why' goes, because it is an interesting project and I can. Yep. Thats certainly a very valid reason for doing this and I applaud that. But the opening post was about how to present this to the world. Presenting it as

[tw] Re: TW5 How does TagglyTagging work here?

2017-02-08 Thread Dragon Cotterill
TagglyTagging is the reason I haven't yet migrated my main TW over from TWC to TW5. I make extensive use of TagglyTagging, especially with the grouping options as you can see: http://www.kizar.co.uk/TW/library.html Having a decent TagglyTagging in TW5 would possibly persuade me to migrate.

[tw] Re: TW5 How does TagglyTagging work here?

2017-02-08 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Import it with a simple .bat file to generate the s and then insert it into TW. It's taken about 3 years to get to it's current form. But it's TagglyTagging which is at the heart of the system. I'd be really interested in your experiences with using TT inside of a TW5 setup. Although the

[tw] Re: [TWC] Printing to pdf with links

2017-01-24 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Simple. Just use Chrome to open your TW then you can print directly to PDF from there. -- 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] plugins "FontAwesome" und "ThirdFlow" updated

2017-02-24 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Friday, 24 February 2017 06:40:56 UTC, Mat wrote: > > Nobody else experiencing problems to see the special fonts on > http://thediveo.github.io/TW5FontAwesome/output/fontawesome.html ? > > Failures on FF, Chrome, IE and Opera (all latest versions) running on Win 8.1. -- You received this

[tw] Re: Announcing the 2nd TiddlyWiki European Meetup on 10th & 11th June 2017

2017-02-24 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Awesome. Hope to attend again. Even if I am a TWC advocate rather than a TW5 one. :) -- 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] TiddlyWiki plugin: Call WebService.

2017-02-23 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Thursday, 23 February 2017 12:24:51 UTC, Jed Carty wrote: > > I have looked into making things like this work, but browser security > makes it difficult. I made a widget somewhere that lets you make xmlhttp > requests but for many uses there are CORS problems that prevent it from > working.

[tw] Re: [TW5] Presenting.... TiddlySteganography: Hide messages in images using tiddlywiki

2017-02-21 Thread Dragon Cotterill
I do so love Steganography. If only because it can also be used to carry dodgy Javascript past nosy anti-virus systems to infect systems and insecure mobiles. Not that I would know about such things of course. :p Cool implementation Jed. -- You received this message because you are

[tw] Re: Searchable fields when using _Canonical_uri ?

2016-09-05 Thread Dragon Cotterill
This is one of my biggest problems, with one of my TWs. My Doc Library ( https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1207193/library.html ) has a lot (and I do mean a LOT) of PDFs in it. Most of the entries point to a document of one sort or another. For local access I have not found any program which

[tw] Re: ⁂ Need pretty face for TWederation

2016-08-18 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Wednesday, 17 August 2016 15:49:58 UTC+1, Mat wrote: > > *TWederation and TiddlyWiki > networks... Oh-that's-not-my-concern-I'm-just-a-regular-TW-user"* > > If YOU are thinking along those lines, then I'm *particularly *talking to > you here! I will request your help about *how* to best

Re: [tw] Re: > is lying?

2016-11-11 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Friday, 11 November 2016 09:10:12 UTC, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > It’s entirely possible that there is a bug in the implementation, or that > 8601 itself contains unexpected behaviours. > > Yes.. "Unexpected". Actually the way week numbers are calculated around the world changes.

[tw] Re: [TWC] How to use ArchivePlugin Online

2016-10-31 Thread Dragon Cotterill
I would point out, that in the ToDo section of ArchivePlugin it specifically states: - Synchronize tiddler renames/deletions with file system - Lazy loading of archived files via HTTP This would suggest that it hasn't yet been implemented. -- You received this message because you are

[tw] Re: [TWC] How to use ArchivePlugin Online

2016-10-30 Thread Dragon Cotterill
I use TWC a lot. Though I do not use that ArchivePlugin. Instead I used SharedTiddlersPlugin from http://yakovl.bplaced.net/TW/STP/STP.html In this way I can export out any unneeded tiddlers and import them as needed when opening a tiddler, or, by adding them in the "IncludeList" tiddler, at

[tw] Re: Tiddlywiki for business

2016-12-11 Thread Dragon Cotterill
This is where I see the real downsides of using TW in a business situation. Within a business the immediate necessity is to allow multiple users to access it at the same time. Obviously for reading this is not an issue. But for updating then this is where it's not so good. Using Node to act as

[tw] Re: Announcing the 2nd TiddlyWiki European Meetup on 10th & 11th June 2017

2017-03-21 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Tuesday, 21 March 2017 16:12:36 UTC, Jed Carty wrote: > > I think that the problem last time with the remote attendees was the wifi > where we were. There may have been a problem with not having a dedicated > computer to run the hangout, if that is the case I may be able to bring up > an

[tw] Re: New home for TiddlyWiki Five saver for Dropbox

2017-03-18 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Thursday, 16 March 2017 20:06:45 UTC, Arlen Beiler wrote: > > > If anyone else would like to host their cloud connecting app on this site, > let me know and I will setup a repository for you. I'm also going to add > Jeremy as an admin to the organization. > > As somebody who deals with

[tw] Re: [Classic] Export User defined Fields

2017-03-03 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Friday, 3 March 2017 20:01:05 UTC, RLM wrote: > > Anyone still work with Tiddlywiki Classic (2.8.1)? > Well yes, all my work is still in TWC. In the normal export, the values for %0, %1 etc. change depending on which export option you selected. If you created your own export option, then

[tw] Re: Announcing the 2nd TiddlyWiki European Meetup on 10th & 11th June 2017

2017-03-13 Thread Dragon Cotterill
> > The photo needs a caption, like who is who? Okay JR is in there and looks > a lot like his photo in his google groups tag/icon/thing. > I the one grinning like an idiot with the Dropbox T-Shirt on. (Got it whilst attending the DropBox Hackathon in London a couple of years back. My entry

[tw] Re: Vivaldi Browser - Shameless Publicity

2017-03-07 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Tuesday, 7 March 2017 17:51:00 UTC, David Szego wrote: > > Can you save TW files with the "Save" button? > Sadly, no. -- 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

[tw] Re: [TW5] DateFormat DDth MMM YYYY when Date Field for DD is 00?

2017-03-08 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Since when has there ever been a "zero" day of the month? As far as I recall the first day of the month is always "1". Perhaps you should do the same for your values? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this

[tw] Re: TiddlyWiki classic themes?

2017-07-09 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Try the venerable TiddlyTools. http://www.tiddlytools.com/#SwitchThemePlugin -- 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: [TWC] 2.8.1 TableSortingPlugin not working

2017-07-03 Thread Dragon Cotterill
This appears to work perfectly for me. (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Windows 8) You sure you're not seeing remnants of your selections when you edit the Tiddler and save it? When you edit the entry it retains your selected sorting option from what you had before. It's only when you load it for the

[tw] Re: [TWC] 2.8.1 TableSortingPlugin not working

2017-07-04 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Sorry, really not seeing it here. Well the example you posted above was straight out of the plugin. if you enter autosort thus: |Name <> |Salary |Extension |Performance |File Size |Start date |h It displays in the sorted order. Each time you re-load the tiddler (click off the recent timeline

[tw] Re: [TWC] 2.8.1 TableSortingPlugin not working

2017-07-05 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Well it works for me on every browser I've tried, so it must be something specific to you. What are you using? -- 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: Attempt to build a Roguelike Dungeongame in TW5

2017-06-20 Thread Dragon Cotterill
As an interesting aside, I'm using TW to write the documentation for the resurrection of my old University gaming project http://www.kizar.co.uk/TW/TinyFantasy.html I do however question the viability of making a roguelike for TW. Have you ever seen the code to Rogue/Nethack etc. ? It's

[tw] Re: A google group for TiddlyWiki Classic

2017-06-02 Thread Dragon Cotterill
There is nothing wrong with discussing Classic here on this group. Surely it muddies the waters as now the information pertaining to TWC is going to be spread out rather than contained. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To

[tw] Re: [TWC] Export All Tiddlers

2017-09-13 Thread Dragon Cotterill
That is very odd. That's the exact same plugin I use, also on FireFox, using TiddlyFox. Just to be sure, you're not using this from an http instance and saving to file? It will throw an error if you try that. Local file instance to file export should work though. On my largest TWC (2185

[tw] Re: [TWC] Export All Tiddlers

2017-09-12 Thread Dragon Cotterill
So my first concern would be, why does export not work? In my experience it does work once the tiddlers are selected. Unless you have got some seriously messed up field that include quotes and apostrophes etc. Does it produce any output? An error message? OK, I've done exports with TWCs

[tw] Re: can we still create a couchdb instance on cloudant

2017-08-21 Thread Dragon Cotterill
> > For what it's worth, my set-up does work properly and my CouchDB runs over > a TLS connection so it's a pretty secure set-up. > Runs over TLS on a connection that doesn't use certificate pinning, so it's not as secure as you think it is. -- You received this message because you are

Re: [tw] Query: Markup Parsers

2017-09-01 Thread Dragon Cotterill
This takes us into the realm of Yacc (Bison) and Lex for tokenising and parsing. Just a few Javascript versions and alternatives off hand: https://www.npmjs.com/package/jscc-parser http://zaach.github.com/jison/docs/ http://canna71.github.io/Jacob/ I'm sure there must be someway to sort out the

[tw] Re: Suggestions for future features

2017-08-30 Thread Dragon Cotterill
> > Quickest search results via indexing through Apache Lucene like docFetcher >> ( >> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/portable-desktop-search-make-the-most-of-docfetcher/ >> ) >> Please go through the menus of cherry tree software and incorporate which >> is easly

[tw] Re: Problem with savetiddlers

2017-12-12 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Tuesday, 12 December 2017 18:17:56 UTC, BJ wrote: > > HI Dragon, > very interesting! > I will try and reproduce this error. Can you let me know what version of > tiddlywiki and firefox you are using? > cheers > > BJ > TWC 2.8.1 / FF 57.0.2 on Win 8. -- You received this message

[tw] Re: Linking to FTP Pictures on the Node.js Version only works in EDGE Browser

2017-12-13 Thread Dragon Cotterill
I'd advise against mixing protocols like this. You probably need to supply a username and password for the FTP account... even if it's publicly viewable and open. For example: ftp://username:password@my_ftp_ip_address/Images/imagename.jpg -- You received this message because you are

[tw] Re: The Physics of TiddlyWiki -- Interesting

2017-12-13 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Tuesday, 12 December 2017 22:24:16 UTC, TonyM wrote: > > TiddlyWiki, Exists in a universe of its own, with features desired in the > real universe are plentiful notably wormholes. From anywhere you can link > to anywhere else in one step. > ... You can write your own "virtual" laws.

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Blockchain is a solution desperately looking to solve problems. OK, the idea of the blockchain is sound. It ensure that changes based on previous data is valid. There are two major drawbacks, one in the blockchain itself, and the second applicable to TW. Firstly the big problem is the need for

[tw] Problem with savetiddlers

2017-12-12 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Been using the excellent "savetiddlers" plugin to handle my old TWC files. But often when I open the file afresh I get the error message: savetiddlers has detected that another tiddlysaver called savetiddlers is > install. Currently only one saver is supported therefore - savetiddlers > will

[tw5] Re: Suggested TiddlyWiki ...

2018-06-11 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Wednesday, 6 June 2018 21:04:21 UTC+1, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > 4 - British Sheep Breeds > > Simples. http://www.kizar.co.uk/TW/BritishSheep.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[tw5] Re: TW in Public -- "British Sheep Breeds" (#twClassic #animals #Britain)

2018-06-11 Thread Dragon Cotterill
That was just a simple web scrape and Macro to break everything up into common DIVs to be added to the file. Then a quick categorisation based on info from the British Wool Board. Probably took me about 30 mins tops. The idea came from the suggests list, probably as a joke entry. Either way, I

[tw5] Re: Suggested TiddlyWiki ...

2018-06-11 Thread Dragon Cotterill
OK, this drives me crazy. Pointing to a "Book" as a source for a TW is not a very good idea. TWs are made up of many, cross linked, individual entries. It's part and parcel of how a wiki works. If you want a prose entry then go to the book or write a document. On Monday, 11 June 2018 13:04:22

[tw] Re: Your invitation to the TiddlyWiki European Meetup 2018

2018-01-08 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Having been to these two meetups, I approach this with some scepticism. Firstly the meetups are interesting in terms of putting names to faces, finding out how people are using TW, and generally being awed by how people are doing some seriously brilliant stuff. Elliot's Dyslexic work was

[tw] Re: Your invitation to the TiddlyWiki European Meetup 2018

2018-01-08 Thread Dragon Cotterill
On Monday, 8 January 2018 12:29:31 UTC, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > when I could enjoy the forests of the Tirol? > > Which is the reason I go to Seefeld/Scharnitz every year. :D -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe

[tw5] Re: Can I request wiki for "Henley", "Brexit", "Trump", "Hungarian Cinema" ...

2019-08-28 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Nothing a quick search won't find. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/tiddlywiki/-Zihuy1HvSc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny9bvoFtrMc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[tw5] Re: Can I request wiki for "Henley", "Brexit", "Trump", "Hungarian Cinema" ...

2019-08-28 Thread Dragon Cotterill
I've pointed out before how incredibly easy it is to create Wikis from data sources. (Remember British Sheep?) And I've posted before about my Library which is a fully fledged system which hundreds of people use. It gets promoted in locations relevant to it's content. (Though I've yet to see it

[tw5] Re: Encryption & data accessibility question

2019-09-02 Thread Dragon Cotterill
> > However, since the html source appears to remain unchanged once encryption > password has been provided and tiddlers were decrypted, I can only assume > that all now-decrypted tiddler content has been loaded as plaintext into > RAM or some kind of browser storage, is this correct? > The

[tw5] Re: Reviving TiddlyWiki Hangouts

2020-05-12 Thread Dragon Cotterill
I know that I'm late to the nomination party, but I'd really like to hear the point of views of people who remain "faithful" to TWC. My nomination would have to be Yakov and his continuing superb work in that area. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[tw5] Re: Personal News

2020-05-18 Thread Dragon Cotterill
As somebody who is on the Extremely Vulnerable list, I can sympathise with your situation. I really wish you a full and speedy recovery. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

[tw5] Re: TiddlyWiki Hangout #107 with Matt Lauber and Reece Shaw

2020-06-30 Thread Dragon Cotterill
I have built a TW explaining all the rules, characters, skill and attributes for playing my MUD game. The game itself is not finished, it's still very much a work-in-progress, but the wiki makes organising it so much easier. Which is the point of any TW... it's versatile and can be used for

[tw5] Re: How to launch batch scripts from TiddlyDesktop in linux?

2021-01-27 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Welcome to the wonderful world of Security Vulnerabilities and Work-arounds. Don't worry, this is my job. OK, you need to register a new URL scheme handler. First create a Desktop Entry which specifies the mime-type. For example: [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=TW Bash Script

[tw5] Re: How to launch batch scripts from TiddlyDesktop in linux?

2021-01-28 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Nah, using xgb-mime uninstall simply removes the actual software that changes the mime-types. Does nothing to remove the associations. As you say, delete the entry from the mimeapps.list and it will stop the association (after a re-boot that is). My warning about hackers is that the action can