Re: [tw5] Re: Best of 2020 and the Wish-list of 2021

2021-01-06 Thread Glenn Dixon
s the first entry. > > > As I said in the first post of this thread, this plug in needs some > modernization. > > > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 4:33 PM Glenn Dixon wrote: >> well, now it's installed but the only option I get is 'dock here' - I'll >> troubleshoot

[tw5] Re: Best of 2020 and the Wish-list of 2021

2021-01-06 Thread Glenn Dixon
well, now it's installed but the only option I get is 'dock here' - I'll troubleshoot or bug report on github On Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 3:01:01 AM UTC-5 arunn...@gmail.com wrote: > > @ Glenn Dixon > > I think the attached files are the latest firefox extension ( 0.1.5) an

Re: [tw5] TiddlyWiki Project Name

2021-01-06 Thread Glenn Dixon
I apologize for that horrid mess of code. Wish there was a way to edit. Oh, it's email. Even though I'm entering this from a web page. Reason # 1,475 why I hate Google Groups :( /rant On Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at 5:38:31 AM UTC-5 Glenn Dixon wrote: > I guess this is what happens when

Re: [tw5] TiddlyWiki Project Name

2021-01-06 Thread Glenn Dixon
I guess this is what happens when you keep a project going this long... Ah it was called https://twitter.com/TiddlyWiki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw;>@TiddlyWiki , and its still around. (cool!) Before mobile though it was just an HTML file with js that did FS operations to rewrite itself. I think? Was

[tw5] Re: macro for 'if field exists then A else B else C' ???

2021-01-05 Thread Glenn Dixon
On Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at 5:55:27 PM UTC-5 TW Tones wrote: > Dix, > > Since you mentioned it I had a look at LibraryThing, and started > cataloguing my books found in different locations "Rooms, shelves" since > the ISBN scanner is easy to use. > > Have you exported LibraryThing data?

[tw5] Re: Best of 2020 and the Wish-list of 2021

2021-01-05 Thread Glenn Dixon
You have a working copy of tiddlyclip? I just tried installing the extension. Firefox reports it to be corrupt. On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 4:51:07 PM UTC-5 arunn...@gmail.com wrote: > Now coming to my wishes for 2021 > > 1. I wish for a better web clipper for TW. buggyj's tiddlyclip >

[tw5] If you switch to Zoomin story view and your screen goes blank...

2021-01-05 Thread Glenn Dixon
I was trying to test the zoomin story view in two different wikis and it completely locked me out of them. Pages appear to render for about a half second, then the title turned vertical and the screen is blank. This is probably an unfortunate side effect based on my particular set of plugins

[tw5] Re: Interesting way to document complex syntax

2021-01-04 Thread Glenn Dixon
I will wholeheartedly endorse this! On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 2:56:27 AM UTC-6 jeremy...@gmail.com wrote: > I recently came across an interesting way to apply dynamic labels to > complex syntax examples. Here are the explainers for CSS and HTML: > > http://apps.workflower.fi/vocabs/css/en >

[tw5] Re: macro for 'if field exists then A else B else C' ???

2021-01-04 Thread Glenn Dixon
Thanks, but I've moved my book collection back online to LibraryThings. On Monday, January 4, 2021 at 5:10:46 AM UTC-6 amreus wrote: > Hopefully this is helpful. I also find the syntax arcane and still > struggle with constructing code like the following. > > \define makeimg() > <$vars >

[tw5] Re: macro for 'if field exists then A else B else C' ???

2021-01-03 Thread Glenn Dixon
Thank you very much for your help! I guess I need to give up on this particular idea. There are only so many hours I can spend struggling with something like this before I am simply ready to ditch TiddlyWiki altogether. I really struggle with the syntax. Depending on the context, I may need

[tw5] Re: macro for 'if field exists then A else B else C' ???

2021-01-03 Thread Glenn Dixon
Yes, but I need a plain URL, not an image link, so wouldn't be able to use <$image ... On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 9:08:08 AM UTC-6 saq.i...@gmail.com wrote: > The last example does that, it falls back to an entirely different URL if > no ISBN fields exist. > > On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at

[tw5] Re: macro for 'if field exists then A else B else C' ???

2021-01-03 Thread Glenn Dixon
This looks nice! It appears to put all the right code in the right place. Now if only librarything servers would quit dying on me... Are there any other widgets with :filter and :else options that I could use to do something similar w/ a link? Specifically, use isbn or isbn13 in link, but if

[tw5] Re: macro for 'if field exists then A else B else C' ???

2021-01-03 Thread Glenn Dixon
My brain is obviously incapable of understanding TW documentation. Any way, here is the code \define makeimg(isbn) [img[http://covers.librarything.com/devkey/dev-key-goes-here/medium/isbn/$isbn$]] <$macrocall $name="makeimg" isbn={{!!isbn}} /> I need to basically add options for "if no isbn,

[tw5] macro for 'if field exists then A else B else C' ???

2021-01-03 Thread Glenn Dixon
I have a working macro, but just realized that the field it uses is sometimes not present. There is an alternate field I would like to use in its place. I also need to use a 'dummy' result if *both* fields are not present. My dozens of searches through TW documentation and this group have so

Re: [tw5] Re: TiddlyWiki Project Name

2021-01-02 Thread Glenn Dixon
AtomicCards™ On Sat, Jan 2, 2021, at 2:14 AM, BurningTreeC wrote: > I like the name "AtomCards" > > to add my two cents to the discussion :D > > positiv...@gmail.com schrieb am Montag, 28. Dezember 2020 um 07:14:43 UTC+1: >> I couldn't find if this topic has already been re-hashed this decade.

Re: [tw5] Re: How can I find recent imports in TW Commander?

2021-01-02 Thread Glenn Dixon
@Mohammad I tried steps 1-7 as you listed them. Still ZERO results. Tried in Chrome - worked! Back to Firefox - turned off uBlock - worked! Turned uBlock back on (since it wasn't actually, theoretically, blocking anything on that page) - still works! Not sure if something in uBlock was

[tw5] Re: How can I find recent imports in TW Commander?

2021-01-01 Thread Glenn Dixon
ok, finally used the Commander to add tags by filtering for ```[has[layout]]``` since each of the new tiddlers had a field named layout On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 6:30:35 PM UTC-6 Glenn Dixon wrote: > Theoretically it does, but I've been unable to get it to show me the files >

[tw5] Re: How can I find recent imports in TW Commander?

2021-01-01 Thread Glenn Dixon
Theoretically it does, but I've been unable to get it to show me the files I just imported... On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 5:28:50 PM UTC-6 saq.i...@gmail.com wrote: > If Commander accepts a filter: > > [[$:/Import]links[]] > > On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 11:46:28 PM UTC+1 dix...@gmail.com

[tw5] How can I find recent imports in TW Commander?

2021-01-01 Thread Glenn Dixon
Just managed to convert a batch of markdown+YAML files to a JSON, then cleaned up the file and imported it. When I go to $:/import I see my 137 book files. How can I add a tag to all of them using Commander? So far I have been unable to search or filter these files... -- You received this

[tw5] Field as part of an image url

2020-12-28 Thread Glenn Dixon
I've tried several different syntax options and I am obviously doing it wrong. So how do I get this image to display in a tiddler? [img[https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/isbn/{{!!isbn}}-M.jpg]] The isbn field isn't interpreting/parsing and I get a broken image link. I also tried something

[tw5] Re: Set Tiddler Title from fields

2020-12-28 Thread Glenn Dixon
Eric, Just saw your 'join' idea - looks like a lot less typing. Might not make any difference at this point, but I have several other fields to fill, and (this is where I bite off more than I can chew) that would come in handy if I want to display a more narrative text instead of just basic

[tw5] Re: Set Tiddler Title from fields

2020-12-28 Thread Glenn Dixon
that did it! A separate 'addsuffix' for each space. Not sure I would have come up with that. Thanks, again! Now to set up blanks for the other 10 fields... On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 1:27:02 PM UTC-6 Mark S. wrote: > Just add them with addsuffix > > $basetitle={{{

[tw5] Re: Set Tiddler Title from fields

2020-12-28 Thread Glenn Dixon
Thank you sir! I have now officially tried 175 different combinations of brackets and action-options! lol I had not seen the addsuffix before. I just tried several variations of it, all of which break everything when I attempt to add spaces between names. Is there a simple/easy way of

[tw5] Set Tiddler Title from fields

2020-12-28 Thread Glenn Dixon
I'm experimenting. So far I have been able to take input from three fields, assign them to $:/state... and then press a button which creates a new tiddler. The new tiddler contains three fields w/ the content I originally entered as values. But how can I merge these three fields and make

Re: [tw5] Re: TiddlyWiki Project Name

2020-12-28 Thread Glenn Dixon
TiddlyWiki Classic TiddlyWiki 5 I think you are right in that, if this was an effort to distinguish, it is perhaps a bit lacking. While we're at it, maybe take up the naming scheme that many other projects use? Everyone seems to understand that MacOS Catalina and MacOS Big Sur are

Re: [tw5] TiddlyWiki Project Name

2020-12-28 Thread Glenn Dixon
If xememex is the only alternative, then stick with the current name. At least you never have to explain how to pronounce it or spell it. On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 5:10:50 AM UTC-6 jeremy...@gmail.com wrote: > Every time this topic comes up we end up going round in circles with > people

[tw5] Re: Maintain toc-tabbed-internal-nav structure after static site export

2020-12-27 Thread Glenn Dixon
TW, If you look at the current working usage of the term 'Static Site Generator' - especially in the new Jamstack context - you'll see that having javascript in html is presumed. So they are plain html, but with many scripts and connections to 'microservices' and API calls, etc. So not the

[tw5] Re: I like Bob

2020-12-27 Thread Glenn Dixon
TW, I used TiddlyDesktop for all that (except the 'classic' part) and it worked well when it didn't crash, which it did on a regular basis. The crashes were very random so difficult to debug, and I presume @Jermolene will be updating it after 5.1.23 (?) so maybe it will work better on

[tw5] Re: Announcing the release of TiddlyWiki v5.1.23

2020-12-26 Thread Glenn Dixon
"Slug handling will allow the generation of html pages and the zip feature to bundle them, perhaps starting a new opportunity for TiddlyWiki to generate sites" Can you expand on that a bit? This is my major pain point at this time, generating a site... On Saturday, December 26, 2020 at

[tw5] Re: Maintain toc-tabbed-internal-nav structure after static site export

2020-12-26 Thread Glenn Dixon
Re-reading your email here. I think one issue I'm having is that I don't expect much, if any, interaction on my existing static sites. Wikis are, by definition, interactive! So if you post your wiki publicly and someone makes a change or an addition, how do you capture the new information back

[tw5] I like Bob

2020-12-26 Thread Glenn Dixon
There, I said it! Don't @ me. https://github.com/OokTech/TW5-Bob This is working well on my local machine. Links to all 3 of my wikis are working. Auto-save is seamless and fast. Much less crashy than TiddlyDesktop (so far) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[tw5] Re: GitHub + Netlify = recursion!

2020-12-26 Thread Glenn Dixon
I was not using the Node.js version On Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 5:38:32 PM UTC-6 Prestige wrote: > So, the wiki can be used over cloud for free? I mean, the node version? > > On Tuesday, 22 December 2020 at 18:27:22 UTC+5:30 dix...@gmail.com wrote: > >> >> Most of my web sites use the

[tw5] GitHub + Netlify = recursion!

2020-12-22 Thread Glenn Dixon
Most of my web sites use the Eleventy SSG, changes push to GitHub, then Netlify sees those changes and auto-rebuilds. This also works with TW (single-file). However, the GitHub Saver info is *also* pushed to Netlify, which means that if I attempt to edit my TW from the web site, it tries to

[tw5] Re: Maintain toc-tabbed-internal-nav structure after static site export

2020-12-22 Thread Glenn Dixon
chaos in the layout display. On Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 8:35:35 AM UTC-6 Glenn Dixon wrote: > ok, I should update this. While the 'toc-tabbed-internal-nav' is nice for > displaying, it's not so great for actually *using* on my local desktop. As > in, you can't actually open any i

[tw5] Re: Maintain toc-tabbed-internal-nav structure after static site export

2020-12-19 Thread Glenn Dixon
structure. Unfortunately the expandable items are still NOT expandable in the exported HTML files :( So - I'm back to square one on my original question... On Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 6:08:17 AM UTC-6 Glenn Dixon wrote: > I assure you, I am *not* missing the point. :) Most of my static si

[tw5] Re: Maintain toc-tabbed-internal-nav structure after static site export

2020-12-19 Thread Glenn Dixon
I assure you, I am *not* missing the point. :) Most of my static sites are html, but they also tend to have at least a splash of javascript. The whole 'jamstack' thing. Generally just for menu toggling, similar to what the macros do inside TW. I am using a static site because I want to simply

[tw5] Maintain toc-tabbed-internal-nav structure after static site export

2020-12-18 Thread Glenn Dixon
My local TW uses toc-tabbed-internal-nav and each section expands when clicked. But if I export the site, nothing expands when clicked, so all the sub-tiddlers are inaccessible. Do I need to do something special with the export code? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to