[tw] tiddlyweb questions etiquette

2009-08-06 Thread Dave Parker
I am aware of the tiddlyweb google group: http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlyweb?lnk= but it appears to be quite advanced, i.e. like the tiddlywiki dev google group. When I have simple (potential) user questions about tiddlyweb, should I post here or there? thanks, Dave --~--~-~--~--

[tw] any way to include tiddler title size with FontSizePlugin?

2009-09-15 Thread Dave Parker
Thanks in advance, Dave Parker --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send

[tw] is "popup preview tooltip" a possibility?

2009-09-22 Thread Dave Parker
tiddlytools and found PopupPreviewPlugin, but you have to shift click the link rather than just hover for a while, and the popups are not fully functional. Any ideas? Dave Parker --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to th

[tw] why does <> work in any tiddler, but <> doesn't?

2009-09-22 Thread Dave Parker
they're both toolbar commands, so if one works, shouldn't the other? just wondering... --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.

[tw] Re: is "popup preview tooltip" a possibility?

2009-09-23 Thread Dave Parker
(Couldn't sleep...). What about using a middle-click? Would you mind adding that option please? (It turns out that the instant hover option is a little too fast) Thanks Eric, Dave cedardoc wrote: > That works great, thank you Eric! It either would have taken me weeks > to figure it out on my o

[tw] FYI re Thunderbird 3/ gmail outage protection

2009-09-24 Thread Dave Parker
Just thought people here might be interested, if you're ever concerned about gmail going down, you might want to get Thunderbird 3(beta) and install the add-on "Thunderbrowse" I've got a Note Storm TW going as the mail start page (tools>options>general), and any links open in the Thunderbird bro

[tw] File Sharing the Tiddlywiki way?

2009-09-28 Thread Dave Parker
just set up a shared folder in my skydrive account, or use this which I just found: https://www.wikispaces.com has anyone ever used tiddlywiki in this way, or have any suggestions about this? thanks, Dave Parker p.s. I just thought I could upload files to skydrive, send an invitation from each

[tw] is there a "close all" to close all branches in treeview?

2009-09-29 Thread Dave Parker
I got the recent version of Notestorm by Mans that closes all branches if you close one master topic and then reload the page, but is there a button you can put on the top menu to just click and close all the branches without having to reload? Dave Parker

[tw] suppress graphics in print stylesheet in TW Glass?

2009-09-30 Thread Dave Parker
cript {display:none;} } which appears to be the normal one. How do I fix this? NB the html file does come with a folder of background jpg files, but I don't know how they relate... Thanks in advance, Dave Parker --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message becau

[tw] sticky iframe?

2009-10-02 Thread Dave Parker
Good afternoon, I use this code to view other files and directories and webpages from my TW (NoteStorm) Sometimes when the iframe is rendered, the TW disappears and the page is rendered in a wholly new firefox tab. I can get back to my TW by pressing the back button, but I'd rather it just r

[tw] auto prompt for editor sign-in / log-in plugin

2009-10-03 Thread Dave Parker
I can't seem to find that plugin that auto-prompts you to sign in on startup. I'm starting a multi-user TW and would like to keep track of who's doing what on the shared TW. I looked in tiddlyvault and the new plugin repository at http://plugins.tiddlywiki.org/plugins and at tiddlytools, but I'm

[tw] Re: auto prompt for editor sign-in / log-in plugin

2009-10-04 Thread Dave Parker
Um, I'm having a little difficulty getting this to work. From the plugin usage line I'm assuming I have to add this: to the edit template section of the customized edit template, which is MptwLayoutPlugin. I tried it before the first div, and here as well: 'MptwEditTemplate':[ "", "", "",

[tw] Re: auto prompt for editor sign-in / log-in plugin

2009-10-04 Thread Dave Parker
Nevermind, I figured it out. I was trying to make changes to MptwLayoutPlugin directly when I should have been just editing the MptwEditTemplate. I've only edited these in regular TWs and didn't really understand how this one worked. On Oct 4, 9:02 pm, Dave Parker wrote: > Um,

[tw] import else?

2009-10-06 Thread Dave Parker
I often want to upgrade an old TW that doesn't have the upgrade option. Inevitably I select the old TW to import from and select all tiddlers only to get the message "Are you sure you want to overwrite these tiddlers:", i.e.the newer versions of the ones that are in both. My only options are to

[tw] Checkbox Archive Plugins conflict?

2009-10-06 Thread Dave Parker
cess those same "tiddlers" outside of TW with autohotkey fileappends when my browser's not open) Is this a known bug, and if so is there a fix? thanks, Dave Parker --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

[tw] IE tiddler or Chrome tiddler instead of IE tab or Chrome Frame?

2009-10-26 Thread Dave Parker
it enough to know if it really applies to my question. Thanks, Dave Parker --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com To

[tw] Re: IE tiddler or Chrome tiddler instead of IE tab or Chrome Frame?

2009-10-26 Thread Dave Parker
I forgot to mention that this would (obviously?) be a tiddler showing an iframe. On Oct 26, 2:15 pm, Dave Parker wrote: > In Firefox you can get an add-on called IE Tab (I think its still > active) that allows you to have a tab in Firefox that is really using > the IE "engine&q

[tw] search folder text files from TW?

2009-10-27 Thread Dave Parker
from within them until those tiddlers are edited and closed again. I'd like to be able to have a huge amount of tiddlers Archived, but be able to search within them immediately upon opening the TW. Is this currently possible? Thanks, Dave Parker --~--~-~--~~~---~--

[tw] Re: search folder text files from TW?

2009-10-30 Thread Dave Parker
Thanks Wolfgang, I'll try that (I was using SearchOptionsPlugin) On Oct 30, 9:55 am, wolfgang wrote: > Hi Dave, > > > Using Archive plugin to load external text files, but currently can't > > search for text from within them until those tiddlers are edited and > > closed again.  I'd like to be a

[tw] file drop / load tiddlers hybrid?

2009-11-04 Thread Dave Parker
Hi (Eric), I was reading the descriptions of both FileDrop and LoadTiddlers plugins and was wondering if this were possible using either / or plugins without too much tweaking: Designate a folder which would be loaded or "auto-dropped" at TWstartup or on click with all the LoadTiddler options av

[tw] Re: To Eric Shulman

2009-11-16 Thread Dave Parker
Yes, please get better soon (and consider extra vit C, hot fluids and esp more sleep - unless you actually are an android as some of us suspect, then maybe some W-D-40 ;-) on the other hand, if you're on vacation, just have fun and relax On Nov 15, 2:17 pm, Heller wrote: > Beterschap as we say i

[tw] Re: Separate Edit Window - how to implement it: your thoughts

2009-11-17 Thread Dave Parker
Here's another approach that should work at least in theory: I use ArchivePlugin ( http://jackparke.googlepages.com/jtw.html#ArchivePlugin )in my main TW, but I've changed it to write the tiddlers as ending in "txt" instead of "html". That way when you make new tiddlers and tag them with "Arch

[tw] Please tell me what's wrong with this script

2009-11-22 Thread Dave Parker
0|%1|'; var tids=store.getTaggedTiddlers('qwerty'); for (var i=0; i<tids.length; i++) { out.push(tids[i].title); for (var f in tids[i].fields) out.push(fmt.format ([f,tids[i].fields[f]])); } return out.join(&#x

[tw] Re: Please tell me what's wrong with this script

2009-11-22 Thread Dave Parker
Thanks Eric, Nice to see that you're back. :-) At first I was going to ask another question, but tried the if statement with "true" in quotes instead of no quotes, and that fixed it. Thanks very much for both this and your patience (with slow learners like me) and dedication. -Dave -- You rec

[tw] sending list to a custom field

2009-11-22 Thread Dave Parker
Hi, Eric already helped me today with a related question here: http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki/browse_thread/thread/88628c439617c533 I've spent an hour searching for scripts I could use to send the list generated in that script to a custom field, but am unsuccessful. Here's what I've go

[tw] Re: sending list to a custom field

2009-11-23 Thread Dave Parker
Hi Tobias, That did work. I spent a lot of time searching for the words "script" and "field". No wonder I didn't find anything...(mental note:always check tiddlywiki.org before posting) Thanks very much. Thanks also for your tbGTD, I use that as my main TW - its very nice! On Nov 23, 9:36 am,

[tw] Re: some personal stuff...

2009-11-26 Thread Dave Parker
I was a little afraid to click on your links... "pants off" - is that a European expression? They do look interesting, thanks for sharing - I'll take a look on a lunch break. Here's something interesting I found recently, along with some older ones: http://www.cedar-chiropractic.com/#FunLinks%20%

[tw] Re: Create a new tiddler at the command line

2009-12-01 Thread Dave Parker
Hi Craig, I can't say I entirely follow you, but this is an approach that may be close to your tolerable scenario: You could have an autohotkey script running (www.autohotkey.com/ ) that writes thoughts or clipped text to a txt file. e.g. #g:: inputbox, text, What is your thought?,,,300,100

[tw] how to "activate" archived tiddlers or "externalTiddler" to be seen by showReminders macro

2009-12-17 Thread Dave Parker
macro. Is there maybe a solution with this to solve the same scenario? a solution either way would be nice... Thanks in advance, Dave Parker -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to tiddl

[tw] Re: how to "activate" archived tiddlers or "externalTiddler" to be seen by showReminders macro

2009-12-18 Thread Dave Parker
Craig from Calgary said this (you must have clicked "reply to author" instead of "reply"): Dave, > in it, the "showReminders" macro will not pick it up until I open the > tiddler to edit, but then it picks it up after I close the edit > tiddler. The beauty of external tiddlers is that they do n

[tw] how to inject text into a closed TW (solved)

2009-12-21 Thread Dave Parker
Hi, I solved my problem a non TW way (couldn't figure out the javascript), but it works, so here it is for anyone who might also find it uselful. Purpose: I wanted to be able to set a reminder without having to open up my main TW file, e.g. put down a reminder I thought of in the middle of doing

[tw] slice fET without using tags

2010-01-03 Thread Dave Parker
Hello, I have this fET that works: <\> |\n"' >> but I'd like to not have to tag the tiddler with "todo" to get the tiddler to show up in the fET. If I don't use the tag, i get way too many tiddlers with just a blank "todo slice". I tried !store.getTiddlerSlice(tiddler.title, "todo") == "" &

[tw] Re: slice fET without using tags

2010-01-03 Thread Dave Parker
; > about > > 'bookmark' tiddlers, and outputs a summary, formatted as an "HR- > > separated list" > > > > var out=[]; > > var tids=store.getTaggedTiddlers("bookmark"); > > for (var i=0; i<tids.length; i++) { > >         var t=tid

[tw] pulling my hair out over LaunchApplicationPlugin and relative links

2010-01-07 Thread Dave Parker
I've read several messages and versions of the LaunchApplicationPlugin that claimed that it supports relative links, but I can not get it working. I'm trying to launch image files for editing (i.e. defaulted to open in mspaint.exe), so I don't want to just use [[edit| filename.jpg]] which opens th

[tw] Re: pulling my hair out over LaunchApplicationPlugin and relative links

2010-01-07 Thread Dave Parker
ate it Dave On Jan 7, 2:50 pm, PMario wrote: > hi > > On Jan 7, 9:25 pm, Dave Parker wrote: > > > I've read several messages and versions of the LaunchApplicationPlugin > == snip > > < > picture.jpg">> > > <> > <> > > I t

[tw] Re: Tiddlers side-by side?

2010-01-21 Thread Dave Parker
re your first question: how about something like this: |<>|<>| that would show two tiddlers side by side, but you wouldn't see the tags though... and I'm not sure how you'd programatically derive the second tiddler, but I'm sure someone smart here could tell you. On Jan 21, 12:20 pm, Tobbe wrot

[tw] How to specify tiddler height / length limit?

2010-01-22 Thread Dave Parker
I'd like to limit tiddler height to not greater than a certain limit so if there are taggling tags at the bottom I can see them. I tried Eric's ScrollBox inclusion, but you don't see the taggling tags with that (as its a <> function). I was surprised I didn't find this in a search here or at tidd

[tw] Re: How to specify tiddler height / length limit?

2010-01-22 Thread Dave Parker
3:58 pm, Alex Hough wrote: > you could try specifying tiddler height in StyleSheet. Something like > > .tiddler{ > height:10em; > overflow:scroll; > > } > > there are different types of scroll [1] availavle > > ALex > > [1]http://www.w3schools.com/Css/p

[tw] simple for / next loop question

2010-02-02 Thread Dave Parker
Can someone please tell me why this doesn't work? for (i=1; i<5; ++i) { return i +".\n"; } I was expecting this to spit out the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. but it just spits out "1." (I'm using InlineJavascriptPlugin) Thanks, Dave -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[tw] Re: simple for / next loop question

2010-02-02 Thread Dave Parker
! > What you have to do is specify a variable to collect the results, and > then return that variable after going through the complete loop. Like: > > > var out = "" ; > for (var i=1; i<5; ++i) > { >  out += i + ".\n" ;} > >  return out ; > >

[tw] using script and <> to make a table

2010-02-08 Thread Dave Parker
Good evening... If I use this script: var out = "" ; for (var i=1; i<7; ++i) { out += "|a|b|\n" ; } return out ; I get a 6 row table of 2 columns. But if I use this: var out = "" ; for (var i=1; i<7; ++i) { out += "<\>\n" ; } return out ; referring to a tiddler

[tw] Re: using script and <> to make a table

2010-02-09 Thread Dave Parker
led by > a linebreak, which is how I'd guess the table syntax fails. You might > try to wrap each tiddler-macro-call in an outer table row, like so... > > out += "|<\>|\n"; > > You would then have to use css to get rid of excessive borders, > paddings and m

[tw] Re: using script and <> to make a table

2010-02-09 Thread Dave Parker
7;; > > } > > return wikify(out,place) ; > > > Descriptions: > [1]http://tiddlywiki.org/wiki/Dev:GetTiddlerText > [2]http://tiddlywiki.org/wiki/Dev:Wikify > > Valuable place to find many things > [3]http://www.tiddlytools.com/insideTW/ > > <> produces > xx ti

[tw] Re: using script and <> to make a table

2010-02-09 Thread Dave Parker
Hi Mario - I'm glad I was able to entice you!! > ^ .. width, with no parameter .. does sets width to auto. actually thats part of the nested sliders plugin that says the slider shows in the form of a popup. > [n] .. activated by key 'n' not exactly, its just a little slider label "n", so it shoul

[tw] Re: using script and <> to make a table

2010-02-10 Thread Dave Parker
On Feb 10, 8:27 am, PMario wrote: > Hi Dave, > Is it really a script TW, or do you play my game? > No, I was just playing :-), its actually a bible TW I've been attempting on and off for years (mainly because my TW comprehension skills are slow) My first attempt divided books ("Acts") into ind

[tw] Re: using script and <> to make a table

2010-02-10 Thread Dave Parker
Mario, you are a genius - That works perfectly - thank you! Now I have to print out the code and stare at it for a while to figure out how it works... :-) Dave On Feb 10, 9:03 am, Dave Parker wrote: > On Feb 10, 8:27 am, PMario wrote: > > > Hi Dave, > > Is it really a sc

Re: [tw] Re: using script and <> to make a table

2010-02-11 Thread Dave Parker
ad. > I use www.Aptana.com It is a little overkill for this example. Maybe > others know a smaller syntax highlighter. > > -m > On Feb 11, 6:14 am, Dave Parker wrote: > > Mario, you are a genius - That works perfectly - thank you! > > > > Now I have to print out th

[tw] need programmatic method to check if a tiddler exists yet or not

2010-02-15 Thread Dave Parker
Hi, I have this part of a script that makes a table: for (var i=cntStart; i>===|border-width:0px;<>|\n" } and I want to change the [n] to [N] (or maybe [''n'']) if the tiddler the script refers to exists. How would one do such a check? the only thing I could find that might help is the "New

[tw] Re: need programmatic method to check if a tiddler exists yet or not

2010-02-17 Thread Dave Parker
+"] [[(go)|Note$1$2:"+ i + "]] >  <>===|border-width:0px;<  $2." + i +">>|\n" > >  } > > On Feb 15, 1:05 pm, Dave Parker wrote: > > > Hi,  I have this part of a script that makes a table: > > > for (var i=cntStart; i &g

[tw] Re: need programmatic method to check if a tiddler exists yet or not

2010-02-20 Thread Dave Parker
yway, I'm appreciative anytime smarter people like you are willing to take the time. Dave On Feb 17, 9:15 am, Dave Parker wrote: > Thank you Mark, I will give that a try. > Dave > > On Feb 15, 3:52 pm, "Mark S." wrote: > > > Maybe something like: >

[tw] tiddler title facade / mask / overlay

2010-02-21 Thread Dave Parker
I'm using tiddlers bar plugin and will have a bunch of tiddlers in the bar across the top. Several of the tiddlers will have scripts that list small portions (sections) of very large tiddlers in a table format. I'd like to be able to have an overlay on top of the tiddler title, as the actual tidd

[tw] troubles programmtically writing listbox using custom fields

2010-02-21 Thread Dave Parker
After spending 2 hours trying and searching here and elsewhere I can't get this to work: <> +++[pick chapter after you pick a book]... script method: var Bk=store.getValue(tiddler,"book") wikify ("<