[twdev] Re: Is it possible to query the nodejs server with a macro?

2017-05-30 Thread Matthew Lauber
Since you can write a javascript macro, it is _possible_ to use any of the functionality that the tiddlywiki itself provides. Therefore it is possible to run ajax requests to query the API. That said, I'm going to bet it's not the easiest thing in the world. This is probably a good place to

[twdev] Re: Overview review

2017-05-30 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Jel wrote: > > It's all very well advanced users knowing their way around, however coming > back to using it after a couple of years has given me a fresh outlook > which is less than impressed, it's rather chaotic... > I agree. Its chaotic & fragmentary (experientially). And it favours micro

Re: [twdev] @dev - Why dev for Chrome is a MUST

2017-05-30 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Some of your thoughts should get pinned. My issue with this is not on saving per se, its on what is a TW "standalone". Daniello's NoteSelf seems to instance a very interesting mid-place of easy saving and conventional TW authorial autonomy that makes this more rich, and interestingly,

Re: [twdev] @dev - Why dev for Chrome is a MUST

2017-05-30 Thread Jeremy Ruston
> > I DO think that Chrome saving, IF it could be got to work as elegantly as > TiddlyFox currently does, could help TiddlyWiki get more widely used. There > has been much discussion about this. Not being a developer I don't really > understand the issues on how DIFFICULT overwrite saving has

[twdev] Re: @dev - Why dev for Chrome is a MUST

2017-05-30 Thread Jel
Don't forget Chrome's developing dialects like Iron, too On Thursday, 27 April 2017 13:57:26 UTC+1, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > Great discussion. Very relevant. > > I put it like this: I never minded that Firefox was in decline so long as > it retained its flexibility. Its flexibility on add-ons

[twdev] Overview review

2017-05-30 Thread Jel
Is it possible, please, for a group to stand back and look at the public face of TW? What does a tyro see when he starts looking without anyone who knows his way around alongside him to train him? OK, the Classic TW is somewhat deprecated now, however recent changes like the loss of BT have not

[twdev] Re: The understanding of TW

2017-05-30 Thread PMario
On Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 10:58:18 AM UTC+2, PMario wrote: > > >> >> >> I have many questions: >> >>- What elements node.js put in the single html tw? >> >> none > I probably didn't understand that question right :) When we build eg: empty.html with the --build command we basically add

[twdev] Re: The understanding of TW

2017-05-30 Thread PMario
On Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 9:59:29 AM UTC+2, Luis Gonzalez wrote: > > I understand some things: > >- node.js is the key concept. > > node.js is only needed, to build the SPA (Single Page App) eg: empty.html with a command line utility that is named "tiddlywiki" node.js is not needed if you