> Thanks I am going to try all these out. What kind of syntax/language > is this? Is TiddlyWiki just HTML?
The TiddlyWiki core is built using HTML, CSS and Javascript. However, as with most other wiki systems (e.g., MediaWiki, WikiSpaces, SocialText, etc.), the syntax you use to create and format your *content* does not use HTML. Instead, TiddlyWiki uses a special, simplified syntax that is intended to make it easier for "regular people" to achieve the desired appearance of their content. For example, while HTML formatting for bold, italics and underlined text would use: <i>this is italics</i> <b>this is bold</b> <u>this is underlined</ u> TiddlyWiki uses: //this is italics// ''this is bold'' __this is underlined__ Although this doesn't make a big difference for this trivial formatting uses, consider what it takes to render a resized image with a click-through link, using HTML: <a href="http://www.example.com";> <img src="file.jpg" title="text" style="width:400px;height: 300px;float:left;"> </a> compared with the TiddlyWiki equivalent (with ImageSizePlugin-enhanced syntax): [<img(400px,300px)[text|file.jpg][http://www.example.com]] and, for an even more dramatic improvement, compare a basic two-row, two-column table with center aligned text in HTML: <table><tr style="text-align:center"><td> 1,1 </td><td> 1,2 </td> </tr><tr style="text-align:center"><td> 2,1 </td><td> 2,2 </td></tr></table> with the TiddlyWiki equivalent: | 1,1 | 1,2 | | 2,1 | 2,2 | Clearly, in this case the TiddlyWiki syntax requires *much* less typing, and is dramatically easier to read. In fact, notice how the wiki syntax actually looks something like a *formatted* table... which hopefully makes it easier to edit the table contents with fewer mistakes. HTH, -e Eric Shulman TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
