I think a feature like filtering should be included on TiddlyWiki.com if it is a feature that has been included in the core. It would best belong with content on lists. To my mind it would naturally belong on under the content section of the features Tiddler[1]
I think it would be better for TW users to be able to use the simple built in core macros at first, then use a plugin if it didn't meet their needs. But if they don't know about it they are going to ask the group then use the excellently documented filtering plugins. The TW community has no control over TiddlyWiki.com, and can only make suggestions. Also a user who is learning about computer coding and finds it difficult to understand documentation. It gets difficult when the documentation has quotes and there is no way of understanding what the text in the documentation means. This is not the person to write the documentation. The role a non-technical user *is* able to perform is a tester and questioner, and in his own way help to improve the whole project, making it easier for new visitors. On TW.org, some of my confusion was caused by how the information is presented - the meaning the characters "<+|->" in "[filter[<+|->value]]" .I read it as the acceptable characters are "less than", "Plus", "Or", "Minus" , "greater than" a particular value. My trial and errors and Erics documentation for his enhancement did not help much. It seems to me "-" does not work in sorting that it doesn't work and i get errors. I spent an hour of so messing with it and could easiliy spend a couple more and still get nowhere on this decoding of documentation through trying to see what works. That there is a possibility that it doesn't work contributes to the decision to use a plugin - probably fET. But there is a risk. What if fET stops working? Udo has not written many plugins recently and there is no reason to expect that an updated version would be available. Sunk costs [1] in learning how to do something are something that I am becoming aware of as I walk the non-linear TW path to enlightenment. The radical proposal would of course be to include Erics core in the core, and to use his documentation. It seems to me that an hour playing with the built in filter, you would want the functions that Eric has provided anyway, OR and AND for example. Alex [1] http://tiddlywiki.com/#Features [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost 2009/6/29 FND <[email protected]>: > >> Its not clear form TW.org or your post that the filter syntax has to >> be used in a list or DefaultTiddlers. Reading your documentation for >> matchTags[1] explains the built in function though. It would be good >> if core functions were documented like this. > > I agree that would be useful. > That's certainly something the entire community could help with. > > > -- F. > > > > -- http://www.multiurl.com/g/64 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
