look at creating forms and dataTiddler at abego [1] The expenses example is similar to calorie counting.
You cold have different forms for different groups Alex [1] http://tiddlywiki.abego-software.de/ 2009/8/2 Mark S. <[email protected]> > > Bike 10 miles a day, and through the charts away! ;-) > > At a minimum, this is a relational database model. I've discovered > recently that TW works pretty well this way, with a bit of scripting. > I have an example that I use for gardening on line, if you're > interested. > > I could see having a set of tiddlers that contain basic information > about calories and food: > > CaloriesPerApple > food: Apple > calories: 70 > (tagged as caloriechart) > CaloriesPerSBFrappucino > food: Caffe Vanilla Frappucino > calories: 430 > > You could make these entries quickly using a tiddler template, ready > in the right hand menu. > > Then you could have a form that would collect your food entries. It > might have a drop down list to show calories, but you might have to > update that list by hand as new food types are added. It might be > possible to have it auto-update by transclusion. One way or the other > it shouldn't be too hard. So you would have something like: > > date: year-month-day <-- Do it this way for ease of sorting > time: > food: (selection list) > food name (not onlist): ___________ > food calories (not on list) > quantity: ___ > {Submit} > > When you submit an entry, a new tiddler would be created: > > CalorieLog20090803-1118 > date: year-month-day > food: Apple > quantity: 3 > totalcalories: 210 > > Next you would have a tiddler or two for reporting. I'm not sure what > you would want in terms of history. A simple listing in table format > with the script plugin should be fairly easy. It might be possible to > generate charts using SVG, but I couldn't comment on that yet since > I've barely started using SVG in TW. It should be possible at least to > generate a CSV style output that could be copied into Excel or OO for > your charts. > > Well, too much rambling > Mark > > > > On Jul 31, 10:35 am, abro <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyone know if there is a TiddlyWiki adaptation that > > would be well suited to logging calorie consumption? > > > > I currently use the MonkeyGTD adaptation for project > > / task tracking (which I love btw). However, that is > > a very specialized adaptation. > > > > Ideally a calorie logging tiddlywiki would support: > > > > 1. Ease of data entry (e.g. select apple from a list > > and the calorie amount would be calculated for you) > > 2. Historical graphs > > > > I'm sure there are commercial applications out there > > already, and I believe some free online ones exist as > > well, but I'm a tiddlywiki kind of guy. > > > > Anyone have any suggestions? > > > > -Abro > > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
