> Much as I admire Eric's dedication to helping others (including me), > his post demonstrates precisely what the issue is. > When you click on his link it tells you how to get started save a > TW ...etc. Then you get to the customising bit e.g. > "set styles (optional) > If desired, edit the StyleSheet to suit your aesthetic sensibilities" > but there are no instructions/information about how to edit the > StyleSheet or simply what to do.
TiddlyTools' basics.html QuickStart document is just that.... a quick starting point. It's doesn't try to provide an introductory tutorial on how to use TiddlyWiki or how to write CSS. Rather, it's purpose is to merely reduce or eliminate the efforts involved in locating, selecting, importing, and installing a set of plugins and customizations that provide basic enhancements to the core TW feature set. There are many ways to determine what level of pre-configured customization is appropriate or desired in any given document. One criteria that I used when building basics.html was that it should be a general-purpose set of enhancements that are not specifically optimized for any particular use-case. If your objective is to just start using the document, "straight out of the box", then you can ignore the *optional* parts of the GettingStarted instructions, and just start working. There's no need to delve into deep 'tech stuff' if you don't know how (or just aren't interested)... basics.html is ready for use "as-is". Of course, if your particular use-case is more complex than just general information storage, then you might want to start from a document that has been more highly pre-configured and "tuned" with just the right set of features for supporting your activities. This is where such fine documents as Dave's and Morris' fit in... they are *also* excellent starting points... if you want/need those features. Of course, if you want to start adding customizations beyond what is pre-installed, then a certain amount of TW-specific skills and knowledge are needed, regardless of how simple or complex the initial document definition is. Nonetheless, I definitely agree that there's an obvious gap in TiddlyWiki documentation, especially in regards to how to make customizations. I've been working on writing a guidebook/technical reference, "InsideTiddlyWiki", off and on for quite a while, but it's been slow going (I keep getting sidetracked), and it's no where near ready for sharing... and it's probably going to be more technical than what you are hoping for. If you'd like to offer suggestions for topics, it might provide me with some direction to help spur my writing. enjoy, -e --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
