Hi Tony, Thanks for sharing your log tool, I think I will find some good uses for it.
For my problem it seems to me that one option would be to have one tiddler for a book with fields entitled "start", "finish" and "format", and then each could contain lists where each entry in the list references each time I read the book. It sounds like you are saying that this is a bad idea? How would you go about structuring tiddlers that represent each time that a book is read? regards, si On Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 1:13:10 AM UTC, TonyM wrote: > > si, > > What you seem to be asking for is a log process. I have a log system that > allows me to log a note against any tiddler but it is written to a > datatiddler with the key the datetime and contains the source tiddler > title. Then a separate list can interrogate the datatiddler for all or just > the current tiddler. You could add to this the different reading types. > > > - Install the comments plugin and see if this is enough for you > - Try my login tool here > <https://tiddlywiki.psat.com.au/#Wiki%20Log%20tool> > > > The question you have posed highlights a valuable lesson, the book tiddler > represents the book and always should. Reading a book is something > different and it occurs multiple times and in you example can be done > multiple ways. But if you try and force a multiple (Reading sessions) into > a singular (book) it gets messy. > > Regards > Tony > > On Thursday, 31 October 2019 04:52:32 UTC+11, si wrote: >> >> Hi all. >> >> I've been messing around with making a wiki to track what books I read >> and when I read them. I've run into a few sticking points and I'm curious >> to hear how others may have approached something like this (assuming there >> are people here who are as obsessive as me). >> >> So what I have done is created a button that creates a book based on >> Title and Author data entered into an edit-text widget. >> >> Then for the book tiddler itself I have a template with check boxes to >> mark the status of the book (to read, reading, read etc). >> >> What I'm a little stuck on is how to manage reading a book multiple >> times. I would like to record the dates of each time I start and finish a >> book, and also the format it was in (sometimes I might read a physical copy >> and others listen to an audiobook). >> >> I wonder if anyone has any suggestions for how to approach recording this >> data in TW? >> >> I am generally interested in how others have approached anything similar >> so if you have any other ideas to share I would be most keen to hear/see >> them! >> >> best, si >> > On Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 1:13:10 AM UTC, TonyM wrote: > > si, > > What you seem to be asking for is a log process. I have a log system that > allows me to log a note against any tiddler but it is written to a > datatiddler with the key the datetime and contains the source tiddler > title. Then a separate list can interrogate the datatiddler for all or just > the current tiddler. You could add to this the different reading types. > > > - Install the comments plugin and see if this is enough for you > - Try my login tool here > <https://tiddlywiki.psat.com.au/#Wiki%20Log%20tool> > > > The question you have posed highlights a valuable lesson, the book tiddler > represents the book and always should. Reading a book is something > different and it occurs multiple times and in you example can be done > multiple ways. But if you try and force a multiple (Reading sessions) into > a singular (book) it gets messy. > > Regards > Tony > > On Thursday, 31 October 2019 04:52:32 UTC+11, si wrote: >> >> Hi all. >> >> I've been messing around with making a wiki to track what books I read >> and when I read them. I've run into a few sticking points and I'm curious >> to hear how others may have approached something like this (assuming there >> are people here who are as obsessive as me). >> >> So what I have done is created a button that creates a book based on >> Title and Author data entered into an edit-text widget. >> >> Then for the book tiddler itself I have a template with check boxes to >> mark the status of the book (to read, reading, read etc). >> >> What I'm a little stuck on is how to manage reading a book multiple >> times. I would like to record the dates of each time I start and finish a >> book, and also the format it was in (sometimes I might read a physical copy >> and others listen to an audiobook). >> >> I wonder if anyone has any suggestions for how to approach recording this >> data in TW? >> >> I am generally interested in how others have approached anything similar >> so if you have any other ideas to share I would be most keen to hear/see >> them! >> >> best, si >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/3e06e300-129d-493e-bf56-800891c764d5%40googlegroups.com.
