Cool, Tony! Thank you for sharing that. On Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 5:57:44 PM UTC-6, TonyM wrote: > > David, > > My Current use of this is a little different perhaps a quick partial > outline > > - Copy (crtl-V) or drag and drop any full link on a tiddlywiki from > the address bar or elsewhere, permalink etc... > - Import, An Untitled tiddler is created with the full link inside it, > open it. > - Perhaps rename it and tag it as a link-tiddler > - Now in a view template tiddler if it is a link tiddler display > alternative link forms by removing and adding prefixes etc... > > Opening a link tiddler will display the different link versions ready to > click > > My Own application is not complete but it detects the prefix of the link > in the text field eg http:// https:// file:// > > I have attached the unfinished work so you can see some of the ideas but > it is in no way a solution for you. > > See how I test the prefix or suffix in $:/PSaT/LinkHandler/viewTemplate > > Regards > Tony > > On Friday, November 29, 2019 at 10:12:40 AM UTC+11, David Gifford wrote: >> >> I see what you are saying, but I don't understand how the macro would be >> invoked. >> >> In the target tiddler you are saying to grab the full permalink. So not >> there. My next step is to go to the tiddler linking to the target. I paste >> the full permalink. Then what? The macro would be a search and replace? >> Since there are multiple files, how would it automatically know where the >> prefix to chop off ends and the filename begins? >> >> I have been experimenting today with this, and am finding the following >> to work as well as the process I described in my original post: >> >> 1) Grab the permalink of the target tiddler starting from the filename >> and going all the way to the right to include the anchor. >> 2) In the tiddler linking to the target, click the edit toolbar button I >> created to stamp [ext[(link)|]] >> 3) Paste the link in the stamped text from step 2. >> >> >> On Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 4:46:35 PM UTC-6, TonyM wrote: >>> >>> Dave, >>> >>> I feel for your requirement as I have seen this as an issue for some >>> time. As a result I have being squirreling away ideas for some time. >>> >>> Can I suggest just capture the permalinks as they are and then use a >>> macro to rebuild them in an additional link. You can use remove prefix and >>> addprefix to take away file://C:// and replace it with >>> http://wikiname.tiddlyspot/tiddler or what ever >>> >>> Happy to provide you more but do you see what I am suggesting? >>> >>> Regards >>> Tony >>> >>> On Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 11:13:47 PM UTC+11, David Gifford >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all >>>> >>>> I have an idea, but am not sure what to think about it. >>>> >>>> In my own notetaking system, I have a central TW with summaries of my >>>> notes, and several book TWs, each containing excerpts from multiple books >>>> I >>>> read. In the central TW I have short summary statements about a topic, and >>>> links to the relevant tiddler in the book TW. I obtain that link quickly >>>> because in my book TWs I have the permalink button visible in the >>>> viewtoolbar, and I grab the permalink to the tiddler for that chapter of >>>> the book when I am ready to go to the central TW and add summaries of that >>>> chapter's contents. >>>> >>>> This works really well for my own system, with the caveat that the >>>> permalinks are full links to filepath in my computer. At such time as I >>>> change computers, I am going to need to make sure the filepath is >>>> identical. Woe to me if Windows ever decides to make it impossible to do >>>> that. >>>> >>>> Anyway, as some of you know, I also publish multiple TWs with web >>>> content in Spanish. In that system I just want to link back and forth >>>> between files. And here is my problem. If I want to quickly grab the >>>> permalink from a tiddler in one TW and paste it in the tiddler of another >>>> TW, the permalink will be to the filepath in my local computer. But when I >>>> publish that to the web, that won't help anyone. It needs to be a link to >>>> the tiddler in the TW on the web, with an URL, not a local filepath. >>>> >>>> So I wondered if there would be a way to clone the shadow permalink >>>> tiddlers and create a parallel permalink system that, instead of grabbing >>>> the full filepath, is set up to grab only the filename and tiddler anchor >>>> (i.e., currentfilename.html#current%20tiddler), and prefix it with the >>>> predetermined relative path needed to navigate from one tiddler to >>>> another, >>>> assuming they are in the same folder, or same folder hierarchy, locally or >>>> online (say, ../ or something like that). >>>> >>>> I did a search for permalink for the shadow tiddlers on tiddlywiki.com, >>>> and read them, but don't really understand it well enough to know if this >>>> idea is even possible. It seems like the key is "tv-config-toolbar-text", >>>> but that is in the core. >>>> >>>> So my questions are, given my use case, >>>> >>>> 1) Is something like what I am suggesting possible? >>>> 2) Am I going about it all wrong? Is there a better way to think about >>>> my use case? (in my case, using Bob or some other solution to edit yet >>>> share online is less appealing, as I already have my own website) >>>> >>>> Currently, without the permalink idea, the next fastest system I can >>>> think of for pasting permalinks between multiple TWs would be >>>> >>>> a) permalink the target tiddler of file A.html and grab only the >>>> tiddler part of the filepath (#this%20tiddler) >>>> b) go to the TW where I want the link, and stamp the relative online >>>> link to the target tiddler from a list of prefabricated snippets >>>> ([ext[link|../fileA.html]]) >>>> c) paste the tiddler info from step a after html in step b >>>> >>>> This seems more cumbersome and tedious than my current system, where I >>>> have one button to add [ext[link|]] and then I just insert the permalink I >>>> grabbed from the other file and tiddler. The extra steps are >>>> >>>> a) in the target file, taking time to highlight and copy the part of >>>> the permalink I need >>>> b) in the file I am editing, digging through a list of snippets in the >>>> stamp tool to find the right one, especially if the number of files that I >>>> interlink online grows to quite a few, which is quite likely. >>>> >>>> [edit: Maybe one stamp with [ext[link|../]] is the answer? And just >>>> paste the filename and tiddler anchor from the target file? But I still >>>> would like to hear what other ideas you guys come up with.] >>>> >>>> Anyway, sorry for the long explanation. But I thought it worth taking >>>> your time, because this would be a valuable solution not just for me, but >>>> for anyone who wants a system with multiple interlinking TWs that they >>>> either want to publish online or send to someone by email or dropbox, but >>>> where the interlinking still works no matter what new context the TWs are >>>> in. >>>> >>>> Blessings, Dave >>>> >>>
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