Springer, Please describe "Clint Checkett's Redirect macro" because I have no idea what it does, so I can't give an indicator if there is a method to replace it. I am sure I know more than I used to with TW5.
Regards Tony On Sunday, December 29, 2019 at 4:00:44 PM UTC+11, springer wrote: > > Wow, Tony, thanks so much! I've just poked around the learning edition a > bit, and have enjoyed it so far. I hope your site will help get me ahead of > the curve, though the big dive will probably wait for summer. For now I > have to find the right balance between indulging my geek-impulse (to > understand TW5 well) and responsibly learning just enough (for now) so that > I can back to *using* (and developing bottom-line content for) the site > that I'll be teaching out of in just a couple weeks. After years of > teaching my big course out of TW Classic for about forever (since 2005 > actually), it's hard to imagine any other way of organizing information for > students. > > I'm still grieving the loss of something like Clint Checkett's Redirect > macro, for reasons much like those mentioned by tobaisch a couple years ago > (in a post to which you responded), and I'm perplexed that nothing like it > seems possible with TW5. But in all other ways, TW5 is looking like such a > runaway boost to everything I already loved about TW Classic! > > Best, > > -Springer > > On Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 10:54:55 PM UTC-5, TonyM wrote: >> >> Springer, >> >> I may have mentioned I went through the same as you, making the big jump >> from TWC to TW5 in part you will need to unlearn things. Much more can be >> done in native TW5 than in TWC which demanded plugins a lot more. I can >> recommend downloading a full copy of tiddlywiki.com and making it your >> own to read and experiment. Perhaps tag the doco you understand and need to >> review. I built an earlier version which contains customisations and >> plugins you may want to study https://tiddlywiki.psat.com.au/learn/ >> >> Fee free to ask how here of course. >> >> Tony >> >> >> On Sunday, December 29, 2019 at 1:34:45 PM UTC+11, springer wrote: >>> >>> Tony, thanks! I did just post about it earlier this evening, with a link >>> to my site <http://ethicsatwes.tiddlyspot.com/#units>. >>> >>> I'll look into currentTab... It sounds like I should rewrite my >>> templates, but I'm still just barely treading water with my upgrade >>> process. I'm still very far from getting up to speed with TW5 widgets and >>> macros, and have been cobbling together solutions found on others' pages, >>> with minor patches... >>> >>> On Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 8:19:37 PM UTC-5, TonyM wrote: >>>> >>>> Springer, >>>> >>>> Do detail your issue re tabs, because I think we may already have a >>>> solution for tabs, it uses a template to transclude tabs and there is a >>>> variable called currentTab available inside each tab. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Tony >>>> >>>> On Sunday, December 29, 2019 at 11:12:32 AM UTC+11, springer wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Tony, I have a feeling your challenge may be related to my question >>>>> about finding a way for transclusions to "behave" as I would hope them to >>>>> when the tiddlers they're in get rendered as tabs, etc. Yes? I'll watch >>>>> this post... Cheers. >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, December 23, 2019 at 7:01:11 PM UTC-5, TonyM wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Folks, >>>>>> >>>>>> To cut a long story short I wanted to challenge the group to see if >>>>>> there is a way to extract a tiddler title from an intermediate >>>>>> transclude. >>>>>> attached and Illustrated below; >>>>>> >>>>>> *Why?* >>>>>> Because in a number of new methods I am developing this is a gap in >>>>>> what I can do to simplify the sophisticated (but simple) use of >>>>>> transclusions. Such a solution could make even smarter transclude >>>>>> methods >>>>>> available and reduce the code needed to achieve them, or the need for >>>>>> changes in the core to expand designer options when building wikis. >>>>>> >>>>>> Here are three tiddlers you can create on Tiddlywiki.com (use JSON >>>>>> file if you want) >>>>>> >>>>>> Display tiddler >>>>>> <h2>Display Tiddler</h2> >>>>>> Current Tiddler=<<currentTiddler>><br> >>>>>> Display Tiddler=<<storyTiddler>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ;Simple Transclude (1) >>>>>> {{||intermediate}} >>>>>> >>>>>> ;Transclude with tiddlername (2) >>>>>> {{tiddlername||intermediate}} >>>>>> >>>>>> intermediate tiddler >>>>>> \define intermediate() intermediate >>>>>> <h2>Intermediate Tiddler</h2> >>>>>> Intermediate Tiddler=<<intermediate>><br> >>>>>> Current Tiddler=<<currentTiddler>><br> >>>>>> Display Tiddler=<<storyTiddler>> >>>>>> >>>>>> {{||final}} >>>>>> >>>>>> final tiddler >>>>>> <h2>final tiddler</h2> >>>>>> >>>>>> <h3>How can I find the tiddler name of the intermediate tiddler >>>>>> here?</h3> >>>>>> Intermediate Tiddler=<<intermediate>><br> >>>>>> Current Tiddler=<<currentTiddler>><br> >>>>>> Display Tiddler=<<storyTiddler>> >>>>>> >>>>>> One solution is to edit the intermediate tiddler as in the example >>>>>> and define a variable based on a literal >>>>>> \define intermediate() intermediate >>>>>> as included in the above. >>>>>> >>>>>> *However* >>>>>> >>>>>> - I am looking for a way to avoid editing the intermediate >>>>>> tiddler to provide its name as a literal >>>>>> - I would accept a programmatic way to store the intermediate >>>>>> name in intermediate but ideally I would like to avoid editing >>>>>> "intermediate" at all >>>>>> - Is there a way to derive this intermediate tiddler title by >>>>>> other means in final? >>>>>> - What if there was a second intermediate tiddler? >>>>>> >>>>>> *Hacking* >>>>>> >>>>>> - Perhaps there is a way to get/set the last tiddler "doing the >>>>>> transclude" in "final" by altering the transclude mechanism? >>>>>> - What if we could somehow determine the full branch used to get >>>>>> to any level deep >>>>>> - eg (in final) display intermediate final >>>>>> or (in final) display $:/core/ui/Buttons/edit final >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks in advance >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Tony >>>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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