Diego, I think something quite like your idea here was behind this thread: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/dgiD-PN9KX4/discussion
The virtual (view macro) solution (as Jeremy's pre-release demonstrates) is also useful -- at least for cases like mine, but I admit that most people aren't importing (and hence bypassing the one-by-one edit process) on hundreds of existing tiddlers that are lacking explicit links. -Springer On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 5:23:16 PM UTC-5, Diego Mesa wrote: > > All, > > I don't want to hijack the thread, just wanted to share my idea on this > problem: > > On each tiddler* save*, parse only its contents to search for "linkable" > targets, then *actually perform text substitution *to correctly link. > > This could happen: > > - automatically: after each tiddler save, > - manually, either: > - on each tiddler with an editor toolbar button > - one button in the control panel to perform it on all tiddlers > that have been edited by the user since the last time this operation > was > performed. > > Critically, these use the tiddler saving mechanism to actually change its > content automatically for us. > > Diego > > On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 4:04:28 PM UTC-6, springer wrote: >> >> Mark, >> >> Ah, remembering //exactly which string// to type is indeed a sub-problem >> of the attention and effort required to accomplish the task of furnishing >> internal links for pasted text. However, a good alias plugin should resolve >> at least //most// of that sub-problem... ;) >> >> On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 4:01:05 PM UTC-5, Mark S. wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> If someone asks "How much trouble is it to go through and put brackets >>>> around all the key terms after you paste?" that person is probably not >>>> working in front of a live audience (where that audience is not there to >>>> get TiddlyWiki lessons). >>>> >>> >>> Haven't you just moved from the problem of performing an actual link >>> insert, to the problem of having to remember the exact wording or phrase >>> that will "magically" create a link? >>> >> -- 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/396dea5e-fc9b-4674-9814-427259eb851b%40googlegroups.com.
