On Friday, February 28, 2020 at 6:10:19 AM UTC-8, David wrote: > > Then it occurred to me that if I like this and add a bunch more projects, > then that tiddler name is not all that specific, and will probably need to > be improved. If I were in a file system, that sql code might be in its own > folder so that such a simple name would be appropriate. > So what do you guys do for TiddlyWiki? In a way, these Tiddler names make > it so that everything is, in essence, in one folder. > I guess I need to perhaps make the name more specific, with a prefix that > resembles the name of the project or task. >
While everything is, as you say, "in one folder", you can use the "/" character within a tiddler title to add a suffix that simulates a folder naming convention. Thus, if you have a tiddler named "TiddlerA", and you want a related tiddler to be "Example", but want to ensure a unique tiddler title (so that you can create other Example tiddlers in the future), you could name the related tiddler as "TiddlerA/Example". Similarly, if you wanted a related tiddler for writing "Notes" about TiddlerA, you could name that tiddler "TiddlerA/Notes". This has the advantage that, when listed alphabetically, all the related tiddlers are grouped together, like this: TiddlerA TiddlerA/Example TiddlerA/Notes TiddlerA/References etc. Of course, there are many other strategies for naming and differentiating tiddlers, but the above works nicely for many use-cases. In fact, you can see this approach to tiddler names if you examine the list of TWCore "shadow" tiddlers (in the sidebar tabs, select "More" and then "Shadows" to see the list). There are nearly 2000 (!) shadow tiddlers, grouped by purpose or function using names that contain "/" characters. You can also view these tiddlers in a *simulated* directory hierarchy using the "More>Explore" sidebar tab. This tab takes each name and chops it up into pieces based on the the "/" character, and then generates a "folder tree" that shows each level of tiddlers *as if* it were a folder even though the tiddlers actually include the full path in their titles. enjoy, -e Eric Shulman TiddlyTools.com: "Small Tools for Big Ideas!" (tm) InsideTiddlyWiki - http://TiddlyTools.com/InsideTW -- 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/58d82917-3018-49db-ab38-18352bda11aa%40googlegroups.com.
