Mat,

Bravo! 

IMO, a key aspect is to separate the popup mechanism from the popup 
> content. If there is a mechanism to show/appear things on command in the 
> editor, then *what* is shown is a separate matter. 
>

All, please show your support for this on this issue:

https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/3784

I think this is a huge leap in making TW more *usable*! 

On Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 9:55:09 AM UTC-6, Mat wrote:
>
> Jeremy, thank you, that's encouraging.
>
> * It helps to identify the primitives we might need to make a “production” 
>> version
>>
>
> IMO, a key aspect is to separate the popup mechanism from the popup 
> content. If there is a mechanism to show/appear things on command in the 
> editor, then *what* is shown is a separate matter. 
>
> I know that CodeMirror has a bunch of features for adding autocomplete to 
>> the editor, and I wonder if that might be the quickest route to something 
>> really usable.
>>
>
> Manipulating CodeMirror stuff will have to be for the big boys. But, 
> frankly, it was surprisingly simple to create autocompletes that seem 
> usable enough. The difficulty, for me, is to define good regexps such as 
> something that understands that <$widget ANYTHINGHERE /> is a completed 
> string.
>
> <:-)
>  
>

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