Thanks Saq, for the code. That works great! I am looking forward to your forthcoming promised comments!
On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 8:01 AM Saq Imtiaz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, it's been a while :) Hope you are well. > > So the substory is exactly the same as, and supports the same features as > the main story. The example on tiddlywiki.com uses a streamlined, inlined > viewtemplate that only provides a button to close every tiddler. Instead, > if you pass the appropriate viewtemplate and edittemplate to the listwidget > controlling the story, you can get the exact same interface as well. > > To get your substory to behave exactly the same as you main story try the > following instead of the substory code from tiddlywiki.com: > > <$navigator story="MySubStoryList" history="MySubHistoryList"> > Click this link to get started: HelloThere > > <$list filter="[list[MySubStoryList]]" history="$:/MySubHistoryList" > template={{$:/config/ui/ViewTemplate}} > editTemplate={{$:/config/ui/EditTemplate}} storyview={{$:/view}} > emptyMessage={{$:/config/EmptyStoryMessage}}/> > > </$navigator> > > Obviously the "Click this links to get started" is just for demo purposes. > > Note that you could even use a different storyview or emptyMessage for > this story. > You can create custom edit and view templates to offer a different viewing > and editing experience, re-creating the exact Roam parallel UI would be > easy this way. > > Personally I think having this in a parallel div to the main story is more > intuitive rather than in a tab, if I wanted to compare two tiddlers I would > want them to line up better than they currently do in TiddlyBlink. I've > been using this setup since late 2017 and while I don't always need it, it > is very useful when I do. > > More to follow on dropzones and opening tiddlers in the substory. > Regards, > Saq > > On Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 2:01:00 PM UTC+2, David Gifford wrote: >> >> Hi Saq >> >> Thanks for sharing the video of your dual column TiddlyWiki. That looks >> promising! >> >> Questions about SubStories: >> >> 1) How does it "allow you to edit"? I am not seeing that. >> >> 2) I tagged a tiddler with the SubStories code with $:/tags/SideBar. Is >> it possible to create a 'dropzone' in that tiddler so that the user could >> drag a link to the dropzone and have it automatically open there? Maybe >> when dropping tiddlers there, it changes a state tiddler to include those >> tiddlers, and the substories tiddler displays all the tiddlers in the state >> tiddler? And closing a tiddler removes it from the state tiddler? I don't >> know how to do any of this, of course, just thinking out loud to light a >> spark in someone else's mind. >> >> On Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 3:35:07 AM UTC-5, Saq Imtiaz wrote: >>> >>> David: have you considered a sub-story in the parallel tab? This would >>> allow you to edit, as well as open multiple tiddlers there. Shift+click >>> from the main story to open in the sub-story isn't difficult either. >>> https://tiddlywiki.com/#Creating%20SubStories >>> >>> In fact I would consider putting the substory in a separate parallel div >>> to the main story, which can be toggled, rather than in the parallel tab >>> for a better side by side viewing experience. You could also set it up so >>> that shift+click in the main story showed the parallel div and the substory >>> in it, and opened the relevant tiddler there. >>> >>> The Roam interface with the parallel viewing reminds me somewhat of my >>> own two-story layout Tiddlywiki, which sadly isn't packaged well enough to >>> distribute: >>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/cnubb9osgvfqz4p/tw-dual-story.mp4?dl=0 >>> >>> However I can offer guidance to anyone trying to implement the same. >>> It's mostly wiki markup with some sprinklings of javascript to glue things >>> together from what I remember, I haven't fiddled with this in a couple of >>> years. >>> >>> >>> On Monday, April 13, 2020 at 9:49:20 PM UTC+2, David Gifford wrote: >>>> >>>> The other main drawback to the parallel tab is that it is in view mode, >>>> not in edit mode. >>>> >>>> I would welcome code so that >>>> >>>> a) the search box in the parallel tab is auto-complete, and >>>> b) the text field is editable >>>> >>>> This would almost replicate what is available in Roam. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 2:15 PM 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> - Having to search or paste the name of a page to open it in the >>>>> right side panel - in Roam MAJ + click on any link opens it in the >>>>> right >>>>> side and it's also fully editable straight away so you can work on two >>>>> note >>>>> (tiddlers) or even more in parallel (the side panel can hold many >>>>> notes and >>>>> you can collapse them) >>>>> >>>>> Hm, maybe "MAJ" is an acronym for magic of some kind but how would you >>>>>> click on any link unless all links were displayed all the time. Surely >>>>>> you >>>>>> must search first? Are you saying you click and the 'page' opens in edit >>>>>> mode? (I'm not familiar with Roam - maybe it only has one wysiwyg mode >>>>>> for >>>>>> direct edit?) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I think Anne is referring to the "parallel" tab in tiddly blink. It >>>>> needs a bit of work -- you have to type the *entire* tiddler address >>>>> into the box, and then you only get a preview, not an editable version. >>>>> >>>>> For my own version, I have forward/back buttons on each tiddler. Then >>>>> I can use the standard search box to find the tiddler I want, and then >>>>> immediately navigate back. 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