Thank you Mark and Tony. Here's some extra info that may make a difference. I AM actually using tags to tell what's a camera and what's a sled. Any filter is based on the tags, not parsing the title. The prefix is just nomenclature, is not used in any logic, and is so that I can use that handy treeWidget.
So, knowing that I'm using tags after all, since calling it "X-10 Camera" is okay, I imagine calling it "Camera X-10" is okay too, right? Thanks Seriously, thanks so much for your input. On Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 11:05:40 PM UTC-4, TonyM wrote: > > David, > > As Mark said and > You can call them "X-10 Camera" and "X-10 Sled" or "X-10 a" and "X-10 b" > *Just > don't use a value in the title to determine if it is a camera or a sled. * > Use titles to help distinguish between different objects with similar > names, but don't use titles to perform other functions like a category or > class that can be set with a field or tag and other ways. > > As they say "trust me", I am not kidding, this is based on deep experience > of knowledge, information and database management. > > To prove this I never have problems naming or renaming tiddlers, and I am > curious why this is a problem for many?. I have tried to document how I > manage this, but it has eluded me so far :( > > Regards > Tony > > On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 6:39:20 AM UTC+10, David wrote: >> >> Tony, >> >> Thanks for the suggestion. I definitely understand where you're coming >> from. In fact, elsewhere in my TW, I have a tiddler, Plastic Cup, that is >> both a todo item and a dollar tree shopping list item (done via tags) at >> the same time. >> >> But using the compound titles is actually done because I didn't want to >> have one name that was ambiguous. I might have one tiddler that refers to >> a sled: "Sled: Snow: X-10". While I may have another X-10 tiddler that is >> actually a web cam: "Camera: X-10" >> >> In that example, I couldn't have two tidlers named "X-10" could I? One >> with sled and snow tags, and the other with camera tag? >> >> >> On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 3:10:56 AM UTC-4, TonyM wrote: >>> >>> David >>> >>> Can I suggest in future you avoid compound titles and use tags or fields >>> to indicate sled and snow etc... >>> >>> The thing about tiddlywiki is tiddlers titles are their own unique key >>> to the content within. In database technology we know compound keys lead to >>> problems including two names for the same content. >>> >>> Regards >>> Tony >>> >>> -- 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/48a1e6cb-c551-4eed-8251-29eac077c66d%40googlegroups.com.
