Hi Imba Thank you for your feedback! See my responses below *in bold*
On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 6:39 PM Imba Sunder <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 4:30:36 PM UTC+2, David Gifford wrote: > >> Comments? >> > Great initiative. I am, as many others, also here looking for an > alternative to Roam, or maybe just a personal "wiki" with backlinks. This > is definitely a step in that direction. > > >> Frustrations? >> > I thought this was something I could extend my current TiddlyWiki setup > with - as I have in the past using other plugins. But TiddlyBlink though... > For some reason it wants to stand not alongside TiddlyWiki but on top of > it. I don't want a theme, even if it can be changed. > *I am toying with making the upgrade a Vanilla theme, with a link to the TiddlyBlink theme for those who want it.* I don't wan't to bloat my setup with a fullscreen-editor - I want > backlinks. > *See below* > Don't get me wrong, I'm not telling you what TiddlyBlink should be, my > frustration lies with me not putting enough weight on the word "adaptation" > in the TiddlyBlink by-line. "TiddlyBlink is an adaptation of TiddlyWiki with > the goal of helping you see connections between your ideas, and move > quickly from one idea to another." Instead I was just happy reading the > following part. > *My responses below will speak to this. But yes, think of TiddlyBlink like an unofficial 'edition' or 'adaptation' of TiddlyWiki more than like a plugin. * > > >> Confusion? >> > Why is a fullscreen-editor plugin or for that matter any non-essential > plugins even included? > *Literally this morning I deleted fullscreen editor from the file I am using for this update. Like you, I don't see this as essential.* > With configuration at that which could potentially overwrite an already > existing and configured setup.I find it to opinionated. > *I will try to move towards reducing the number of shadow tiddlers I have overwritten, before the update. But most of TiddlyBlink will not overwrite one's existing set up.* Why can't this be a simple plugin? There already exists an infrastructure > for plugins which the contributors of TiddlyWiki has made available - and > it's not exactly new. Why is this not a plugin? > *Basically because I am not a programmer, just a TiddlyWiki enthusiast. I don't know how to package plugins. When the update is all ready I hope to convince someone to package it as a plugin for me. Also, since it depends on other plugins, those will always need to be installed separately and I can't make them part of my plugin.* > > >> Questions? >> > Is this open source? If so, would you mind putting it on guthub? And in > any case would you mind this being forked? > *It is open source. I do not use GitHub, I find it confusing and frustrating. As I said, I am not a coder or programmer. But if you (or anyone, really) would like to add it to your GitHub, you are welcome to do so. This is not a vanity project. I would love for someone more capable than myself to maintain it. My goal is to make the present update and leave it alone except to update it as TiddlyWiki updates to new versions.* > > If I may be so bold to wish or suggest... > 1) Turn this into a plugin > *See above* > 2) Put it on github or something if it's open source - any place one can > post bugs/pull requests. > *See above* > 3) Split this in two - backlinks and this column thing you're > experimenting with. KISS. One plugin for backlinks. One plugin for > multicolumn storylines. Users could then pick and chose one or all > according to their needs. > *The goal of the multicolumn is to imitate Roam's sidebar. It really opens up possibilities - read one tiddler while editing another, or compare two ideas side by side. If I split into two, the mutlicolumn will be avail as TiddlyBlink at https://giffmex.org/gifts/tiddlyblink.html <https://giffmex.org/gifts/tiddlyblink.html>, and a non-multicolumn version could be a light/inferior version somewhere else.* *Thanks again for your feedback! Very helpful. I hope some of my answers were not too disappointing. Blessings.* > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/MF8PtDUA-G8/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/40260a6a-acd2-4f6b-84af-3eb73960fb74%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/40260a6a-acd2-4f6b-84af-3eb73960fb74%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. 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