I think syntax is never something everyone will agree with. Personally I think AND and OR statements are too 'programmy', set notation is too 'mathsy'. A lot of TiddlyWiki users can't do javascript but are familiar with the wiki syntax which this syntax closely resembles.
You *definitely* without a doubt get a lot more power with how you have developed MatchTags but in the example you give above as I look at that for the first time I would say that is extremely complicated to get your head round with what your filter actually does. Being forced to write the filter in a less expressive syntax I would argue encourages a better end result, where if you came back to it a year later you wouldn't think what on earth was I doing here which you might be with your above example!! :). In your above algebraic formula, I am pretty sure that could be simplified (although right now I dont have the energy to do so and could maybe be expressed the same in a longer more readable filter (well in my opinion anyway): eg. something like this... [tag[foo]tag[!mumble]tag[!gronk]] [tag[foo]tag[!snork]] [tag[bar]tag[!mumble]tag[!gronk]] [tag[bar]tag[!snork]] [sort[-priority]] If the filter cannot be expressed in such a way it might suggest you need to arrange your data better - eg. invent a new tag for example. Also in your syntax how would you allow it to work for fields without it becoming really incomprehensible? eg. if you wanted everything tagged with foo or bar with the field mumble set to gronk what would this look like? I think this a really interesting and valuable conversation to have so lets keep it going.. Jon On Dec 8, 5:40 am, Anthony Muscio <[email protected]> wrote: > Eric, > > I agree you have a great tool in MatchTags Plugin, However as posted before > I do not know how to use it with my Tags that have leading special > characters so I cant use it at all, practically. > > Great work never the less. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
