Oh, that's very interesting! I was looking for a way to list all "unlinked" references (so freelinks in this terminology), so definitely worth having a look. I wouldn't want these to appear in-text though as it would get messy, so I'll probably need to play with it. Thank you!
On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 2:53:25 AM UTC+1, TonyM wrote: > > A Quick overview of freelinks > > Normally if you link to a tiddler you have to use [[some text]] in you > wiki text or another means such as a tag, but once you create the "some > text" tiddler, with freelink on, if you are displaying a tiddler containing > "bla bla some text bla bla" then the 'some text' will automatically become > an active link to the "some text" tiddler. Thus if you create a tiddler > #book or even book where ever the text is used, it appears as a link. > > > - Of course to open the tiddlers in the first place you need search > etc to get them. > - It allows you to see incidental references > - I often create tiddlers such as [[use fields rather than tags as > context indicators]] and plain english words like "hierarchy" so freelinks > will highlight their reuse in other free text. > > Regards > Tony > > On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 11:26:48 AM UTC+10, Anne-Laure Le Cunff > wrote: >> >> Hashtag based is a good name! To be honest I still haven't tried >> freelinks because I don't understand what it does. Will give it a try this >> weekend on a fresh copy of TW. I'll see if it fits in my workflow. >> >> What I like about my current approach is that I can create new tags on >> the go, even if they're only used once. It's very flexible. See an example >> here <https://consciousness.netlify.app/consciousness>. (the "see also" >> section) >> >> On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 2:19:28 AM UTC+1, TonyM wrote: >>> >>> Anne-laure/Tony >>> >>> Anne-laure Thats a good approach, and can be done other ways as well. >>> >>> Your method would be what I would call a "hashtag based title link" >>> reference. You could also just use [[book]] place these inside a comment >>> <!-- #book -->, or just raw #book and use search or contains in a filter to >>> find them (including hidden in comments), if you wanted as well, or you >>> could have a tiddler-type field with the value "book". Except when hidden >>> in comments, the new freelinks plugin will highlight book and #book if >>> there is a tiddler called book. >>> >>> The possibilities are infinite. >>> >>> Regards >>> Tony >>> >>> On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 10:54:10 AM UTC+10, Anne-Laure Le Cunff >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I don't use tags, I use "tagging tiddlers" and TiddlyBlink. >>>> >>>> For instance I write [[#book]] at the end of a tiddler with book notes. >>>> Then I can go on the #book page and thanks to bi-directional links I see >>>> all the tiddlers (book notes) referencing that one — i.e. all the tiddlers >>>> where I wrote [[#book]] >>>> >>>> On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 1:05:43 AM UTC+1, Scott Kingery wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Tony, >>>>> That is basically how I do it. Tags as categories and everything >>>>> linked trough that. Here is a little "Notebook" I built: >>>>> https://techlifeweb.com/tiddlywiki/SimpleNotebook.html >>>>> >>>>> Scott >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, April 24, 2020 at 4:29:36 PM UTC-7, Tony K wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm thinking about tags and I don't want to use them as keywords. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am more inclined to having some general structure where I can fit >>>>>> all my toddlers in without much thinking. In other terms using tags as >>>>>> categories?? >>>>>> >>>>>> Would love to hear your thoughts and experience about this >>>>>> >>>>>> All the best >>>>>> >>>>>> -- 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/9e4a7605-05b7-4349-b973-877a4f681297%40googlegroups.com.
