So I've decided to make such a plugin, and I'd like feedback.
Here it is: https://flibbles.github.io/tw5-xml/
It demonstrates the features as they are right now.
It uses an <$xsl> widget to iterate through XML tiddlers using xpath. It's
nifty, though I'm not sure of the name. Maybe it should be <$xml> or
<$xpath>, because it's only vaguely similar to xslt. I looked into
literally using xslt, but it really didn't fit well with tiddlywiki. And
using a widget like this lets you mix and match wikitext and xpath however
you want, and I think it's just as powerful.
Besides the attribute <$xsl for-each>, I'm considering <$xsl value-of>,
which will behave just like its xslt equivalent. Because otherwise, users
will have to do stuff like <$xsl for-each="./@oneAttribute"
variable="attr"><<attr>></$xsl> just to spit out one value. You can see
what I mean in the "nested" tab of the transform demo. It's *cumbersome*.
I'm also planning to add a filter operator. I'm thinking [xpath[]] or
[xml[]] to navigate input titles by the xpath operand. Again, still haven't
settled on a name.
I'd like to have something like, {{myFile##xpath/indexer}} be a thing, but
I'd need to work with Jermolene about making the textReferences more
extensible first.
I'm really looking for any feedback at all, from anyone. I'd like this to
gel as much as possible to Tiddlywiki methods.
-Flibbles
On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 2:33:30 AM UTC-4, Xavier wrote:
>
> Hi Flibbles,
>
> I'd certainly use such a plugin! The perspective of retrieving data and
> document chunks from XML with such powerful xpath-like filters is quite
> exciting. Also I don't forget that XHTML is an XML instance...
>
> Don't hesitate to ask if you want early feeback!
>
> Cheers,
> Xavier.
> Le mar. 28 avr. 2020 à 04:22, Flibbles <challeng...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>> a écrit :
>
>> Thanks for the reply, TonyM.
>>
>> Looks like I'll continue with my plugin. Maybe I'll clean it up and
>> publish it--just a simple plugin that has some xml tools.
>>
>> I was also thinking about xpath filter operators or reference indexes. (
>> {{MyXmlRecipe##food[name="French Toast"]/price}} ), or something like that.
>> Dunno who'd use it.
>>
>> On Monday, April 27, 2020 at 9:02:59 PM UTC-4, TonyM wrote:
>>>
>>> Flibbles,
>>>
>>> Given xml tags act like custom html tags I would think it may be
>>> possible to use css and the display but it appears the correct way is xslt
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.w3schools.com/xml/tryxslt.asp?xmlfile=cdcatalog&xsltfile=cdcatalog
>>>
>>>
>>> <breakfast_menu>
>>> <food>
>>> <name>Belgian Waffles</name>
>>> <price>$5.95</price>
>>> <description>
>>> Two of our famous Belgian Waffles with plenty of real maple syrup
>>> </description>
>>> <calories>650</calories>
>>> </food>
>>> <food>
>>> <name>Strawberry Belgian Waffles</name>
>>> <price>$7.95</price>
>>> <description>
>>> Light Belgian waffles covered with strawberries and whipped cream
>>> </description>
>>> <calories>900</calories>
>>> </food>
>>> <food>
>>> <name>Berry-Berry Belgian Waffles</name>
>>> <price>$8.95</price>
>>> <description>
>>> Belgian waffles covered with assorted fresh berries and whipped cream
>>> </description>
>>> <calories>900</calories>
>>> </food>
>>> <food>
>>> <name>French Toast</name>
>>> <price>$4.50</price>
>>> <description>
>>> Thick slices made from our homemade sourdough bread
>>> </description>
>>> <calories>600</calories>
>>> </food>
>>> <food>
>>> <name>Homestyle Breakfast</name>
>>> <price>$6.95</price>
>>> <description>
>>> Two eggs, bacon or sausage, toast, and our ever-popular hash browns
>>> </description>
>>> <calories>950</calories>
>>> </food>
>>> </breakfast_menu>
>>> source https://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp
>>>
>>> Also there is some codemirror or highlight support for XML
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Tony
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 10:54:33 AM UTC+10, TonyM wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Flibbles,
>>>>
>>>> It really depends on what features and functions you want to achieve
>>>> with XML. The closest comprehensive solution is
>>>> https://joshuafontany.github.io/TW5-JsonMangler/ but this is for JSON.
>>>>
>>>> - There has also being work on pulling tags and tag values from
>>>> html which would be very similar to some XML cases.
>>>> - I think there may even have being an XML editor written but I
>>>> cant find it.
>>>> - There is also a level of support already through html tag
>>>> mechanisms.
>>>> - We would benefit from some widgets and filter operators to
>>>> interrogate and write XML but this would be good if it were more
>>>> general
>>>> allowing us to manipulate any htm/xml in tiddlers.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> tony
>>>>
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