My two cents 1. keep macro in separate 2. group them with tag 3. import on demand a group or one macro where you need 4. add a tiddler to search and list quickly (you can use searchable table example exist in Shiraz) 5. bundle and publish as a plugin. You can use Tinka here to do it on the fly
--Mohammad On Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 2:51:56 PM UTC+4:30, TonyM wrote: > > Folks, > > This Question is for the more advanced TiddlyWiki user. > > *The Many Macros Question - design and performance* > > I am hard at work on a large wiki with many macros driving its operation. > As I hope to generalise my code I am calling for any advice on your > practices with managing lots of macros. > > Background > > - I have a number macro tiddlers containing a couple of dozen macro > definitions each. > - I also document each macro in a field on the tiddler macro-macroname > with the field value containing the syntax > - When I need to review a macro its easy to find the tiddler its in, > but it is hard work locating the definition within the tiddler, especially > in edit, and when I have similar names, a search is slow too. > - You have to be careful because a key stroke in the wrong place in > macro definitions will break things > > I am thinking of doing something like as follows; but not sure if it will > add unnecessary overheads/performance; > > - I could excise every macro to its own tiddler and tag that > with $:/tags/Macro > - This will give more opportunities to document the macro, add > keywords > - If one macro depends on another it could make things harder to > troubleshoot > - Can tiddlywiki cope with hundreds of $:/tags/Macro tiddlers? > - I could bundle some macros together to reduce the number of tiddlers > but does this help anyway? > - Unfortunately I started this design before the recent versions that > introduced SystemTag: $:/tags/Macro/View > - even then I am not sure how to divide my macros between view and > global as they are often but not always both > - In future wikis how can I use this opportunity to use > $:/tags/Macro/View vs $:/tags/Macro > - Using import variables in appropriate places may allow me to > selectively include a set of macros in different places. > - How best will I divide my macros between macro tiddlers this way? > - But where are the best places to import variables (not in the > currentTiddler) > - Over lapping import variables are not a problem if its in a good > cause, but they could make performance impacts. > - Would conditional transcluding or using view templates to choose > when to transclude or import macros at appropriate times help? > - Does tiddlywiki's native indexing lend a hand in any of the above > cases to improve performance? > > > I hope to generate some helpful guidelines from what I learn here. > > Thanks in advance > 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/0fe3d10c-bac7-4c96-a422-acf94064fd37%40googlegroups.com.
