PMario all my apologies, I think you miss-understood me when I said "I could do it in any language in 3 minutes" I was referring to programming languages (Java / Python etc..)
I am sorry if I offended you in any way On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 8:55:20 PM UTC+3, PMario wrote: > > On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 6:42:55 PM UTC+2, Tony K wrote: > ... > >> what I want to do, in simpler form, is replace all occurrences of a word >> (say Word1 ) with [[Word1]] >> > > Hmmm, That is a completely different question. > > >> so, in other terms, converting a "freelink" to a "backlink" >> > > OK > > So I'll try to rephrase it: > > - There should be a list of existing tiddlers > - The occurrence of every tiddler title in the tiddler text, should be > replaced by [[tiddler title]] > - The action should be global > > I would prefer: > > - There should be a list of existing tiddlers > - It should be possible to configure, which existing tiddler title > should be "replaced" > - If configured, the occurrence of every tiddler title in the tiddler > text, should be replaced by [[tiddler title]] > - The action should be global > > This makes it more controllable, but not really flexible. ... IMO a global > search and replace can be an extremely "destructive" functionality. > > I personally would like to have much, much -- more control over the "find > and replace" process. I would like, to be able to control it on a per > tiddler level. > > So for me an editor button would be the right thing to go with. > > TW action-widgets know the tm-edit-text-operation > <https://tiddlywiki.com/#WidgetMessage%3A%20tm-edit-text-operation>. I > think, the implementation of edit-toolbar buttons would be a good starting > point. I think it would give users much more fine grained control, over the > whole "review process". > > Just my thoughts! > > I could do it in any language in 3 minutes top can't understand why it is >> so complicated in TW :S >> > > hmm. ... Don't get me wrong. Then it would be the right thing to do it > that way. ... right? > > I did need much more time to write this response ;) > > have fun! > mario > -- 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/4b4e14ee-d889-4b74-924c-c33e2efdb1f5%40googlegroups.com.
