Thanks Joshua and for the extra bit about the message. After using your suggestion for the filtering syntax, I actually like the idea of keeping everything bundled as a plugin - what I've imported is 19 years' worth of diary entries, so I'm not going to edit them anyway and I like the warning message which pops up if I attempt to (but it's good to know I can unpack them if needed). After opening, they also don't appear in the recent tab which also suits me by keeping that free.
Just as an aside, I noticed that I wasn't able to drag and drop the diary plugin into another wiki - nothing is imported. Thanks again. Jon On Sunday, 14 June 2020 23:41:57 UTC+1, Joshua Fontany wrote: > > Excellent work figuring out the Filter syntax needed to set the title! > > Handling all the possibilities around CSV data in a flexible way was a > complicated problem, so thank you for the feedback (notes for the next > version's UI, which is a while out). > > In order to get rid of the shadow tiddler warning, once you have confirmed > that the source plugin is unpacked to your specs, you can simply delete the > source plugin tiddler. It will leave all the "modified" tiddlers behind. > > Best, > Joshua Fontany > > On Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 9:22:56 AM UTC-7, Jon wrote: >> >> Hi Joshua, >> >> A bit more experimenting and yes, it does appear that using another field >> for the created date does allow for correct sorting etc. >> >> I also found that adding a 'tags' column in the spreadsheet is respected >> for the import and so a tag is added to each tiddler. >> >> Thank you! >> >> Regards >> Jon >> >> On Sunday, 14 June 2020 16:32:11 UTC+1, Jon wrote: >>> >>> Just played around with this a bit and having the 'title' in the 1st >>> column of the spreadsheet, setting the primary key to 0 and then >>> putting [<primaryKey>] in the box for the shadow name filter names the >>> resulting tiddlers with the 'title' field - so all good! >>> >>> With regard to the creation date, if I gave it a different name (so >>> that it is imported), I suppose I could still perform ordering and >>> searching etc. in the same way. >>> >>> Good to have some confirmation of this before I go any further. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Jon >>> >>> On Sunday, 14 June 2020 12:37:24 UTC+1, Jon wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Joshua, >>>> >>>> The unpacking worked really well and things are looking promising but >>>> there are few glitches I can't get past. >>>> >>>> For the .csv file to import, I included the fieldnames 'title' 'text' & >>>> 'created'. >>>> >>>> The text field appeared in the body of the tiddler as it should but the >>>> created & title fields appear to be absent. >>>> >>>> Instead, the name of the tiddler is derived from the name of the >>>> plug-in. >>>> >>>> I noticed there is an option to define the primary key and as the title >>>> field is in the first row of the spreadsheet, I chose the column 0 >>>> option. >>>> This created a name for each tiddler which includes the contents of the >>>> 'title' field but combined with the name of the plugin - so perhaps a bit >>>> of tweaking will solve this easily. >>>> >>>> Also, I notice that for the unpacked tiddlers, there is still a message >>>> which appears in edit mode: >>>> >>>> "This is a modified shadow tiddler. You can revert to the default >>>> version in the plugin Data/Metrics - HH by deleting this tiddler" >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Jon >>>> >>>> >>>> This is a modified shadow tiddler. You can revert to the default >>>> version in the plugin Data/Metrics - HH by deleting this tiddler >>>> >>>> On Sunday, 14 June 2020 07:25:46 UTC+1, Jon wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Joshua, >>>>> >>>>> many thanks for getting back to me with the missing piece. >>>>> >>>>> I'll have a go later and report back. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Jon >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, 14 June 2020 00:46:13 UTC+1, Joshua Fontany wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Jon, author of JsonMangler here. I setup the import to package the >>>>>> imported tiddlers into a plugin to have a simple way of >>>>>> overwriting.updating/deleting a whole import at once. >>>>>> >>>>>> The way that tiddlywiki is setup, "shadow" tiddlers are full tiddlers >>>>>> in the system (beware of confusing this with "system" tiddlers that >>>>>> start >>>>>> with "$:/" because something can be both a shadow and a system tiddler). >>>>>> >>>>>> Meaning that you can search for and/or filter-query any "shadow" >>>>>> tiddler just like any other tiddler, BUT you have to start your filter >>>>>> runs >>>>>> with `all[shadows+tiddlers]` instead of the default (asumed if missing) >>>>>> `all[tiddlers]`. The one special feature of shadow tiddlers is that you >>>>>> can >>>>>> edit them, creating a "regular" tiddler of that name to store the edits, >>>>>> and then if you delete the edited version the "backup/shadow" version is >>>>>> immediately referenced in its place. >>>>>> >>>>>> For example, after importing the Video Games CSV in my example wiki, >>>>>> you can hit the Filter tab of $:/AdvancedSearch and enter >>>>>> `[all[shadows+tiddlers]search:*[Mario]]` to display links to all >>>>>> references >>>>>> to "Mario". >>>>>> >>>>>> If you want to promote a shadow tiddler to a regular one, the easiest >>>>>> way to do that is a weird little hack I picked up, where you setup a >>>>>> button >>>>>> to delete a field that DOES NOT EXIST from each shadow tiddler, like so: >>>>>> ``` >>>>>> \define plugin-target() Data/vgsales >>>>>> \define unpack-actions() >>>>>> <$list variable="shadowtiddler" >>>>>> filter="[<plugin-target>indexes[/tiddlers]]"> >>>>>> <$action-setfield $tiddler=<<shadowtiddler>> >>>>>> $field="does.not.exit.in.this.wiki452369084306093845760894253" /> >>>>>> </$list> >>>>>> \end >>>>>> >>>>>> <$button actions=<<unpack-actions>> > >>>>>> Press here to unpack <<plugin-target>> >>>>>> </$button> >>>>>> >>>>>> <$list variable="test" filter="[<plugin-target>indexes[/tiddlers]]"> >>>>>> >>>>>> </$list> >>>>>> >>>>>> ``` >>>>>> This creates a regular tiddler that is identical to the shadow, for >>>>>> each one in the plugin-target. Change the definition of that line to >>>>>> your >>>>>> target plugin containing yuor imported tiddlers and it will "unpack" it >>>>>> for >>>>>> you (you will no longer need `all[shadows+tiddlers]` in filters to >>>>>> target >>>>>> the "unpacked" tiddlers). You will see the links to your tiddlers go >>>>>> from >>>>>> being Bold to normal font to show that they are now "overwritten shadow >>>>>> tiddlers", and exist as normal tiddlers in the wiki. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Joshua F. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Saturday, June 13, 2020 at 12:40:10 AM UTC-7, Jon wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm importing a .csv file and I want each row to be a separate >>>>>>> tiddler. >>>>>>> What's the best way to do this? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have tried TW5-JsonMangler/ >>>>>>> <https://joshuafontany.github.io/TW5-JsonMangler/> where "each >>>>>>> individual row is rendered to a tiddler, then these tiddlers are >>>>>>> packaged >>>>>>> as shadow-tiddlers into a plugin." >>>>>>> but then there doesn't appear to be any instructions as to what to >>>>>>> do with the resulting plugin (sorry, I'm only an end user). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any guidance about using this method or an alternative much >>>>>>> appreciated. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> Jon >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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