Mark S. wrote:
>
>  I probably won't be pursuing the dynaview option, since that didn't seem 
> to improve performance.
>
>
> As a reminder, the NW file can be found at:
>
>
> https://marxsal.github.io/various/notowritey.html
>
 

Ciao Mark

Regarding performance and Dynaview---looking at the eBook version of 
TW---seems to indicate its optimal for fully prepped, pre-ordered Tiddlers.
I don't fully understand how it works yet, especially its "chunkology". Xavier 
helpfully commented this though ...

 Xavier wrote:
>
> Hi TT,
>
> In order to fulfil some of the user interface requirements, like keeping 
> track of the current reading location or creating annotations anywhere 
> inside the text, Jeremy introduced Dynaview, then Dynannotate.  In the 
> context of ePub reading, Dynaview's aim is to reveal on demand the little 
> chunks that have been produced at ePub parse time, along with their 
> possible annotations. Once you have this collection of chunks (aka 
> tiddlers), the performance, while still subject to optimisation, is not 
> much of a worry: these chunks are not tangled nor even weaved together 
> through any complex cross-references system. At the time Dynaview comes 
> into play, the list of chunks is already sorted, waiting to be displayed at 
> reading pace. That's because ePub is a much poorer and linear format than 
> TiddlyWiki of course. Fortunately, what can do more, can do less.
>
> By the way, being able to split any ePub into chunks is probably the 
> hardest part of the project. Not only because choosing the chunks limits 
> can be hard, but also because styles are often used very loosely by 
> publishers : for instance, you may find paragraphs that are expressed as 
> <span 
> style="font-size: 11pt;display: block;text-indent: 0pt;">The first 
> paragraph of a section, as you have to guess.</span> because the WYSIWYG 
> tools that helped producing the ePub are generally misleading. I spare you 
> the table and images issues :-)
>
> Cheers,
> -- Xavier Cazin
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 6:43 PM TiddlyTweeter <tiddly...@assays.tv> wrote:
>
>> Xavier
>>
>> There is interest in it growing.
>>
>> I think the very good PERFORMANCE aspect is particularly interesting 
>> since eBooks are large documents.
>>
>> Over in GG we did some tests with Dynaview but still hitting issues which 
>> the eBook version does not have. I think better understanding the eBook 
>> edition of TW will help a lot.
>>
>> Fingers crossed x
>>
>> Best wishes
>> TT
>>
>> Xavier wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Not yet ready because of some pressing redesign, but it will eventually 
>>> be released as a normal plugin
>>>
>> -- 
>>
>  

 

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