I agree with the point @bimlas made earlier, that you don't need a tricked-out TW to get going.
In fact, just structured titles and the stock TW search bar are pretty powerful. In the stone age I started to collect recipes in my main TW, using ":P" at the start of the title. That meant they were listed together in the sidebar, and that I could start typing in the sidebar search and all the recipes would appear in the dropdown. TiddlyWiki doesn't enforce a system (tags, links, custom fields, etc). At this point, just about any system you could think of for structuring and viewing your data could be implemented using built-in filter operators, macros, and widgets. Not to mention community plugins and editions. You can start adding tiddlers right away, then get fancier when you truly have the time...copy the New Journal button (https://tiddlywiki.com/#Making%20a%20custom%20journal%20button) <https://tiddlywiki.com/#Making%20a%20custom%20journal%20button>and get it to add a tiddler with a predetermined tag (or custom field value)...set a default tiddler with some filtered lists showing tiddlers with your chosen tags (or field values), to get them in front of you when you open your TW...build from there. It's fascinating, though, and it's easy to spend a lot of time on it. Cheers, Chris -- 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/83c63ead-eb46-4dd6-855c-dd1609ca03fco%40googlegroups.com.

