Three days of trying to cleave that intertwingled bunch of bits into several posts instead of one: I had to stop the insane struggling and either post the mess or post none of it.
If all of that mass can inspire anybody to write some generic and tidy how-to articles per "topic", that would be pretty cool. On Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 9:57:54 PM UTC-3 TW Tones wrote: > Charlie, > > Thanks for sharing but please consider sharing smaller bite sized pieces, > that are reflected in the post title, allowing discretion on the part of > readers to choose which to participate in and you will get more responses > because you current epic demands time and focus the readers may not have. > > Never the less I plan to work through this post if I have the time. > > Regards > Tones > > > On Friday, 4 September 2020 09:53:15 UTC+10, Charlie Veniot wrote: >> >> Heads-up: I like using unicode characters in TiddlyWiki as quick virtual >> cues. Please note that some folk have reported unicode characters causing >> issues in their TiddlyWikis, so use unicode characters in your own >> TiddlyWikis at your own risks !!! >> >> >> With the goal of creating a well-designed (i.e. fitting my quirks!) >> journaling approach for a specific-use case (i.e. “ADHD meds trial” >> journaling) in my “Charlie's ADHD >> <https://intertwingularityslicendice.neocities.org/CJ_AdhdSliceAndDice.html> >> >> Slice'n Dice” TiddlyWiki project >> <https://intertwingularityslicendice.neocities.org/CJ_AdhdSliceAndDice.html>, >> >> I rolled up my sleeves and learned a few TiddlyWiki things (I may have >> earned an extra yellow spot or two on my yellow-spotted belt, as per my >> fondness of using martial arts analogies to describe my skill level.) >> >> >> *So in the spirit of sharing in case it might be useful to anybody else >> ...* >> >> TiddlyWiki-related topics at a glance: >> >> >> - >> >> Custom Journal Button: Setting up related actions to also add a >> custom field (and default value) for a new journal tiddler >> - >> >> Transclusion and DetailsWidget Plugin: Wrapping each transcluded >> tiddler in a DetailsWidget >> - >> >> CheckBoxWidget: One-click expanding/collapsing all DetailsWidgets in >> a tiddler >> >> >> >> Details (all of this in show-and-tell pictures further below) >> >> Modify the “ADHD medication journey” Aggregation tiddler so that it has >> complete control for consistently looking transclusions of each >> “💊MedsJourney” journal tiddler >> >> - Previously, each “💊MedsJourney” journal tiddler, as per new >> journal actions, was containing a DetailsWidget instance so that each >> journal tiddler showed as collapsed details in the “ADHD medication >> journey” Aggregation tiddler (i.e. the “Journal” bringing together all of >> the “💊MedsJourney” tiddlers). >> - Having “presentation style” stuff in each “💊MedsJourney” tiddler >> results in a need to update every single one of the related tiddlers >> to >> keep them all consistent looking. That’s a bad headache if and when >> wanting to alter the “presentation style.”! >> - Now, “ADHD medication journey” takes care of wrapping the >> content of each transcluded “💊MedsJourney” tiddler inside a DetailsWidget >> >> A new “Expand All” CheckboxWidget on the “ADHD medication journey” >> Aggregation tiddler for one-click expand/collapse of all transcluded >> “💊MedsJourney” tiddlers >> >> - I had setup all of the “💊MedsJourney” tiddlers so that their >> DetailsWidgets were by default collapsed. That made the “ADHD medication >> journey” Aggregation tiddler easier to view in a “summary” way, but a >> real >> pain to see the full monty. So I learned how CheckboxWidets work, and >> added one to the Aggregation tiddler so that I can expand/collapse all >> DetailsWidgets (i.e. details of all “💊MedsJourney” tiddlers) with one >> click. >> >> A new “toolbar-like” interface on the “ADHD medication journey” >> Aggregation tiddler, above all content, for “action-related” things >> (specific to that tiddler) such as: >> >> - The new journal entry button to create new “💊MedsJourney” tiddlers >> - The “Expand All” CheckBoxWidget >> - Any future “toolbar” items I may need >> >> *List of "Show and Tell" Images:* >> >> 1. >> >> “ADHD medication journey” Aggregation tiddler, side-by-side (before >> and after) appearances (i.e. view mode) >> 2. >> >> “ADHD medication journey” Aggregation tiddler, side-by-side (before >> and after) wiki text (i.e. edit mode) >> 3. >> >> The New MedsJourney Journal Entry “Text Config” Tiddler, side-by-side >> (before and after) >> 4. >> >> The New MedsJourney Journal Entry “Actions” Tiddler, side-by-side >> (before and after) >> 5. >> >> Appearance of new (created via New Journal button) MedsJourney >> Journal Entry Tiddler, side-by-side (before and after) >> >> >> “ADHD medication journey” Aggregation tiddler, side-by-side (before and >> after) appearances (i.e. view mode): >> >> In this image, notice (in the new version of the the tiddler on the >> right) the new “Expand All” CheckBoxWidget, a slightly bigger “New Journal” >> button, and both of these set together in a toolbar-like area. >> >> Although the transcluded content looks the same, the “💊MedsJourney” >> tiddlers are now quite different, and the “ADHD medication journey” does >> the work of consistently presenting the transcluded content. >> >> [image: AggregationTiddlerBeforeAndAfterView.png] >> >> “ADHD medication journey” Aggregation tiddler, side-by-side (before and >> after) wiki text (i.e. edit mode): >> >> In the new version of this tiddler (on the right side) the “🔴 ACTIONS >> TOOLBAR” section contains >> >> - >> >> the HTML and wikitext that creates the toolbar-like area >> - >> >> the transclusion of the new journal button for creating >> “💊MedsJourney” tiddlers (and a quick/dirty way of making that button >> bigger) >> - >> >> The wikitext to create the “Expand All” CheckBoxWidget >> - >> >> BTW, when the CheckBox is checked, the field value of “open_yn” in >> the “$:/temp/AdhdMedJourneyExpandAll” is set to “Yes”, which causes >> each >> DetailsWidget (for each transcluded “💊MedsJourney” tiddler) to be >> expanded; otherwise, each DetailsWidget stays collapsed >> >> >> In the “🔴 CONTENT” section, the new version of the tiddler puts content >> from transcluded “💊MedsJourney” tiddlers inside a DetailsWidget: >> >> - >> >> each DetailsWidget’s a label (i.e. “summary”) is set to the field >> value of “summary_value” from the related “💊MedsJourney” tiddler >> - >> >> each DetailsWidget is expanded if the field value of “open_yn” in the >> “$:/temp/AdhdMedJourneyExpandAll” is set to “Yes” >> >> >> [image: AggregationTiddlerBeforeAndAfterEdit.png] >> >> The New MedsJourney Journal Entry “Text Config” Tiddler, side-by-side >> (before and after): >> >> When a new “💊MedsJourney” tiddler gets created, the new tiddler gets >> created as a copy of the “New Journal Entry for Meds Text” tiddler (I’ll be >> changing that name sometime) and the title gets automagically set to the >> current date. >> >> Before, the new button for “💊MedsJourney” tiddlers would automagically >> add a DetailsWidget to the text of the new tiddler. Although this setup >> was quick and easy, what a pain in the caboose changing anything related to >> DetailsWidgets on all existing “💊MedsJourney” tiddlers. >> >> Before, the label (i.e. summary) for the DetailsWidget would get set >> directly in the tiddler text (i.e. by overwriting “Title”.) Now, the “ADHD >> medication journey” Aggregation tiddler takes care of creating a >> DetailsWidget for a “💊MedsJourney” tiddler and using the “summary_value” >> entered in the “💊MedsJourney” tiddler (set, upon creating that tiddler, by >> overwriting “⛔ Value for DetailsWidget "summary" parameter (i.e. label to >> show) ⛔”.) >> >> >> [image: TemplateForNewJournalEntryTiddlers.png] >> >> >> The New MedsJourney Journal Entry “Actions” Tiddler, side-by-side (before >> and after): >> >> BTW, the New Journal Button for creating “💊MedsJourney” tiddlers: >> >> The “Actions” tiddler (i.e. what happens when the new journal button gets >> clicked) has not changed much except for one little thing. Upon creating >> of a new “💊MedsJourney” tiddler, the actions add to the new tiddler a >> “summary_value” field with the same value as the one in the “New Journal >> Entry for Meds Text” tiddler (i.e. the value “⛔ Value for DetailsWidget >> "summary" parameter (i.e. label to show) ⛔”.) >> >> >> [image: NewJournalEntryActions.png] >> >> >> Appearance of new (created via New Journal button) MedsJourney Journal >> Entry Tiddler, side-by-side (before and after) >> >> Pressing triggers the actions in the “New Journal Entry for Meds Text” >> tiddler, which results in a new “💊MedsJourney” tiddler pre-filled with a >> title equal to the current date. >> >> >> In the previous version, the new tiddler would get created with a >> DetailsWidget automagically added to the tiddler’s text. >> >> >> In the new version, nothing is put in the tiddler’s text, however a >> “summary_value” field does get automagically created and populated with a >> reminder to enter a value in that field. >> >> >> - >> >> Those “⛔” unicode characters are “hey, you need to do something here” >> visual reminders that are hard to miss... >> >> >> [image: NewJournalEntryTiddler.png] >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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