Tones Maybe we need to learn a lesson from databases, have every tiddler with a unique key generated by the system and use the title as a user field.
Bobj Dr. Bob Jansen 122 Cameron St, Rockdale NSW 2216, Australia Ph: +61 414 297 448 Skype: bobjtls > On 10 Oct 2020, at 09:06, TW Tones <[email protected]> wrote: > > Folks, > > I thought I would chime in here and say the title is the unique key to a > tiddler, so we must keep that true. However in lists of tiddlers we can > present links that look like compound keys > Blue Poles, oil on canvas, 2000x1500cm, 1987 (This is actually a row > constructed from values found in various fields which have great value being > independent) > > Lists give you this flexibility. Depending on how you design your wiki this > is often sufficient. Construct a tiddler that presents the data within you > wiki however you want. > > I don't see why we could not have a way to hide the title title with css and > display this constructed one in the view template. > > But we should always keep tiddler titles simple and have a method by which to > make them unique, even if it were by naming them by a unique serial number. > > Also Mario's subtitle field suggestion also the masks the possibility of > using his alias plugin as well. In that case there are almost two (or more) > titles for the same tiddler. > > Regards > Tones > > >> On Friday, 9 October 2020 22:46:59 UTC+11, Bob Jansen wrote: >> Is it possible to have a tilddler with a title, say TK15, but on display to >> display a more meaningful title? >> >> My TW has tiddlers with such obscure titles as they represent an asset >> number but the actual asset, an artwork, may have a title of >> >> Blue Poles, oil on canvas, 2000x1500cm, 1987 >> >> It would be better for my user to see the meaningful title but underneath to >> keep the asset number format for TW operations. >> >> bobj > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/vhONBFUgmp4/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/bea1e385-e03d-44e1-a1b0-5c0967f54d99o%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/EDA03D1E-C74F-45C9-AFEC-C7EAEF41CEF8%40gmail.com.
