Perhaps worth clarifying that "change the name" at its simplest might mean renaming the current TiddlyWiki 5 project to Xememex as of a particular version number. We'd try to maintain backwards compatibility as we normally do, but just lose the terms "TiddlyWiki" and "tiddler".
There are other approaches. We could fork the good parts of TiddlyWiki 5.x into a new project called Xememex that is less constrained by backwards compatibility (eg. targeting more modern JavaScript engines). Both the TiddlyWiki 5 and Xememex projects would proceed independently, allowing end users to defer or avoid switching over. Thinking about the details that would need resolving, it's clear that the hard part is actually losing the word "tiddler", because we use it so ubiquitously for widget, attribute and variable names. Best wishes Jeremy -- Jeremy Ruston [email protected] https://jermolene.com > On 28 Dec 2020, at 09:54, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]> wrote: > > Since we last discussed this topic, I've been increasingly thinking that we > should indeed make plans to change the name. > > The best alternatives I've got are "xememex" for the product, and "card" for > the unit of information. I've had the domain xememex.com for a few years and > the @xememex user account. > > "Xememex" is of course a palindromisation of Vannevar Bush's "memex": > > https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/ > > There are many details to consider, but I'd be interested to know people's > thoughts. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy > > -- > Jeremy Ruston > [email protected] > https://jermolene.com > >>> On 28 Dec 2020, at 09:38, TiddlyTweeter <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >> Ciao [email protected] >> >> Small footnote to my last ... >> >> Several times I have suggested that TiddlyWiki is the ULTIMATE BRICOLAGE >> ENGINE for computers. >> >> Immediately, with "Bricolage", though, you get the same issue as the >> "Tiddly" language specificity. >> >> "Bricolage" is a French activity (akin to English D.I.Y.) so not sure its >> obvious relevance and accuracy would be any better in the end. Though when >> you look at its meaning it is very close to what we do with TW in practice: >> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bricolage. >> >> Random thoughts >> TT >> -- >> 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/5a028133-83b9-475a-9b6e-2c3f773363d8n%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/8E04CE97-AA61-403F-8537-35FE68C8969E%40gmail.com.
