G'day TT, and Happy Tuesday Eve to all ! Ooooooo, I like what you're adding to the thread!
That said, my "Hypertext is ..." thinking is much in line with this bit from the Hypertext Wikipedia article: *Hypertext is text displayed on a computer display or other electronic devices with references (hyperlinks) to other text that the reader can immediately access.[1] Hypertext documents are interconnected by hyperlinks, which are typically activated by a mouse click, keypress set, or by touching the screen. Apart from text, the term "hypertext" is also sometimes used to describe tables, images, and other presentational content formats with integrated hyperlinks. Hypertext is one of the key underlying concepts of the World Wide Web,[2] where Web pages are often written in the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). As implemented on the Web, hypertext enables the easy-to-use publication of information over the Internet.* *Types and uses of hypertext* *Hypertext documents can either be static (prepared and stored in advance) or dynamic (continually changing in response to user input, such as dynamic web pages). Static hypertext can be used to cross-reference collections of data in documents, software applications, or books on CDs. A well-constructed system can also incorporate other user-interface conventions, such as menus and command lines. Links used in a hypertext document usually replace the current piece of hypertext with the destination document. A lesser known feature is StretchText, which expands or contracts the content in place, thereby giving more control to the reader in determining the level of detail of the displayed document. Some implementations support transclusion, where text or other content is included by reference and automatically rendered in place.* *Hypertext can be used to support very complex and dynamic systems of linking and cross-referencing. The most famous implementation of hypertext is the World Wide Web, written in the final months of 1990 and released on the Internet in 1991.* So, I guess, in the spirit of "InfoMaps <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:InfoMaps>", i.e. all about mapping method, and not so much presentation (i.e. CSS) and not so much "elaborate" dynamism (i.e. javascript). Purist me then thinks of pure HTML as the language of the web, with TiddlyWiki filtering (and HTML5 stuff) as "light" dynamism. All of that to say that my stubborn view of HTML makes me rather useless including CSS and javascript as part of (pure-ish) hypertext. We could probably call my condition "the-peas-must-not-touch-the-mashed-potatoes" syndrome. Yet, I still want it all covered in gravy... On Monday, January 18, 2021 at 12:38:02 PM UTC-4 TiddlyTweeter wrote: > Ciao Charlie > > Interesting thought. "TiddlyWiki = TW Hypertext Solutions Platform ? " is > broad but maybe not broad enough? > What I mean is that "Hypertext" is the language of Web pages---which TW > does well and can innovate with endlessly (with CSS applique work :-). Much > to its credit. > > But the "problem" is the JavaScript components. > > Briefly speaking: TW is Hypertext controlled by a JS "decision machine > ..." Its pretty much a Application!? > > Thoughts > TT > > On Sunday, 17 January 2021 at 18:49:05 UTC+1 Charlie Veniot wrote: > >> TiddlyWiki = TW Hypertext Solutions Platform ? >> >> That smacked me from out of nowhere just a few minutes ago. >> >> It kind of captures "everything" for me. Well, some solutions might be >> "heavy" hypertext, some "barely there" hypertext, and everywhere in between. >> > -- 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/797e8866-d253-42ef-8ad5-a4e6db2c559an%40googlegroups.com.
