@Mark - I posted my own stumbling tracking attempts in the GH thread <https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/discussions/5482#discussioncomment-354376> because it got too technical for this forum. Maybe I found exactly what you found? Thank you for looking in to this! <:-)
On Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 8:26:02 PM UTC+1 Mark S. wrote: > All I see in the code he shows is making a single, empty tiddler. I'm > missing how the data comes in. > > On Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 10:36:59 AM UTC-8 Mat wrote: > >> @Mark , thanks for your input! I don't know how Siniy-Kits solution works >> other than vaguely understanding what he explains >> <https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/xQJ_J0AVyfM/m/G8UFicZnAQAJ>. >> But it is worth noting that "all that is needed" is some mechanism in TW >> that can "pull in" a JSON webpage: Here >> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QUoZosiS3emBQNM_HugaptU5qY1Ze5lBQXVd8yZit6A/edit#gid=1720443340> >> >> is the regular Google sheet and here >> <https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/1QUoZosiS3emBQNM_HugaptU5qY1Ze5lBQXVd8yZit6A/1/public/full?alt=json>is >> >> its automatically generated JSON version. >> >> About a "ban list"; maybe the shop blocks people who have misbehaved? >> >> <:-) >> >> >> On Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 6:24:04 PM UTC+1 Mark S. wrote: >> >>> In my experience, most programmers would rather rewrite something rather >>> than reverse engineer an existing product. >>> >>> When I follow the code, I see that there is some type of call back. I'm >>> guessing Google calls back to a function inside TW with the requested data. >>> But, the only place I see where the results could manifest is in *function >>> ok* -- but all that function does is check a ban list. Which is also >>> confusing. If the data in the spreadsheet is your own, why would your email >>> be on a ban list ?? In any event, I don't see that the data is handed off >>> anywhere to the rest of the tiddlywiki machinery. Do you know ? >>> >>> Have fun! >>> >>> On Monday, February 8, 2021 at 8:59:37 AM UTC-8 Mat wrote: >>> >>>> I want to bring attention to a post I made here in the dev group >>>> <https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/discussions/5482> (because >>>> it goes beyond direct TW matters). >>>> >>>> Briefly, it is possible to use the Google "Excel" spreadsheets as >>>> tiddlers. >>>> So your empty (or half empty) TW fetches tiddlers from the spreadsheet. >>>> >>>> This would open up for very useful stuff - both for individuals >>>> (assuming they have a google account) but also for the community at large. >>>> >>>> For example, I think that if *anyone* puts up a public wiki with this >>>> functionality, then *you* can make that wiki show your spreadsheet >>>> tiddlers (by providing it with your spreadsheet-URL). This means that we >>>> can "publish" plugins etc by piggybacking on other public wikis (if they >>>> have this Google Drive solution installed) >>>> >>>> Or you can, yourself, use e.g Google Forms to make questionnaires and >>>> have all the results appear in your own wiki. (This is foremost thanks to >>>> Googles automated "questionnaire-to-single-spreadsheet" feature.) >>>> >>>> The incredible part is that fellow tiddleur *Siniy-Kit has already >>>> created this*! But he has it baked into a bigger project. So I need >>>> help to pick out the critical js parts and refine it. See the dev >>>> group discussion >>>> <https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/discussions/5482> for >>>> further details. >>>> >>>> <:-) >>>> >>> -- 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/08ca0bca-5356-4924-a9b2-3a2ca8812c73n%40googlegroups.com.
