Yeah I also use tag color to differentiate the role. I never considered hacking the tag picker though, that's a really good idea! I'm going to try that out.
On Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 11:00:42 AM UTC-5 Soren Bjornstad wrote: > jc-ose, I do this too and I think it's quite effective. I associate each > tag role with a color and icon, too, so it's easy to tell them apart (and > I've hacked the tag picker so that it sorts by color before title). > > > On Friday, February 26, 2021 at 10:37:37 AM UTC-6 jc-ose wrote: > >> Lately, I've adopted a sort of multi-use method for utilizing tags, where >> I have two or three different sets of tags that all serve different >> purposes. I have a main set of tags the are setup as a hierarchy (for >> organizing information linearly so it is easy to find), and then I have a >> different set of tags that I use for context (for non-linear linking of >> related information). I'm finding that I like that method, but I'm always >> evolving how I use TW! >> >> For example: >> >> Let's say you have the top-level tags 'Food' and 'Recipes'. Then you have >> a tiddler named "Basmati Rice" tagged with 'Food' for organization and >> 'Rice' for context. You also have a tiddler named "Risotto" tagged with >> 'Recipes' for organization and 'Rice' for context. >> >> That makes it easy to find information on either Basmati Rice or Risotto, >> but it also links the two under the common context 'rice'. So if you just >> want to see topics related to 'rice' (even though rice is not one of your >> main topics), you can easily capture that information by clicking on the >> rice tag. >> >> Hopefully that makes some sense. >> >> On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 3:26:35 PM UTC-5 Osin wrote: >> >>> "Tags in TW can be whatever you want them to be." (I don't know how to >>> quote in Google groups). >>> >>> I know! :) That statement is too broad for someone just starting out, >>> though. It's like "everything is a tiddler" or "everything is a list". The >>> lines get blurred really quickly and I'm second-guessing my decisions every >>> step of the way. >>> >>> The arbitrary "unstructured" keyword part is fairly easy to wrap one's >>> head around, so are hierarchies, but for some reason I was struggling with >>> the "tags as hierarchies" concept, and I think I understand why now. To be >>> honest I don't think that having them above the title would make any more >>> sense! >>> >>> Just something I wanted to throw out there. Now, onto filters... >>> >>> On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 1:51:49 PM UTC-5 Mat wrote: >>> >>>> Interesting interpretations. >>>> >>>> Tags in TW can be whatever you want them to be. It is probably most >>>> common to use them for hierarcies and categories but it can really be >>>> arbitrary keywords. A cool aspect, which I guess we see in many other >>>> tools >>>> as well these days, is that tags can also be tiddlers, i.e the tag name >>>> can >>>> be a tiddler title. >>>> >>>> To use them for ToC's then, yeah, I guess they have to be hierarchical, >>>> at least the way the core ToC macros are implemented. >>>> >>>> If you are more convenient with having the tags above the title, to >>>> imply "higher order", you can reorder the tiddlers ViewTemplates (and the >>>> EditTemplates). Incidentally, this is most easily done via tags(!) i.e by >>>> opening the ViewTemplate tag and drag the tags template to where you want >>>> it positioned relative to the other parts of the tiddler. >>>> >>>> How do you find the ViewTemplate tag, you ask. Either you locate a >>>> tiddler tagged such or you create a tag and use it, like so >>>> >>>> <<tag "$:/tags/ViewTemplate">> >>>> >>>> ...or you support my proposal for increased access to these things >>>> <https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/discussions/5516>. >>>> >>>> <:-) >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 3:35:28 PM UTC+1 Osin wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm a TW noob, I "know" about all these different TW pieces, but when >>>>> it comes to putting it together and "thinking" in a TW manner, then >>>>> putting >>>>> something together, I tend to freeze up. >>>>> >>>>> Tags are something fairly simple to grasp, but I didn't realize they >>>>> needed more preparation, and how they fit in a hierarchy was a bit of a >>>>> challenge (using them to create a TOC for example). I was lucky enough to >>>>> have access to Soren's Grok TW, and tags representing "membership" made >>>>> me >>>>> click. >>>>> >>>>> Then it occurred to me that visually, tag pills are smaller and are >>>>> located right below the Title - something that is traditionally >>>>> representative of a lower place in a hierarchy. I guess I was thinking >>>>> about tags as amorphous keywords, kind of what you'd use to characterize >>>>> music genres rather than them having the possibility of having an >>>>> inherent >>>>> hierarchy. >>>>> >>>>> Does this make any sense or am I way off? >>>>> >>>> -- 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/3b3c597d-7f69-4d3f-883b-812ecf742cd3n%40googlegroups.com.
