Thank You so much for the reply, Mark! :) Have downloaded everything and assimilated it into a local TW - Appears to be functioning. Now I just have to figure out how to actually USE it as I want to.
In terms that a 3-year-old might understand... Wah! Wha! Goo-goo bah wah! Still a bit above my head, but I ran it through Google Translate and was able to get the general gist of what you were saying :-P Thanks again :) --Zaphod On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 3:18:09 PM UTC-5 Mark S. wrote: > Wow. It's been almost 3 years without any interest. 2021 must be the year > of Salt and Rice. > > >> In terms that a 3-year-old might understand, how do I download, assemble >> and use the Carbo Commander and its accompanying data, in a local file on >> my computer? > > > Wah! Wha! Goo-goo bah wah! > > > I can't figure out what to drag/drop to an empty TW to recreate what you >> have at TiddlySpot. >> >> > Be sure to have a backup of your TW file. You need to drag over Evan > Balster's spreadsheet plugin from the plugins. And you need to drag over: > > DayLog ViewTemplate > <http://carbocommander.tiddlyspot.com/#DayLog%20ViewTemplate> > FoodItem ViewTemplate > <http://carbocommander.tiddlyspot.com/#FoodItem%20ViewTemplate> > CarboConfig > > If you want my pre-configured set of foods, you need to find something > tagged with "FoodItem" and drag the tag to your file. > > Also, while I have your ear, Mark, would I be correct in assuming that >> this 'application' would afford me the opportunity to add in my own items >> (thinking brand-name foods that I purchase), and enter in the nutritional >> information for each, and be able to sort, track, etc. on that data? >> >> > You can certainly set up your own foods. Whether you can do the things you > want depends exactly on what you're thinking of. At the moment it just does > what is presented -- allows you to keep a log of (theoretically) 20 > nutrients. It tallies up the totals for your chosen nutrients on any given > day. It presents the first nutrient in detail. You can copy an existing > item, modify it (especially the "field" value). Then add that field name to > your daily log fields at the bottom of your daily log tiddler. Inside the > CarboConfig tiddler you can set how many nutrients to calculate, and which > ones. > > To facilitate the process of adding new foods, there is an existing > database of 8000 items modified for CarboCommander over at: > > https://nutrition-database.tiddlyhost.com// > > It will take several seconds to load. Type into the search box some key > term (e.g. "kellog", "banana", ) and you'll find dozens (hundreds?) of > hits. Navigate to one that's close to what you want. Then drag and drop > into your working TW file. Edit to suit your needs. > > >> Really I'm most interested in 1) Carbohydrates, 2) Sodium, 3) Fat and 4) >> Protein in each item. >> > > Carbs, Sodium, and Protein are fields that are already represented in the > food database. For Fat, you'll either have to create your own field, or > use the more specific FA Mono, FA Saturated, FA Poly which was how the > USDA database represented the nutrients. > > This was all built using Evan Balster's math formulae. Now there are > enough math tools inside TW to do it without them. I guess if I was doing > it now I'd use those instead, because I recall having to do a lot of tricky > wikifying to get Evan's tools to work with this data. > > Don't get old, folks... >> > > Too late. > > -- 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/5f10b74b-3810-441c-97bb-19500cfac25bn%40googlegroups.com.
