Hi Florian,
I am not sure I understood exactly what you mean by defining categories via
field. Is this what you imagine: A menu with various tiddler types, when
clicking the button for "Quote", you create a quote tiddler with predefined
fields and content?
Here is a suggestion: (1) Make template tiddlers with title starting with
"$:/template", for example $:/template/quote. To these template tiddlers,
(2) add fields contents, and (3) a field called tiddlertype with the name
of the template, eg. tiddlertype: Quote
Now, (4) add this to a separte tiddler:
\define tiddlername() {{!!tiddlertype}}: <<now "YYYY-0MM-0DD 0hh:0mm:0ss" >>
<$list filter="[prefix[$:/template]]">
<$button>
<$wikify name=newtiddlername text=<<tiddlername>> >
<$action-createtiddler $basetitle=<<newtiddlername>>
$template=<<currentTiddler>> />
<$action-navigate $to=<<newtiddlername>> />
<$action-sendmessage $message="tm-edit-tiddler" $param=<<newtiddlername>>/>
</$wikify>
Create {{!!tiddlertype}} Tiddler
</$button>
</$list>
This code will generate a button for each of you templates. When you click
the button, a new tiddler is created from the corresponding template and
opened in edit mode. The new tiddler will get a title like "Quote:
2021-03-30 14:30:00" and have the fields and contents of $:/template/quote
Best,
Anders
tirsdag 30. mars 2021 kl. 12:03:47 UTC+2 skrev [email protected]:
> yes i want to define several tiddler categories via fields (that i need to
> define, too) and be able to create them out of a menu (like i can create
> journals, but those are not defined by fields, right)
>
> Soren Bjornstad schrieb am Dienstag, 30. März 2021 um 00:36:16 UTC+2:
>
>> Hi Florian,
>>
>> I'm not sure I'm understanding what you're asking for – when you say you
>> want to be able to "create custom tiddler templates defined by custom
>> fields," do you mean you want TiddlyWiki templates to appear on tiddlers
>> depending on the contents of a field? Or that you want an easier way to
>> create tiddlers that start with particular fields? Do you need a custom
>> interface for editing the different types of tiddlers?
>>
>> TiddlyWiki can do all of that for sure, but they're very different things!
>>
>> I recently did a screencast <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsdDs7oOLlg>
>> that
>> might clarify some of this if you have an hour to burn.
>>
>> On Monday, March 29, 2021 at 4:24:57 PM UTC-5 [email protected]
>> wrote:
>>
>>> *I don't really find how I could do that
>>>
>>> Florian Felix schrieb am Montag, 29. März 2021 um 23:24:20 UTC+2:
>>>
>>>> Hey,
>>>> so I am thinking of several usecases where I would like to be able to
>>>> create custom Tiddler templates, defined by custom fields, but i don't
>>>> really find where i could do that?
>>>>
>>>> For example I want a reference system that could be a bit more complex
>>>> with some interdependencies, and i think managing this via links and tags
>>>> would clutter the user interface and defining templates could help for
>>>> automating this. at least i
>>>>
>>>> I see a quote, scan it via OCR or copy it , then I can open a new
>>>> "quote" tiddler (Or I just want to write a note) . It gives me the option
>>>> to insert an author/person, and a source. There are multiple options for
>>>> sources like website, book ...
>>>> I have an author/person as well as a "sources" overview where I can add
>>>> details to sources or new ones. For author/person the quotes and notes
>>>> from
>>>> different sources are automatically transcluded. the sources overview is
>>>> structured into the different types. when I click on a singular source,
>>>> all
>>>> quotes and notes appear, and maybe a review (if its written). if its a
>>>> book, I can quickly add image, preferabbly link it to my inventaire.io
>>>> account.
>>>> If it's a webpage / file document I might want to link it with my
>>>> zotero library. (these integratoins obviously are for the future, but
>>>> should be held in mind)
>>>>
>>>> How can I approach this? Is this even plausible way? :)
>>>>
>>>>
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