Oh thanks yeah that’s it :)
Anjar schrieb am Dienstag, 30. März 2021 um 15:59:49 UTC+2:
> 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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