Oh no no no, be much less circumspect, for the sheer fun/joy of it. Pff, it is like who does not call snot-rags kleenex instead of tissue? In my corner of the world, anyway.
In your context, silly putty is such a poetic way to describe, concise yet conjures up a plethora of happy qualities about Silly Putty that fit TiddlyWiki oh-so-well. So wax poetic, my friend. Wax poetic. And do enjoy the fresh air. Loads of wisdom in taking little breaks from paralysis by analysis and from analysis by paralysis. I am going to get my own dose of vitamin D toute sweet. On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 2:54:34 PM UTC-3 ludwa6 wrote: > Guess i should be more circumspect in my use of such parochial cultural > refs (not to mention a registered trademark > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_Putty> -sorry, Crayola!) but again: > the feeling of working with TiddlyWiki is a lot like Silly Putty™, in that > you can stretch it and shape it into just about anything you can imagine. > Problem is: how does one ever manage to establish boundaries in such a > medium? Am practically paralysed by the possibilities, ATM. Gotta unplug > and get some fresh air! /w > > On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 6:22:22 PM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > >> Just so you know, you totally had me at silly-putty. >> >> On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 1:20:27 PM UTC-3 ludwa6 wrote: >> >>> This is so freakin' awesome. Next to that moment in 1993 when i booted >>> up Netscape Navigator v0.9 beta for my first-ever experience of surfing the >>> WWW, this is like the most horizon-expanding experience i can recall having >>> at the keyboard. Transclusion within a single wiki is cool enough, though >>> Wikpedia's had that going for quite some time, but being able to transclude >>> content from any static site on the web, and plug that in anywhere you want >>> on your own silly-putty site so easily as this... This Changes Everything! >>> /walt >>> >>> On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 3:00:26 PM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> My revised version uses Wikipedia's "mobile" view , which looks really >>>> nice in a narrow sidebar: >>>> >>>> \define AddTiddlyWikiTopic( topic ) >>>> <option value={{{ [[$topic$]split[ ]join[%2520]addprefix[ >>>> https://tiddlywiki.com/static/]addsuffix[.html]] }}}>$topic$</option> >>>> \end >>>> >>>> \define AddWikipediaTopic( topic ) >>>> <option value={{{ [[$topic$]encodeuri[]addprefix[ >>>> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=]addsuffix[&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile]] >>>> >>>> }}}>$topic$</option> >>>> \end >>>> >>>> <$select tiddler={{Docs!!title}} field="curr-topic"> >>>> <optgroup label="TiddlyWiki"> >>>> <<AddTiddlyWikiTopic "Custom styles by data-tiddler-title">> >>>> <<AddTiddlyWikiTopic "Widgets">> >>>> <<AddTiddlyWikiTopic "Filter Operators">> >>>> </optgroup> >>>> <optgroup label="Wikipedia"> >>>> <<AddWikipediaTopic "TiddlyWiki">> >>>> <<AddWikipediaTopic "WikiWikiWeb">> >>>> <<AddWikipediaTopic "Project Xanadu">> >>>> </optgroup> >>>> </$select> <a href={{Docs!!curr-topic}} title="Open web page >>>> in a separate window/tab" target="_blank">link</a> >>>> <iframe src={{Docs!!curr-topic}} height="500" width="100%"></iframe> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 10:49:48 AM UTC-3 ludwa6 wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks @Eric : it does indeed work nicely -only not in the sidebar; >>>>> after the streamlining you've done on Charlie's script, that >>>>> functionality >>>>> seems to have been compromised. >>>>> @Hans: Have you implemented Eric's script without modification, and >>>>> does it display & function correctly in your sidebar? >>>>> >>>>> Anyway: Without really understanding the code, i'm now using Eric's >>>>> macro definition line at the top, followed by Charlie's UI-related code, >>>>> and that seems to work pretty well, tho the sidebar view doesn't flow so >>>>> well if it's set too narrow; i can certainly live w/ this -happy! /w >>>>> >>>>> 8<------(snip)----->8 >>>>> >>>>> \define AddTopic(topic) <option value={{{ >>>>> [[$topic$]encodeuri[]addprefix[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/]] >>>>> }}}>$topic$</option> >>>>> >>>>> <$select tiddler={{Wikipedia!!title}} field="curr-topic"> >>>>> <!--🔴 AddTopic takes as input tiddler titles from wikipedia.org >>>>> and creates a link to same tiddler at the static site. >>>>> Add/modify/remove items as per the following three >>>>> examples >>>>> Order the topics as per your preferences >>>>> Add "optgroup elements to group entries" --> >>>>> <<AddTopic "TiddlyWiki">> >>>>> <<AddTopic "WikiWikiWeb">> >>>>> <<AddTopic "Project_Xanadu">> >>>>> </$select> <a href={{Wikipedia!!curr-topic}} title="Open >>>>> web page in a separate window/tab" target="_blank">link</a> >>>>> <iframe src={{Wikipedia!!curr-topic}} height="500" >>>>> width="100%"></iframe> >>>>> >>>>> 8<------(snip)----->8 >>>>> On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 2:07:33 PM UTC+1 [email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> @Eric: Thanbk you. >>>>>> This works nicely and is, of course, quite extensible to sites like >>>>>> TiddlyWikiLinks. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Hans >>>>>> >>>>>> On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 8:30:04 AM UTC-4 Eric Shulman wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 3:16:22 AM UTC-7 ludwa6 wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> PS to my last: have fixed part of the problem: by adding the suffix >>>>>>>> clause back into macro (as below), it now pulls not a system-level >>>>>>>> error >>>>>>>> msg, but the error msg from wikipedia.org site itself, which seems >>>>>>>> to be objecting to the .html extension only... yet i can't find a way >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> remove that w/o reverting to the lower-level error msg. Any insight >>>>>>>> about >>>>>>>> this problem would be appreciated! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Try this in a tiddler named "ShowWikipediaFrame": >>>>>>> \define AddTopic(topic) <option value={{{ >>>>>>> [[$topic$]encodeuri[]addprefix[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/]] >>>>>>> }}}>$topic$</option> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <$select field="curr-topic"> >>>>>>> <<AddTopic "TiddlyWiki">> >>>>>>> <<AddTopic "WikiWikiWeb">> >>>>>>> <<AddTopic "Project Xanadu">> >>>>>>> </$select> <a href={{!!curr-topic}} title="Open web page >>>>>>> in a separate window/tab" target="_blank">link</a> >>>>>>> <iframe src={{!!curr-topic}} height="500" width="100%"></iframe> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Notes: >>>>>>> * The filter in AddTopic needed a closing "]]". Also, the filter >>>>>>> uses "encodeuri[]" rather than "split[ ]join[%2520]". This handles all >>>>>>> special URI characters, not just space. >>>>>>> * The target tiddler for storing the $select widget value is the >>>>>>> *current >>>>>>> tiddler*, rather than "Wikipedia" (or {{Wikipedia!!title}}) and the >>>>>>> corresponding <a href=...> and <iframe src=...> params simply fetch >>>>>>> {{!!curr-topic}} (i.e., from the current tiddler). This allows you >>>>>>> transclude the above content as a template (e.g., >>>>>>> {{||ShowWikipediaFrame}}) and each transcluded instance can be used >>>>>>> to show a different selected topic. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> enjoy, >>>>>>> -e >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- 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/d9044719-004f-45b8-b9af-aaa60cfe547an%40googlegroups.com.
