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David Gifford
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On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 7:26 PM Charlie Veniot <[email protected]> wrote:

> BTW, I have an updated version of that prototype that adds prefix and
> suffix.  Ridiculously easy.  Let me know if and when you want to check it
> out.
>
> On Monday, May 3, 2021 at 12:39:57 PM UTC-3 Charlie Veniot wrote:
>
>> Okay, here's a very rough prototype.
>>
>> You'll find in the attached zip two tiddlers:
>>
>>
>>    - Add Tiddler A Content
>>       - This is the meat of it all
>>       - This specifies the actions for the button
>>       - TiddlyWiki automagically takes care of creating the button for
>>       the actions (the spark for the magic is the "$:/tags/EditorToolbar")
>>    - Add Tiddler A Content Image
>>       - Meant to be the icon in the Edit toolbar
>>       - Just text at the moment, which creates an obnoxiously big button
>>       - Good enough for testing purposes
>>       - We can work on a shorter word, or setting up an actual icon,
>>       later
>>
>>
>> You supply your own "Tiddler A" for testing purposes, putting whatever
>> text in it.
>>
>> Then create some new test tiddlers, trying out that button to see what
>> happens.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Monday, May 3, 2021 at 12:00:01 PM UTC-3 Charlie Veniot wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, then.   I have a solution (I think) festering, percolating possibly
>>> burning if you are smelling any burnt toast ...
>>>
>>> On Monday, May 3, 2021 at 11:54:03 AM UTC-3 David Gifford wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Charlie,
>>>>
>>>> Yes, you have described well what I am trying to do.
>>>>
>>>> No, I don't need an "Internet archive" style list of what the content
>>>> used to be. The button will stamp a reference to the chapter I am currently
>>>> reading (eg, [[Guns, Germs and Steel (Diamond) ch 4]]) into a note tiddler,
>>>> along with other text immediately preceding and following. When I start
>>>> reading a new chapter I will update the "Current chapter" tiddler. So the
>>>> content is not important enough to warrant a log of previous content.
>>>>
>>>> Blessings.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 9:45 AM Charlie Veniot <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> G'day David,
>>>>>
>>>>> RE: #3:  I'm going to throw a curve-ball at you and hope I don't bean
>>>>> you in the process ...
>>>>>
>>>>> By the time I hit the submit button, I'm thinking there will already
>>>>> be a few replies.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know if I've got this right:  for any tiddler you might
>>>>> be editing, you'd like a button that copies and pastes the actual content
>>>>> of that moment of the tiddler "Current chapter" into the tiddler you are
>>>>> editing.  i.e. a historical snapshot of "Current chapter" at that very
>>>>> moment in time.  (adorning that content with prefix, suffix, and however
>>>>> else, that's secondary problem/solution to this primary problem/solution
>>>>> need.)
>>>>>
>>>>> When we first talked about this stuff, you wanted the content of
>>>>> "Current chapter" in a field for new tiddlers.  Do I understand correctly
>>>>> that you now want it instead in the text body of the new tiddler, wherever
>>>>> your cursor is sitting?
>>>>>
>>>>> Now the curve-ball. Would it be of any value to have dated/historical
>>>>> snapshots of "Current chapter" as distinct tiddlers which can be
>>>>> individually transcluded in any number of new tiddlers?
>>>>>
>>>>> That would only be of value if you would ever like to see all of the
>>>>> "Current chapter" versions over a span of time and/or if any one version
>>>>> would actually ever be embedded/included/transcluded in more than one
>>>>> tiddler.  Otherwise, better to have each snapshot existing where you need
>>>>> it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, May 3, 2021 at 9:38:54 AM UTC-3 David Gifford wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yesterday I worked on a project, and Saq, Soren, Charlie and Mohammad
>>>>>> helped me. Thank you!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now I only have three remaining problems, and I was hoping you all
>>>>>> might help me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. The comptext plugin does not autocomplete links in custom fields,
>>>>>> only in the text field. Is there a way to configure it to autocomplete 
>>>>>> in a
>>>>>> specific custom field? I only need it to autocomplete in one...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. Adding a link to a missing tiddler in a custom field does not add
>>>>>> the missing link to the missing tab. Is there a way to see all the 
>>>>>> missing
>>>>>> links in custom field x from all tiddlers?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3. Yesterday Charlie showed me how to grab the text of a specific
>>>>>> tiddler and insert it into the new tiddler button so it would get added 
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> a custom field of the new tiddler. The key component was
>>>>>> customfieldname={{{ [[Current chapter]get[text]] }}}. I tried to use that
>>>>>> in an editortoolbar button with no success. How could I grab the text of
>>>>>> [[Current chapter]] and have the prefix of the following snippet paste it
>>>>>> into tiddlers? (as text, not as {{Current chapter}}, because I don't want
>>>>>> what is pasted to change when I change the text of Current chapter later 
>>>>>> on)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <$action-sendmessage
>>>>>>     $message="tm-edit-text-operation"
>>>>>>     $param="wrap-selection"
>>>>>>     prefix=""""""
>>>>>>     suffix=""""""
>>>>>> />
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks to any help on any of these. World domination is imminent.
>>>>>> Blessings, Dave
>>>>>>
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