Might be worth pointing out that you could also write: <$macrocall $name=myreference parameter="Chapt01_Sect02_Subsect23"/>
...and that macros can contain arbitrary whitespace between parameters, and use different types of quotes: <<myreference 'Chapt01_Sect02_Subsect23' >> As long as you're consistent with how you call the macro in your wikitext, your method can work fine, but you should be aware that just because you have a correctly displayed macro doesn't mean your search method will find it. On Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 2:33:52 PM UTC-5 Cs Molnar wrote: > As I was thinking my requirements the other day, I realized that I > basically need a referencing/searching functionality in TW, which is > independent from (works alongside of) the existing referencing/searching > functionality for tiddlers. After I had realized this, I came up with a > simple solution. > > I created a macro with a syntax like <<myreference > "Chapt01_Sect02_Subsect23">>. This generates a link to the online version > of the book, to the referenced Subsection. If I want to find out in which > tiddlers I referenced this Subsection, I simply search for "<<myreference > "Chapt01_Sect02_Subsect23". This is possible because (as I recently > realized), one can search for the invocation of a macro by searching for > the text „<<mymacro>>”. > > This solution seems to fit my requirements and it does not require the > creating of thousands of empty tiddlers just to enable the referencing of > Subsections. It is also easy to add another macro with a different name if > I need to reference sections of another huge book I will read. > > Again, thanks for all your kind suggestions and reactions. > > Mark S. a következőt írta (2021. április 29., csütörtök, 21:12:32 UTC+2): > >> I thought the reference tiddlers had content -- external links to file >> system documents ?? >> >> On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 11:48:48 AM UTC-7 Cs Molnar wrote: >> >>> Thanks for all your suggestions! By „pollution” I meant that, according >>> to my understanding, it would be a bad idea to create 35000 „useless” >>> tiddlers, which do not have content but only used as references. It would >>> make my wiki slow. TW is optimized for the case that tiddlers store content >>> and not references. Every time TW or a plugin would run its Javascript >>> code, it would have to chew itself through these useless tiddlers, and it >>> would happen at almost every content refresh. Also, because I use git to >>> version control my .tid files on Node, this would put unnecessary burden on >>> my git repository, as well. >>> >>> That's why I looked for other ways. Not to mention what happens if I >>> read 2 other similarly sized books. That would require over 100 000 >>> tiddlers. It just seems like a really bad idea to me. >>> >>> Mark S. a következőt írta (2021. április 27., kedd, 20:52:33 UTC+2): >>> >>>> I've made a Bible (twice, I think, but I've misplaced one. Possibly on >>>> the car roof top). A 6000 entry nutrition database. A 63,000 entry >>>> dictionary. >>>> >>>> You'll have to explain what you mean exactly by "pollution". >>>> >>>> For your situation, using node.js, there is, as they say "One weird >>>> trick." You can create all your reference tiddlers and put them in a >>>> plugin. This just means putting them physically in a folder under >>>> "plugins" >>>> and including a plugins.info file. Now your references will be >>>> essentially invisible until you want to link to them. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 6:42:12 AM UTC-7 Cs Molnar wrote: >>>> >>>>> There is something I want to achieve with TiddlyWiki but I don't know >>>>> how, so I hope one of you can help me. >>>>> >>>>> My problem, in a generalized way, is the following: I want to take >>>>> reading notes from a book in tiddlers. The book has chapters (about 60), >>>>> every chapter has on average 20 sections, and every section has on >>>>> average >>>>> 30 subsections. This makes around a total of 35000 subsections. >>>>> >>>>> In my tiddlers I will refer to specific subsections. Later I want to >>>>> be able to list all tiddlers which refer to a certain subsection. Also, I >>>>> want my references to be links to the content of the subsection on the >>>>> internet. (The book's subsections cannot be included into my TW, but they >>>>> are available on the internet.) >>>>> >>>>> Of course, the easiest solution would be to create one tiddler for >>>>> every subsection and insert links like [[Chapter4_Section6_Subsection23]] >>>>> into my notes. This way I could find every reference to a subsection. But >>>>> this would mean creating 35000 tiddlers (equivalent to 35000 files in my >>>>> TW >>>>> on Node.js) to cover all subsections. Even if I didn't create them, I >>>>> would >>>>> have 35000 missing tiddlers. This approach would heavily pollute the list >>>>> of my tiddlers. Every time I would use the $list widget, the 35000 >>>>> existing >>>>> or missing tiddlers would come up. >>>>> >>>>> I hope someone has a good idea to save my TW from this pollution, but >>>>> still retain the possibility to search for references. I thought that I >>>>> could develop a custom widget in Javascript which would store the >>>>> reference >>>>> list in a JSON tiddler. I'm experienced in JS programming but have less >>>>> knowledge on TW internals, so I'm not sure if this is the best solution >>>>> or >>>>> is it overkill. >>>>> >>>> -- 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/fa73a4ee-3dfa-4ed8-8979-911c67648044n%40googlegroups.com.
