Wow @PMario - I can't believe I missed your plugin! It's extremely impressive how much flexibility you've put in there. Thanks!!
On Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 12:17:09 PM UTC-4 si wrote: > Thanks for the explanation @PMario. I don't know why, but I imagined it > would be more of a philosophical/conceptual reason rather than a technical > one. Good to know. > > On Thursday, 13 May 2021 at 14:03:51 UTC+1 PMario wrote: > >> On Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 1:31:22 PM UTC+2 si wrote: >> >>> >>> Jeremy considers data tiddlers as a mistake, so he doesn't want to >>> add more complexity to the core, to give it better support. If we have >>> better support in the core, more users will use it, which makes it harder >>> to get rid of it. >>> >>> @PMario Why does he consider data tiddlers a mistake? This seems related >>> to my recent post here: What's the point of JSON tiddlers? >>> <https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/skXcOsf_R94> >>> >> >> That's not so easy to explain, but I'll try. It's part of the "selective >> refresh" mechanism of TW. ... >> >> "Selective refresh" means, that widgets or parts of a widget are only >> redrawn, if their parameters have been changed. >> >> Eg: You have 2 checkboxes, that are connected to the same data-tiddler, >> which may be seen as an advantage. >> >> cb1: <$checkbox tiddler="test" index=1 checked="selected" unchecked="" >> default=""> Selected?</$checkbox> >> cb2: <$checkbox tiddler="test" index=2 checked="selected" unchecked="" >> default=""> Selected?</$checkbox> >> >> So with this setup, whenever you change the "selected / index" status of >> cb1, the core also has to recalculate the "selected" status of cb2, because >> the tiddler "test" has been changed. ... This wouldn't be the case if there >> would be 2 different tiddlers. >> >> You may say, that's not a problem, because it's convenient. ... Yes it is >> convenient and for this example it isn't a problem. ... BUT >> >> If you have several 100 indexes, that are "connected" to completely >> different UI elements, it starts to be a problem: You will have to redraw a >> lot of elements, that don't really need it. >> >> -------- >> >> I also think, that using data-tiddlers as "configuration" and / or >> "lookup-tiddlers" that don't control visual elements, is convenient. And it >> won't go away anyway. >> >> hope that helps >> mario >> >> -- 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/74cf86d1-8518-451d-9d48-ad9837989858n%40googlegroups.com.
