Thank you for the insights! mandag 10. mai 2021 kl. 03:33:19 UTC+2 skrev TW Tones:
> Anjar, > > Shadow tiddlers is quite a big subject since it relates to a large part of > the core, plugins etc... > > I do personally believe there are many opportunities to make use of this > infrastructure for much more, which I think you question hints at. I have > done quite a lot of exploration in this space and will share but a little > in this response. > > Shadow tiddlers are known as tiddlers inside a plugin, but a plugin is > only a tiddler containing one or more tiddlers defined in JSON. This allows > more than one tiddler to be packaged in another tiddler. Accessing such > embedded tiddlers is via the shadow tiddler model. > > There is already code to support converting tiddlers to JSON, and it is > the import process. After dropping a set of tiddlers on a wiki (any wiki), > rename the $:/import tiddler before importing, (remove its existing > fields). It is then a JSON tiddler. However to convert it so it allows > access to the tiddlers within as shadows, you need to change it into a > plugin. This is not complex as it the case with most things in TiddlyWiki. > > Changing a JSON Tiddler of tiddlers into a plugin and related shadow > tiddlers. > > - Edit the JSON tiddler and add or change the plugin-type field to > have a value of plugin > > You now have a plugin tiddlers, and you can find it in the list of > plugins, bur it is not making use of all the features, it only has a > contents tab. > > You can now edit these to turn the shadows into real tiddlers, drag and > drop between wikis and export it for import later. > > Cool yes? > Tones > > On Monday, 10 May 2021 at 03:12:59 UTC+10 Mark S. wrote: > >> Tinka <https://tinkaplugin.github.io/> is a tool for making tiddlers >> into a plugin. You could also use it to add tiddlers to an existing >> "storage" plugin. >> >> On Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 4:28:15 AM UTC-7 Anjar wrote: >> >>> Hi! >>> >>> Shadow tiddlers have some nice properties, s I wonder: can ordinary >>> tiddlers be made into shadow tiddlers or is it technically difficult? So >>> that if a new tiddler is created with the same title, the old one >>> disappears but is lurking in the background as a shadow? >>> >>> Best, >>> Anders >>> >> -- 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/4238904b-94b6-4947-8b0e-a752b646f9a8n%40googlegroups.com.
