Although that does look pretty sweet ... I have a Chromebook, which I rather like because of the lightness / minimalism of living in a web browser.
Although I could install the Linux version of VSCode, it would be quicker for me to load a TiddlyWiki from Google Drive whenever I want to just write down a quick note. I only bring up the Linux container when I really must do something with a heavy app, i.e. something I just can't do with online apps or apps in the Chrome web store. Nah, seems like Skrifa <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/skrifa-chrome/pfdkhjakblfafmapniifbpkjblgolipd> is my best bet when I want to write a quick note that needs a little text formatting to organize whatever related thoughts about something. Although I figure Google Keep/Mail/Calendar will be my go to places for quick plain text notes, I can see me using the Text <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text/mmfbcljfglbokpmkimbfghdkjmjhdgbg> editor too. On Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 7:54:25 PM UTC-3 [email protected] wrote: > If you want to skip loading a TW into memory, and just work on TID files, > I would actually suggest VSCode and my TW5 Syntax plugin: > > > https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=joshua-fontany.tw5-syntax > > This has hot-key shortcuts that allow you to create the block of metadata > (created/creator, etc), or update a modified timestamp with a hotkey. > > The workflow is literally: New file -> .tid, hotkey for meta-data -> tab > between titlke, creator, etc, tab to go to Text field. > > Best, > Joshua Fontany > On Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 11:36:17 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> Nah, Chromebook. Half-a-dozen TiddlyWikis. All on Google Drive and >> accessed with TiddlyDrive. I don't really want to have all of them open >> all day for whenever I might have a thought. >> >> I much prefer throw notes in quickly loaded small/distraction-free apps, >> so it is just a quick trip to the computer while I put chores/whatever on >> hold for just a second. Later when I can sit down, I can do the TiddlyWiki >> work. >> >> Skrifa >> <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/skrifa-chrome/pfdkhjakblfafmapniifbpkjblgolipd?hl=en> >> seems >> like the right tool for the job for quick-note taking, when I want a little >> formatting to quickly organize more complicated notes. Otherwise Google >> Keep or Gmail or Google Calendar for short/simple text notes. >> >> The Skrifa notes, the HTML for them can be copied into TiddlyWiki as-is. >> Not as convenient as having a "TidEdit" app, but it is quick and TW handles >> the HTML natively (i.e. don't need a plugin like I would if I was pasting >> markdown text into my tiddlers.) >> >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 3:16 AM maki aea <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> hi i'm guessing you're on android? i'm on an old iphone and i basically >>> have tiddlywiki open all day using quine2. been using saq's streams lately >>> with a tweaked shortcut to save tiddler+stream, shift+z. works really well >>> for quick notetaking on ios. have customised the layout quite a bit ( >>> http://makiaea.org ) for mobile but the heavy lifting is from streams >>> and shift+z. hope you can find something that works for you >>> On Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 6:47:34 PM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> I just found a better reference (i.e. in-browser simple text editor): >>>> https://browserpad.org/ >>>> >>>> That one knows filename when opening a file, and remembers that >>>> filename on "save" ("save/export", in my mind.) >>>> >>>> If that thing had TW formatting buttons and a preview pane, it would be >>>> exactly what I'm looking for. (Well, I wouldn't want the spell-checking >>>> check box, nor that github button in the bottom-right.) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 1:41:35 PM UTC-3 Charlie Veniot wrote: >>>> >>>>> In regards to open and save *(just for >>>>> reference: https://www.outpan.com/app/e7d5b37405/mytextarea >>>>> <https://www.outpan.com/app/e7d5b37405/mytextarea>)* ... >>>>> >>>>> I'm thinking an open button like the one in that editor, and an >>>>> export/save button that works exactly like the tiddler export button in >>>>> TiddlyWiki, with just the TID option or with more/all options. >>>>> >>>>> So no save mechanisms. Just enter WikiText-à-la-TiddlyWiki, preview, >>>>> and click export as TID. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Whenever I just want to take down a quick note, TiddlyWiki is rarely >>>>> my first choice. Using my Chromebook, I typically go to Gmail or Google >>>>> Keep, or even Google Calendar, first. >>>>> >>>>> Having a small HTML page, i.e. TidEdit app, available to me, I could >>>>> see myself going there first when I want to take down a note that is >>>>> slightly more substantial organization-wise, but not so substantial that >>>>> I >>>>> want to open a TiddlyWiki (which I keep on Google Drive, using the >>>>> TiddlyDrive add-on app.) So a bit like a simple text editor, but a >>>>> little >>>>> bit StackEdit-like, with a way to get the content into a TID. >>>>> >>>>> With something like that, I might actually use my small+old smartphone >>>>> for more than just phone and text-messaging... >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 1:01:22 PM UTC-3 Charlie Veniot wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Define backward. >>>>>> >>>>>> To me, it is like the difference between a small text editor and a >>>>>> word processor. Using a text editor for certain things, instead of a >>>>>> full >>>>>> Word Processor isn't going backwards. It is just using the simplest >>>>>> tool >>>>>> that makes sense for an immediate need. >>>>>> >>>>>> Same thing for "TidEdit". It is just about reaching for the simplest >>>>>> and quickest tool for an immediate need (just jot down a note) , yet >>>>>> having >>>>>> that WikiText available (and preview) for quick visual organization of >>>>>> that >>>>>> one note, however short/long, for later serious processing. >>>>>> >>>>>> In a way, it boils down to that difference (in my mind, anyway) >>>>>> between note-taking and note-making. >>>>>> >>>>>> I imagine TidEdit as something complimentary to TiddlyWiki, a really >>>>>> nice addition to a TiddlyWiki ecosystem of >>>>>> tools/components/workflow-enablers. >>>>>> >>>>>> A simple HTML page with a text area on the left, preview pane on the >>>>>> right, and buttons for WikiText markup, and buttons for "new", "open", >>>>>> and >>>>>> "save", always working with TID files for each drag and drop into a >>>>>> TiddlyWiki. >>>>>> >>>>>> Why would any "save" plugins be required? "Save" would be like >>>>>> "download", and open would be like "upload". Aren't those just basic >>>>>> javascript functions? >>>>>> >>>>>> I suppose it isn't really about stripping down TiddlyWiki. It is >>>>>> about creating a single HTML file that provides something that is >>>>>> StackEdit-ish (no "notebook" and no multiple notes handling), with >>>>>> buttons >>>>>> that work like the tiddler edit buttons for WikiText formatting, and >>>>>> those >>>>>> "new" (clear text area and preview), "open" (pick a file and put the >>>>>> content of that file in the text area), "save" (i.e. just download a >>>>>> file >>>>>> that has the content from the textarea) buttons. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 12:41 PM PMario <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 4:19:52 PM UTC+2 [email protected] >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> i.e. just what is needed to create/edit/save WikiText (à la >>>>>>>> TiddlyWiki) to a TID file. Nothing else. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> TLDR; >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You are right, we may be able to strip about half of the *UI* size, >>>>>>> but this would mean we will go backwards. ... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -------------- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As you probably know, browsers will only let you save to the >>>>>>> Downloads directory and subdirectories with default browser plugins. >>>>>>> With Timimi you can choose the directory, but you will need 2 >>>>>>> components. A browser AddOn and an executable. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There is a new file-API for chromium based browsers, but they will >>>>>>> also need a server somewhere in the background to use the functionality >>>>>>> in >>>>>>> a "secure" way. ... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> No refresh mechanism going on, no loading up a whole TiddlyWiki >>>>>>>> (with all the tiddlers and plugins), blazingly fast open of a small >>>>>>>> HTML >>>>>>>> file to quickly enter some info/knowledge/content on the fly with >>>>>>>> whatever >>>>>>>> device, with ability to save that tiddler, parking its the TID file >>>>>>>> somewhere for later processing in the full TiddlyWiki. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In your first post you mentioned, that you don't need all toolbar >>>>>>> buttons but some of them. ... So if you only want 1 of them, the >>>>>>> software >>>>>>> needed is the same as showing all of them. ... The mechanism to show 1 >>>>>>> button is the same as to show many of them. It's only a different >>>>>>> filter >>>>>>> and a list. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The same is true for the TW UI. It will be possible to create new >>>>>>> ...Templates, that are different to the existing ones, but the >>>>>>> functionality to handle Page-, Edit- and View templates is the same as >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> a default TW. So I'm sure you don't safe anything in the core. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sure I can tweak a TiddlyWiki by adding custom Tiddlers, but I'm >>>>>>>> talking about a major strip down to have a simple editor for simple >>>>>>>> note-taking. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As I wrote. There will be no major strip down in wiki size. The >>>>>>> startup may be faster, because less DOM elements are created. ... >>>>>>> Especially no sidebar. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> At the moment there are 8 tiddlers tagged: $:/tags/PageTemplate ... >>>>>>> 11 tiddlers tagged: $:/tags/ViewTemplate ... 9 tiddlers tagged: >>>>>>> $:/tags/EditTemplate ... 7 tiddlers tagged: $:/tags/SideBar ... and >>>>>>> about >>>>>>> 33 toolbar buttons. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So you may safe some of them but that's basically it. TW consists of >>>>>>> about 2100 shadow tiddlers in empty.html. Nobody knows, how they are >>>>>>> exactly interconnected. It would be possible to find it out, but that >>>>>>> would >>>>>>> be a lot of work I wouldn't want to do. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> TiddlyWiki 5.1.0 had 991 shadow tiddlers and about 1.1MByte in size. >>>>>>> About 460 shadows are $:/language tiddlers ... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In 6 years users requested new UI functionality, which resulted in >>>>>>> about 1000 shadow tiddlers more and about 1MByte more size of the file. >>>>>>> The >>>>>>> system did grow organically, with a lot of interconnections here and >>>>>>> there. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You are right, we may be able to strip about half of the *UI* size, >>>>>>> but IMO this would mean we will go backwards. ... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> just some thoughts >>>>>>> mario >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in >>>>>>> the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/JuhpaVK_zts/unsubscribe >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>> >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/35a5a231-04d0-4fd7-b6b4-9bbb97ac92cdn%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/35a5a231-04d0-4fd7-b6b4-9bbb97ac92cdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/JuhpaVK_zts/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/59eff18d-3906-4283-bb72-b6e539f20fb7n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/59eff18d-3906-4283-bb72-b6e539f20fb7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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