I hadn't run into the issue with duplicate names yet, but when I get to class archetypes I'm going to need dozens of duplicates so thank you! Saved me from a future headache. :)
On Thursday, 21 October 2021 at 09:20:36 UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > I use tiddlywiki's for a lot of rpg stuff and it can be a challenge to > come up with unique name for some of the tiddlers and fields. If you add a > caption field to a tiddler the table of contents macro will display it > instead. That can help clean things up. > > On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 10:09:45 PM UTC-4 [email protected] > wrote: > >> That's good stuff. >> >> If you like to tag content for a menu to be automatic reflect the >> content, the built-in stuff in TiddlyWiki is right awesome. >> >> Me, I tend to like control on my menus, adding menu items which then take >> me to the content. >> >> It is a bit like one approach is bottom up, and the other is top down. >> (Not sure which would be which.) Either way equally good, probably a >> difference in right-brain versus left-brain thinking. Maybe more so the >> purpose of the menu. Meh ... >> >> That details thing I suggested, that was very rough around the edges, >> just to throw the quick thought together. It could be oh-so-sweet with >> some proper design. But only of value if you're of a >> "menu-first-towards-content" mindset versus "content-first-towards-menu" >> mindset. >> >> Either way, so much fun ! >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 10:30:23 PM UTC-3 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Thank you both so much! Either option seems like it'll do what I want >>> with a bit of adjusting! It's hard to believe I was overcomplicating this >>> so much, but I suppose it's as they say and all of the world really is just >>> a nail when all you have is a hammer. I guess now I just have to decide >>> between having the triangles that I want or having the list easily expanded >>> using the tags system. >>> [image: AlternativeCapture.PNG] [image: AlternativeCapture2.PNG] >>> Using details has this quirk that the em2 margin applies to everything, >>> though I've fixed it by removing the * from .indent_details *{ >>> [image: TOC.PNG] [image: TOC2.PNG] >>> Using Table of Contents gave me numbers that I thankfully already knew >>> how to remove from my past muddlings: >>> <style>ol {list-style-type: none;}</style> >>> <<toc-selective-expandable "TableOfContents" "sort[tocpos]">> >>> tocpos is just a value I made up so I can assign value 1 to Home and 2 >>> to Character Advancement, a bit messy but it seems I can use decimals if I >>> need to jam something in the middle later. This way I get whatever >>> arbitrary sorting I want instead of going purely alphabetical (looks like >>> it uses the alphabet for tie breakers which is nice). Unlike with >>> [[Home|SQPFSRD]] that I can put in details I had to make a Home page to >>> contain {{SQPFSRD}} and add that to my table instead, but most of my pages >>> won't need this treatment (I could just rename the page, but having this >>> option as well is reassuring). >>> >>> Leaning towards Table of Contents purely for how much less work it is. I >>> suppose now my goal is figuring out how to style the ToC so that it doesn't >>> indent as far, and maybe getting it to use triangles somehow. >>> >>> On Wednesday, 20 October 2021 at 20:33:16 UTC-4 Eric Shulman wrote: >>> >>>> The TiddlyWiki standard distribution includes a set of macros to >>>> display a hierarchical "Table of Contents" >>>> https://tiddlywiki.com/#Table-of-Contents%20Macros >>>> https://tiddlywiki.com/#Table-of-Contents%20Macros%20(Examples) >>>> >>>> For your purposes, you probably want to use the >>>> `<<toc-selective-expandable ...>>` macro. >>>> >>>> enjoy, >>>> -e >>>> >>> -- 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/a5a4e6e6-e150-482f-8e55-b04feb1f1c36n%40googlegroups.com.
