Eric, Thanks for your thoughts! You've given me some new ideas about how to approach keeping data in tiddlers. TaggedTemplateTweak in particular opens up some interesting possibilities. With plugins and custom javascript, there's really no limit to what could be created.
There is a fair amount of ramp up work involved to go from a default TW file to one that contains structured data used in interesting ways. I still think it would be cool to have structured data as a more central part of the application, even to an end user who knows little about custom coding. But this could be addressed with plugins also. (For example, DataDbPlugin at http://baggr.tiddlyspot.com/#DataDbPlugin is quite impressive.) I'm sure the core developers have put endless thought into what belongs in the core vs. in plugins. I'm currently using the Treeview plugin at http://treeview.tiddlyspot.com/ to organize my tiddlers into a hierarchy. I may look into adapting this plugin so that it will use a custom parent field to relate tiddlers to one another. It would be a cleaner approach, and then the tags field could be used only for extra tiddler relationships apart from the main hierarchy. I can see two ways of looking at where TiddlyWiki is at. As you've pointed out, it is already capable of so much - why mess with a good thing? On the other hand, it seems like there is a great resistance to adding to the core or taking any steps that might risk breaking existing plugins. It's true that just about any feature can be added as a plugin. However, there is a lot of value in features which are a part of the core. They are much easier for everyday users to make use of. They also provide a consistent approach to the most common needs, and they can serve as a starting point for new plugins to build from. Sometimes it takes a willingness to break from the status quo in order to find out what might be achieved. I'm curious to hear what other ideas are out there. Bryan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
