> At first I was going to say, "No, I don't, and probably never will, > understand the actual technology, but I get the general picture." But your > comment that "it doesn't mean the end of the line for the single file > configuration of TiddlyWiki" brought me up a little short. > > I've wondered for long time, and have done so here more than once, whether a > TW-specific browser would solve the browser compatibility issues that been > with us for a long time, and whether such a thing could even be constructed. > From your response I gather that that's not exactly what you're working on, > but to the degree that I understand it it's appealing.
I wouldn't really think of it as a special TW browser; it's more of a case of wrapping TiddlyWiki up into a custom application for each platform. Anyhow, it can definitely be done - TWEdit and TWMobile on the iPad/iPhone are an excellent example of such a thing. > The comment that brought me up short leads me to think, however, that I might > not be able to simply port my tiddlers and plugins over to the new app and go > merrily on as I have with the exception of a few things I've had to just live > with. Are you referring to backwards compatibility concerns with older versions of TiddlyWiki? I'm certainly making backwards compatibility an important criterion for the design as it emerges. But there are areas where I do intend to break it, notably, I plan to change the wikifier so that it generates the expected <P> tags instead of endless <BR>s. And there will be no support for running macros written for classic TiddlyWiki; they will need to be rewritten for TW5 (you'll readily understand that the alternative would have required retaining too many of TiddlyWiki's original quirks and misdesigns). So, I think it will be one of those situations where 98% of content will transfer across quite happily. > The latter, as best I can recall, have had to do in part with > incompatibilities between a a favorite plugin or two and OSX. Since I'm not > able to identify the problems at this point you may not be able to answer, > but is it possible that the new app will avoid incompatibilities with OSX? I think I'd need to understand more about the original problem. As I said, those plugins will not work in TW5, and so the question might be hypothetical. > Anyway, it sounds very interesting. Glad you're back at work on TW. Thanks for the kind words, Best wishes Jeremy > Sincerely, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA > [email protected] > > "What does it mean...that the world is so beautiful?" > > - Mary Oliver > > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
