Hi Roma Sorry for the late reply.
wiki.addTiddler() is the fundamental way to update a tiddler. wiki.setTextReference() is a slightly higher level function: rather than working with a tiddler title it understands a text reference ( http://tiddlywiki.com/#TextReference) - for example, the text reference "HelloThere!!myfield" specifies the field "myfield" on the tiddler "HelloThere". Thus, you can't use setTextReference() to reference a tiddler that contains "!!" or "##". Generally, you should use addTiddler() unless you specifically need to support text references as part of the syntax of your widget. Best wishes Jeremy On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 10:42 PM, Roma Hicks <[email protected]> wrote: > I am in the process of creating a suite of widget for a plugin I am > developing. I have been using some of the existing widget code an a > template and extending functionality, but in the process of doing so I have > noticed some coding differences in the methods to update tiddlers. > > In particular some widgets use: > this.wiki.setText(/*...fields...*/); > > And in others: > this.wiki.addTiddler(new $tw.Tiddler(/*...fields...*/)); > > While I have coarse understanding of tiddler functions, the underlying > differences seem to be: one sets fields explicitly, the other more > implicitly. Is there a stylistic preference for one over the other when > editing one field? Is there a performance or stability reason to prefer > one? > > Thanks. > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
