The mechanism for ordering tagged tiddlers that TheDiveO explains is documented here:
http://tiddlywiki.com/#Tagging Best wishes Jeremy On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:15 AM, TheDiveO <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mat, > > the magic that escaped you consists of two things, if I remember correctly > (because I was somehow involved at some later stage): > > - the list field of the PageTemplate itself: this general-purpose > field controls the initial sequence in which the template part tiddlers > listed here are rendered. It is populated with the core template parts > tiddlers. So this sets up the overall structure in form of a virtual list, > on which the second part of magic builds... > - additional template part tiddlers which are correctly tagged: > - if such an additional tiddler either has its list-before or > list-after field set, then this field references another template > part tiddler and this tiddler is either inserted into the ordered > sequence > before or after the referenced tiddler (that is, into the virtual list > mentioned before). > - if no placement is specified using one of the two fields > mentioned above, then the template part tiddler is inserted at the end > of > the (virtual) list. > > Please note that this virtual list is only built when rendering a > template, so it does not become visible in its own. > > Regards, > TheDiveO > > > On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 6:01:09 AM UTC+2, Mat wrote: >> >> On and off for a couple of months I've tried to get the hang of TW5... >> and failed every time. It took a long time for me to get into TWC but I >> finally did get there and one of the best ways to control/customize it was >> via a theme (based on Bairds MPTW) where the various templates etc were >> collected in one place. I'm hoping to get there witht TW5 too but, darn, I >> can't get an overview of this. >> >> For starters, could someone please give (or point to) an top-down >> overview of the general strategy for how the page elements are split up. >> In English not code, please. >> >> This is what I think I've understood, please correct me; >> >> First of all, where page elements are defined is very different from TWC. >> The commands/markup for defining the parts are different - they are in >> html in TWC but in TW5 they are in a "Jeremy-defined" markup language >> (based on and very close to established markup language which name escapes >> me) >> In TW5 the tiddler PageTemplate is named $:/core/ui/PageTemplate. The >> meat of this is this part: >> >> <$list >> filter="[all[shadows+tiddlers]tag[$:/tags/PageTemplate]!has[draft.of]]" >> variable="listItem"> >> <$transclude tiddler=<<listItem>>/> >> </$list> >> >> ...which filters out all tiddlers tagged "$:/tags/PageTemplate". Not >> sure what that variable listItem is/does. >> It is clever to use a filter in the pagetemplate rather than hard coding >> which page elements to use because this lets us add new elements without >> actually messing this this pagetemplate tiddler but instead simply by >> adding the tag. >> >> The result from the filter are these: >> >> $:/core/ui/PageTemplate/alerts >> $:/core/ui/PageTemplate/sidebar >> $:/core/ui/PageTemplate/story >> $:/core/ui/PageTemplate/topleftbar >> $:/core/ui/PageTemplate/toprightbar >> >> Now, these elements are placed in the right place on the screen either by >> magic or by brain gamma rays from Jeremy. My best guess is magic, because I >> cannot imagine how brain rays would penetrate my bunker and with magic it >> would all make perfect sense and this would also explain a lot of other >> questions I have. >> >> Ok, I'll start with this. Please, I'd love to hear your comments. >> >> Thank you! >> >> <:-) >> >> -- > 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.
