An idea with potential use for e.g documentation and much else. (...if it is at all doable)
iframes are nothing new, but I just realized it's possible to - almost - make external tiddlers, such as from tw.com, appear to be tiddlers in my own TW: <iframe src="http://tiddlywiki.com/static/TiddlyWiki"; width="640 height="480"></iframe> ...or, if the "static" is omitted, it even works pretty well with an ulr to a live tw thanks to the focusing (i.e scroll down) to the specific tiddler, or the topmost tiddler if many, and the sidebar is squeezed up above it so it's not seen. Eg: <iframe src="http://tiddlywiki.com/#TiddlyWiki"; width="640" height="480"></iframe> Note: In HTML 4.01, the width could be defined in pixels or in % of the containing element. In HTML5, the value must be in pixels. (ref. <http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_iframe_width.asp>) I notice the text wraps nicely though so there is no horizontal scrollbar, at least for me, so you can exaggerate the width value. Obviously, the shown tiddler/s is not interactive with the surrounding TW - which could actually be used as an advantage: For instance, a site (like) tw.com could iframe and sandbox externally located plugins but still allow edit view for manual copying to ones own tw. People could send a mere link (via email?) with the url of a tw-plugin they've developed or even just found somewhere, and the local site could host a gallery of sandboxed display items. And meta-data could be added locally (..or via the email?) Or documentation tiddlers for that matter. For a site like tw.com there could be a reviewphase where a document is viewable but not yet accepted to the actual site (to have it interact with the local tiddlers) until some criteria is met. Even external meta-data could be appended from yet other urls, i.e yet other people could bring input about the external tiddler. Now, I'm wondering if it is possible to isolate the text/content from such an external tiddler? I presume there's no url but maybe there's something the local tw could do to shave off the surrounding tiddler or to remote-transclude the html element? In this way one can avoid the less pretty double titles that result from the iframing of a tiddler as described above. I figure there should be some advantage that the imported content is not just anything but a tiddler, i.e standardized and in a form we're 100% familiar with. ...alternatively, to create a local tiddler template that does not have a title, or at least doens't show it. I.e so that the iframed tiddler totally fills up an empty tiddler "shell". And, who knows, if the "remote-transclusion" of a specific html-element is possible, then maybe it's possible to evaluate it's content and have it recreated locally. Perhaps a risk with text-box content even if I see value in it. A more innocent, but very valuabe, application would be to do so for the tags. You get the original tags but can edit and add your own to fit the local tw needs. A bit like tiddlyweb, I think. Doable or Pie in the sky? <:-) -- 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.
