> I understand why these requests are framed in terms of implementing > sections but I'd really like more insight into the underlying needs. Is the > desire for tiddlers with long, hierarchically structured content because > they are easier to edit as a single run of text? Or easier to import? Or is > it because the single tiddler is easier to read on screen than a sequence > of tiddlers? >
I addressed some of those issues in the post that initiated this chain. Ultimately, in my case, it comes down to being easier to import. Easier to read or easier to edit are secondary considerations. The documents I import and work with in Tiddlywiki can be quite long. Generally I reference them rather than edit them. Generally I must not edit them beyond highlighting a passage. As such, the process of splitting one of these documents into minimal sized tiddlers is laborious and counter-productive since it doesn't create much benefit that I've noticed. The internal Table of Contents gives a quick overview of the document. While being able to jump to a specific section would be useful, I think the simple listing of headers is enough of an improvement for what I do with the tiddlers to be worth the effort. If the jumps can be accomplished easily, then fine. I am no expert but every time I've tried using anchors in the new Tiddlywiki, it has failed spectacularly. The best idea I have on how to accomplish it without anchors would be something like the browser's search function. Select the header, then search through the tiddler until the program comes to the matching string and then move the display so that the found string appears on the string. That is beyond my programming ability and so for the moment, I'm happy with the listing of headers that I have. -- 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.
