Hi Dave > And 5.1.5 will be released this week, right Jeremy?
Yes, there's nothing else big planned, but it'll still be a couple of days before the release. In particular there's quite a few contributions awaiting merging on github. Best wishes Jeremy. On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 1:29 PM, David Gifford <[email protected]> wrote: > And 5.1.5 will be released this week, right Jeremy? I am really eager to > have this update. It's got some great stuff in it. Also I am eager because > I have used some of the define newhere bits you emailed me, but they don't > seem to work in 5.1.4, only in my copy of the prerelease of 5.1.5. This new > version HAS been in the works for a while, so don't keep us in suspense > forever! :-) > > Dave > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 7:21 AM, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks everyone for their contributions. There are a bunch of good >> suggestions in the thread which I'll try to pick up in the hangout on >> Tuesday. >> >> A big topic is clearly how we improve the contribution process for the >> documentation. I have a couple of thoughts: >> >> * We could initiate a TW5 community space on tiddlyspace along the lines >> of tiddlywiki.org - it's a proven way to work. It would be good to try >> out TW5's support for TiddlySpace in a multiuser setting (since it's not >> been done before I think there may be some wrinkles to be ironed out). >> * We should support documentation contributions by people taking a copy >> of tiddlywiki.com onto tiddlyspot and making their edits there. I could >> easily build a batch file that pulls down their changes and applies them to >> the repo, so that I can convert their changes to a pull request (I don't >> think there's any avoiding needing a moderation step for tiddlywiki.com) >> * An alternative workflow for accepting those contributions would be to >> support visual diffing in the import manager >> >> I've also got a couple of clarifications. >> >> > Perhaps there's a way to display a sticky above the github issues. >> >> We don't want to discourage people from suggesting and discussing new >> features, but lets see how it goes and I can add a banner to the "new >> issue" page if needed. >> >> > 4. You may think about a two level plugin list: the top part would list >> the plugins that are officially sanctioned and compatible with the latest >> release. The bottom part could be a growing list of webpages where >> individuals have stored there plugins and goodies they have created for TW >> but that may or may not continue to be compatible. >> >> That's pretty much what we've got: >> >> * Plugins listed in http://tiddlywiki.com/#Plugins are the officially >> maintained and distributed plugins. They will be automatically upgraded >> when using http://tiddlywiki.com/upgrade.html >> * Community plugins are listed in http://tiddlywiki.com/#Resources >> >> Perhaps we should maintain a catalogue of community plugins that is >> separate from the general resources list. >> >> > Will 1.1.5 and the export feature make release before the moratorium >> begins? >> >> Yes, the moratorium would start after 5.1.5's release. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Jeremy >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 6:43 PM, 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Whenever you have an open web page, you end up with spammers trying to >>> create link drops. >>> >>> Probably a real wiki (with authentication) or even just a special thread >>> on this forum would be better. I believe the better wiki systems track >>> history, so changes can be rolled back when something useful has been >>> overwritten. >>> >>> I feel the github process discourages documentation. The problem is that >>> it's the same system of review for documentation as for code. Which means >>> that you may have to wait a week or so before changes get applied, Sure, >>> CODE needs to be thoroughly vetted so that TW doesn't break. But, unlike >>> code, poor documentation is usually better than NO documentation, and it >>> can be peer-reviewed and tweaked as time goes along. It's an odd quirk of >>> human psychology that people tend to like to correct things that are >>> already in place rather than creating new content in the first place. So >>> getting something in place quickly (even if not 100% perfect) is more >>> important than getting it publisher-ready on the first draft. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> On Friday, November 21, 2014 6:37:16 PM UTC-8, Jed Carty wrote: >>>> >>>> I think that we could try making a public tiddlywiki on tiddlyspot and >>>> make a list of topics people want documentation for the most, then collect >>>> explanations and examples from people and hopefully get someone who is good >>>> at technical writing or design to collect everything into a nice tiddler we >>>> can submit for inclusion on the main page. >>>> >>>> Is there interest in a project like this? It would allow people to make >>>> small updates or suggestions for the documentation without having to do the >>>> entire tiddler by themselves. Using github isn't hard, but this may >>>> encourage more people to help out. That is if multi-user wikis are a viable >>>> solution, if not we would need someone to manage it, which may not be >>>> better than just using github the way it is now. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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 a topic in the >> Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/73ctphmY84k/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. >> > > > > -- > David Gifford > Christian Reformed World Missions, Mexico City > > -- > 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. 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