I updated http://giffmex.org/experiments/history.crossindexing.html with a little more detail to show the direction I am going in on my original efforts using fields.
Dave On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 6:30 PM, David Gifford <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, to try your xlist macro, I have > > 1. the four category tiddlers (Time periods, Places, Domains and Topics) > created as plain old tiddlers for now. > > 2. A few subcategory tiddlers created and tagged with the titles of the > category tiddlers (Germany tagged Places, People tagged Domains, etc) > > I know I will want at least two other kinds of tiddlers: > > a) index tiddlers (Period x by domain index, Domain x by period, etc) > b) entries (John Calvin, tagged Reformation, Switzerland, Theology, People) > > From there, what do I need to do to try this out? You have various > instructions and examples, but the problem is there are so many things to > look at, it is not easy to see the step-by-step process. You even have > other macros and templates, so it looks like what you did in your file is > more complicated than what you are asking the user to do. > > Not being critical, just trying to point out stuff so you see where you > can improve the docs. > > Dave > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 6:04 PM, David Gifford <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I could switch to tags. I am just at the experimental stage. Actually, I >> downloaded a new empty and started to create and tag tiddlers to experiment >> with xlist. >> >> I do think I want date.ace and date.bce so I can sort by date, and >> replace centuries with time periods >> >> Dave >> >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Tobias Beer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> With xlist it would be very easy. >>> >>> http://xlist.tiddlyspot.com >>> >>> >>> Ok, trying to get something running in your wiki, >>> I realize I was a bit hasty with that suggestion >>> seeing as you are using fields and not tagging. >>> >>> Pretty sure your case begs for >>> some generalization using the each >>> <http://tiddlywiki.com/#FilterOperator%3A%20each> filter. >>> >>> So, the wee problem is, >>> that this opens up four possibilities of cross-listing... >>> >>> 1. a tag-category by other category-tags >>> - this is the only one *xlist* currently does >>> 2. a field-category by category-tags >>> 3. a tag-category by category-fields >>> 4. a field-category by other category-fields >>> - this seems to be what you're after >>> - avoiding tagging >>> - why? >>> >>> Best wishes, Tobias. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/Jy4-aOoEi5U/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. >>> >> >> > -- 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.
