Hi *@Jeremy*, Thanks for explaining that. Doesn't having the core as a plugin contradict the very nature of a plugin, which you describe in the official docs as *"Plugins are used to distribute optional, custom components for TiddlyWiki <http://tiddlywiki.com/#TiddlyWiki>"*, (emphasis mine). I would have thought that the core itself is not optional, thus it shouldn't be described as a plugin. It seems confusing to me.
Kind regards, Hegart. On Monday, 28 September 2015 11:15:20 UTC+13, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > Hi Hegart > > The missing piece is that there is a plugin called $:/core that contains > the main core code of TiddlyWiki. It is always present, and it is the > source of the shadow tiddlers you are seeing. You can see it listed in the > "Plugins" tab of the control panel. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy. > > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 10:50 PM, Hegart Dmishiv <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I've been looking back over ShadowTiddlers >> <http://tiddlywiki.com/#ShadowTiddlers> again in the official TW5 docs, >> trying to get a handle on all of this. It says *"ShadowTiddlers >> <http://tiddlywiki.com/#ShadowTiddlers> are tiddlers that are loaded from >> within Plugins <http://tiddlywiki.com/#Plugins>."* Looking at the >> Plugins tiddler in the docs, I see a list of available plugins. From the >> description of *"Plugins are used to distribute optional, custom >> components for TiddlyWiki <http://tiddlywiki.com/#TiddlyWiki>."* I >> assume I have to install a plugin myself for it to work, right? A bit like >> the extensions <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Extensions> for >> MediaWiki. As far as I know, I haven't installed any plugins for TW5. Haha, >> I wouldn't even know how to yet! So where do these Shadow Tiddlers come >> from, from which plugins, if I haven't installed any plugins yet? >> >> I see a huge list of *"current shadow tiddlers"* listed on the >> ShadowTiddlers tiddler in the official docs. At first I assumed that these >> are only the shadow tiddlers for plugins which are installed in the TW wiki >> instance at tiddlywiki.com, but then I copied the <$list> filter from >> the code on that page, into a new tiddler in my own instance of TW5 and got >> the same results (or near enough, a huge long list) as what I saw on >> tiddlywiki.com. >> >> So now I'm even more confused: >> >> 1. The docs say that shadow tiddlers come from plugins. >> 2. I haven't installed any plugins. >> 3. I have shadow tiddlers anyway. >> >> Can anyone explain this to me better, and maybe we can get the official >> docs updated, or maybe there needs to be a "TiddlyWiki for Dummies" book. I >> saw *@Eric*'s IndieGoGo page >> <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/inside-tiddlywiki-the-missing-manual#/story>, >> >> but that campaign had closed long before I had even heard about TiddlyWiki. >> Not that I could have afforded to contribute much, anyway, sorry. >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/be9563c7-45ad-472e-9ad4-0f275c59b71e%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/be9563c7-45ad-472e-9ad4-0f275c59b71e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Jeremy Ruston > mailto:[email protected] <javascript:> > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/9379322d-12c6-4a33-8775-b54f369b43a6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
