Re: [tw] [TW5] Picture as external link in wiki text, how?

Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:05:17 -0700 

I think it’s an oversight that we don’t have a convenient syntax for image 
links. Figuring

TiddlyWiki Classic uses this syntax:

[img[http://wikitext.tiddlyspace.com/fractalveg.jpg][http://www.flickr.com/photos/jermy/10134618/]]

For TW5, we’ve got [img[title-or-url]] and [ext[url]]. We could perhaps 
generalise the syntax so that elements of this format can be concatenated:

[img[http://wikitext.tiddlyspace.com/fractalveg.jpg]ext[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jermy/10134618/]]

[img[http://wikitext.tiddlyspace.com/fractalveg.jpg]link[HelloThere]]

A different approach would be to extend the existing use of attributes with the 
image syntax:

[img width=23 [http://wikitext.tiddlyspace.com/fractalveg.jpg]]

We could use:

[img link=“http://tiddlywiki.com"; 
[http://wikitext.tiddlyspace.com/fractalveg.jpg]]

Best wishes

Jeremy



> On 17 Oct 2015, at 08:51, Tobias Beer <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Scott,
>  
> I can see where the markup doesn't have an elegant solution, but I'd think 
> that particular case (an image wrapped in a link) would come up often enough 
> that it fairly demanded either a shorthand or the elimination of the two 
> usual shorthands Siniy-Kit detailed above.
> 
> I fully understand. To me, it's a win that we can just define exactly what we 
> need as a macro.
> But I can also see, how we're loosing plenty people with that approach.
> 
> Just listen to the sound of it...
> 
> Missing feature? Write a macro.
> 
> Go tell that to someone using MS Office and then
> observe the look on their face from the mere suggestion. :D
> 
> Simple image tiddler link:
>   
> title: $:/_my/macros/imglink
> tags: $:/tags/Macro
> 
> \define imglink(tiddler) <$link to="""$tiddler$""">[img[$tiddler$]]</$link>
> 
> Or use linkimg @ tb5 <http://tobibeer.github.io/tb5/#linkimg> for a more 
> sophisticated deal.
> 
> Simple external image link:
> 
> title: $:/_my/macros/linkimgx
> tags: $:/tags/Macro
> 
> \define linkimgx(tiddler,ref) <a href="$ref$">[img|$img$]]</a>
> 
> Or, again, use linkimg @ tb5 <http://tobibeer.github.io/tb5/#linkimg> to also 
> link external targets.
> 
> You can think of it as that:
> 
> But the lack of consistency does have me tripping over my feet a bit as I try 
> to acclimate to TW5.
> 
> ...or you can think that TW doesn't prescribe too much of a solution for you
> when you might need something slightly different.
> 
> Possibly, it's perhaps just a matter of not having had a conversation
> as to whether some of these things could be more core-prominent these days.
> 
> I believe, @Jeremy would ping authors to ask for a core contribution,
> provided he saw it first and then gave it a thought along these lines.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> — tb
> 
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