Well, it wasn't as simple as that - I dragged and dropped it, and it imported as a link, which then opened with info for four tiddlers that needed a lot of /'s and /n's removed from before pasting them into tiddlers.
But when I got all that done, it worked nice! Thanks! Dave On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 10:44:16 AM UTC-5, Mark S. wrote: > > You just drag and drop it into your TW -- it gives an import menu where > you can approve the incoming tiddlers. > > Mark > > On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 8:37:42 AM UTC-7, David Gifford wrote: >> >> Hi Mark >> >> Sorry for my ignorance, not sure what to do with a json file. >> >> I managed to do this with the fieldmangler widget, which works quite >> nicely: http://giffmex.org/experiments/linkviewer.html >> >> Dave >> >> On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 9:31:31 AM UTC-5, Mark S. wrote: >>> >>> Here's an example. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way to >>> force a default state for radio buttons. So the state will be whatever it >>> was the last time the TW was opened. This is how it is with the TW >>> "preview" mode as well, so I guess we should be used to it ... You could >>> just put it in "blank" mode before closing. >>> >>> I seem to recall that in the TWC there were "hooks" where you could put >>> code that got executed when the page was first opened. Perhaps someone will >>> know how to do the same thing here, so that the value of the stored state >>> could be changed on boot-up. >>> >>> HTH >>> Mark >>> >>> On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 6:36:45 AM UTC-7, David Gifford wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Mark >>>> >>>> Thanks for the radio idea. I think I would have to see an example that >>>> is more substantial than the one at tiddlywiki.com in order to >>>> implement the idea though. To answer your question: I usually use zoomin >>>> story view, so having on preview mode that changes every tiddler's view >>>> mode would be better. Also, default upon opening the file needs to be #4 >>>> (blank) to keep from slowing the file down. But default after the first >>>> use >>>> is not necessary. >>>> >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 8:20:10 AM UTC-5, Mark S. wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm sure someone will have a great solution for you. Off hand, I'm >>>>> thinking that a radio button would give you your 4 conditions. Your >>>>> viewer >>>>> could then have 4 reveal widgets depending on the status of the radio >>>>> button. Not sure if the radio button widget has a default (it's not in >>>>> the >>>>> docs -- the HTML radio button does). But would a default matter after the >>>>> first use anyways? Or did you want a different setting for each tiddler >>>>> you >>>>> are viewing (unlike the "preview" mode which changes every tiddler's view >>>>> mode). >>>>> >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 5:23:50 AM UTC-7, David Gifford wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi guys >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a really cool idea, but it might be just a bit beyond me. I am >>>>>> going to tinker today, but I figure you guys will have better ideas >>>>>> about >>>>>> how best to do this. >>>>>> >>>>>> I currently tend to use a tiddler titled $:/.Children, and tagged >>>>>> "$:/tags/ViewTemplate" . This tiddler lists links to the titles of all >>>>>> the >>>>>> tiddlers with backlinks to the current tiddler. The list appears at the >>>>>> bottom of the tiddler, below the text. >>>>>> >>>>>> I would like to be able to toggle between viewing four such >>>>>> "children" in the open tiddlers: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1) $:/.Linksviewer: Lists only the title links for all backlinks. >>>>>> 2) $:/.Printviewer: Shows the text field for all backlinks, separated >>>>>> by a <hr>, >>>>>> 3) $:/FullViewer: Same as #2 but also including a link to each of >>>>>> those tiddlers [[(open)|title]], and >>>>>> 4) Blank: none of the three previous are tagged >>>>>> "$:/tags/ViewTemplate", and nothing shows below the text field. This >>>>>> would >>>>>> be default. >>>>>> >>>>>> Rationale: >>>>>> >>>>>> a) My notetaking for this TW would be adding individual observations, >>>>>> quotes, etc and adding links (rather than tags) to related topics and >>>>>> sources. The tiddlers would have datetimestamps to save me from naming >>>>>> the >>>>>> tiddlers. Then I create topic tiddlers from the empty links in the note >>>>>> tiddlers (and from the "Missing" tab). I have found this to be the >>>>>> fastest >>>>>> way to add notes and connect them. I also tend to move from the top down >>>>>> by >>>>>> creating table of contents tiddlers for broader subjects. >>>>>> b) Different types of tiddlers need different types of displays of >>>>>> related tiddlers. But viewers 2 and 3 would slow down TiddlyWiki if they >>>>>> were default. At least, that has been my experience. Jeremy once told me >>>>>> it >>>>>> is because it is a complex list filter being applied to the tiddlers. So >>>>>> I >>>>>> am thinking that 1, 2, and 3 can be viewers that let you see this >>>>>> content >>>>>> when needed, and turned off most of the time when speed is of the >>>>>> essence. >>>>>> Maybe my reasoning is wrong, I don't know. >>>>>> >>>>>> I know how to create the 3 list filters. >>>>>> >>>>>> What I don't know how to do is create buttons to put in the sidemenu >>>>>> that add the "$:/tags/ViewTemplate" tag to one viewer and remove that >>>>>> tag >>>>>> from the other two. I was originally thinking of 4 buttons, but maybe a >>>>>> dropdown list would be better? Also I don't know how to make #4 the >>>>>> default >>>>>> when opening the TW. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyway, this is a little beyond my ability and I was wondering if a >>>>>> few of you might lend me a hand / suggestions. I will share the results >>>>>> freely with everyone when I am done with it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Dave >>>>>> >>>>> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/74573c93-38e2-40ec-a882-df3fb553dfeb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
