Ciao TonyM TonyM wrote: > > You could say I want to enable TiddlyWiki to become a "first class > citizen" when it comes to the Local operating system. >
It's interesting as its far to bespoke. Its not so easy to explain as you can't really demo it since there is, inevitably, local configuration in how TW & the browser negotiate with the OS that can't be easily replicated. Maybe, later you could post *screen shots* of it working, *or a video*? I think its a superb use of TW to Desktop Manage, and I'm aware you can go a long way with it. But it does involve quite a lot of background knowledge. Its explanation of that background knowledge that, I think, is needed so others are are able to benefit. > *Some things I would like to do,* > > - Include an image of a Graphical map of my network with hotspot > clicks to go to that device, backed up by device info and settings > > Would Mat's nice CSS "Bubble Map" of lists help? *(I can't find it, I'll write Mat)*. Or Tiddly Map could be adapted to it? Possibly also embedded Visio diagrams (though I'm not sure Visio lets you create HTML "clickable maps" any longer)? The way that programs get invoked by the OS is an interesting theme. As browsers are going its getting harder to directly invoke any program. But the "download" mechanism is pretty universal and a fall-back that the OS can intercept, so whilst the TW thinks its downloading, the OS can be set to consider it a call to open a file of that type (at least on desktops). An issue I had is that the file opened can be a copy in a temp folder, rather than the original. And the behaviour is not always consistent, for reasons I do not understand. There are some Firefox add-ons that still manage to open Office documents for edit directly in the browser. FWIW, in the Editor in TW I use the Firefox Add-On Its All Text <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-uS/firefox/addon/its-all-text/>to enable easier editing for larger texts. Previously there was a Firefox gizmo like this that could handle many formats. Its gone, a victim of Firefox changes. Now, basically, external editing can usually only be set to one file type using that simple (editing area) add-on. But it works. I'd be interested if you knew of any alternative ways that recognised more than plain text. BJ's add on that enables CKEditor HTML editing is handy, but in a way its overkill if you can use a fully external editing solution without any TW plugin needed. Best wishes Josiah -- 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/adec4d44-b5ac-4bed-8123-aa0c9985c702%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
