With all the talk about esoteric concepts like "Quines", I was surprised that TW5 had the same fundamental problem that TWC had. In database parlance, you never use the same field for more than one thing. This is law #1 of database normalization, which allows for massive amounts of data to be processed every day even by relatively low-powered computers.
The title field is being used for at least 3 jobs: title, ID, and system flag. There should be 3 fields for each of these tasks. A beginner error is to then use it for something else (like dates). The fix is to use something like uni-links so that the title field can be used as an immutable ID field. Another fix would be a tool that, when you change a title, finds and replaces all links. I thought there was a promise of such a thing a long time ago. My general formulation for unique titles is <date> <topic> [<user>] The mistake would be, of course to use the title to *store* the date. I'm just using it here to keep things unique without having to think too hard. Beginners using TW and used to full-fledged Wikis and other systems (Zim? Wikidpad?) will probably be surprised when changing titles doesn't also change links. -- Mark On Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 4:01:47 AM UTC-7, Brady77 wrote: > > Hi, > > any solution to the problem? I don't believe that Felix and me are the > only TiddlyWiki users who are struggling with renaming the tiddlers (or > tags). Let's go to the roots of TiddlyWiki that positions as a *system of > small pieces of related information*. How does is play with such a basic > operation called "change tiddler title" by breaking all references? There > is probably something I have missed at the beginning but it seems to me > like building a dam on a river from sugar cubes: you have a solid structure > just until you fill it with water... > > Is it a technical problem? Or a too much work to change the system? Or a > backward compatibility problem? A combination of? Should we create a plan > to untangle it? > -- 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. 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/260b7335-a516-48f2-96c3-f2dc17266f11%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
