Mark S.
Thanks!
That is an hugely interesting, working, prototype.
It looks like it will match a bunch of writers' concerns.
I will use it a bit more and get back to you in more detail.
(One small teething point I noticed is that currently on "Publish" all
items end up as "T"s.)
Best wishes
Josiah
On Sunday, 16 September 2018 00:04:45 UTC+2, Mark S. wrote:
>
> Here's a start that has most of the mentioned features:
>
> \define linkfullname() $(target)$!!linktype
> \define makelink()
> <$reveal type="nomatch" state="""$(target)$!!caption""" text="">
> <$set name=title tiddler="""$(target)$""" field="caption">
> <$link to="$(target)$"><<title>></$link>
> </$set>
> </$reveal>
> <$reveal type="match" state="""$(target)$!!caption""" text="">
> [[$(target)$]]
> </$reveal>
> \end
> \define maketrans() <$transclude tiddler="""$(target)$""" mode="block"/>
> \define makeedit() {{$(target)$||$:/core/ui/EditTemplate}}
> \define tle(target)
> <$set name="target" value="""$target$""">
> <$reveal type="nomatch" text="yes" state="$:/state/publish">
> <$radio tiddler="""$target$""" field=linktype value="link">L</$radio>
> <$radio tiddler="""$target$""" field=linktype value="trans">T</$radio>
> <$radio tiddler="""$target$""" field=linktype value="edit">E</$radio>
> <$reveal type="match" text="link" state=<<linkfullname>>>
> <<makelink>>
> </$reveal>
> <$reveal type="match" text="trans" state=<<linkfullname>>><br/>
> <<maketrans>>
> </$reveal>
> <$reveal type="match" text="edit" state=<<linkfullname>>><br/>
> <<makeedit>>
> </$reveal>
> </$reveal>
>
> <$reveal type="match" text="yes" state="$:/state/publish">
> <$transclude tiddler="""$target$""" mode="block"/>
> </$reveal>
> </$set>
> \end
>
> $:/state/publish
>
> Publish?
> <$radio tiddler="$:/state/publish" field="text" value="yes">Yes</$radio>
> <$radio tiddler="$:/state/publish" field="text" value="no">No</$radio>
>
> ----
> <<tle "Your tiddler title here">>
>
> "tle" stands for "Transclusion, Link, Edit". The "edit" part is clumsy
> since it just uses the edit template without mods to make it flow in the
> current river. But it basically works and might serve as a start. The
> "link" element defaults to using the caption if available so you can write
> more descriptive titles without having to break links. It actually creates
> the tiddlers just by clicking on the corresponding radio button. It does
> this because it stores the current tle setting in the target tiddler. You
> can put more <<tle>> macros into sub-tiddlers displayed via transclusion,
> allowing a kind of sub-structure if you want. Though in general I think I
> would just let the top tiddler provide the structure.
>
> This requires TW 5.1.15 or higher.
>
> Have fun,
> -- Mark
>
> On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 10:39:08 AM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote:
>>
>> Nice!
>>
>> The next step would be to have a button next to each item that allows you
>> to switch from link to transclusion. And/or a small link when displayed as
>> a transclusion so you could quickly edit the text. The current status would
>> be stored in a flag in the tiddler. The macro might also need a way to
>> display different text when linking. And also default to using caption
>> (ala uni-links) when no link description is given. There would also be a
>> master configuration tiddler for final publication that only shows the
>> transcluded results with no buttons.
>>
>> These ideas are motivated by the need to move quickly between edit/view
>> modes, and the fact that there is no easy way to change the contents of
>> macros (or links) globally. So once you've created a title, it's easiest to
>> stick with it though you may want it to be displayed differently.
>>
>> -- Mark
>>
>> On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 9:37:02 AM UTC-7, BurningTreeC wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm just adding my 2cents with an idea:
>>>
>>> a small macro that displays a link if the tiddler is missing, but
>>> transcludes the tiddler if it's not:
>>>
>>> in a macro-tiddler:
>>>
>>> \define trl(text)
>>> {{$text$||transcludilinktemplate}}
>>> \end
>>>
>>> in the "transcludilinktemplate":
>>>
>>> <$list filter="[<currentTiddler>is[missing]]">
>>> <$link to=<<currentTiddler>>><<currentTiddler>></$link>
>>> </$list>
>>> <$list filter="[<currentTiddler>!is[missing]]">
>>> <$transclude/>
>>> </$list>
>>>
>>> ... call it with <<trl "tiddler title">> and it's a link as long as the
>>> tiddler doesn't exist and it transcludes it when it does, neat!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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