Thanks all, Funny when someone called me steved, I realized yea that was me, so I did a steved search here and I have about a dozen messages on this very board from 2006 to 2010, and I must be a simple guy because some were quite similar to current requests.
again thanks all. On Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 2:56:55 PM UTC-7, steved wrote: > > First - I was an early Tiddler guy from way back, have journeyed elsewhere > (evernote, my own tools, ...) but now after a decade or more happy to see > the community alive and well and found TW5 and started using it 2 days ago. > - have been impressed with so much the same but so much is better. After > using so many modern tools and coding my own - I can say that TiddlyWiki > was made so well on day one that still outshines ( seeing several notes at > once, clean DB of one file, able to easily extend cause you can program > anything, community to share this programmability at speed). In one day ( > yes long day) - I have Twiki up on my owncloud protected server that is > shared my win desktop, win laptop, Linux machine at lab, Android (and will > try iOS soon) - using tiddlyDesktop pointed to that one twiki - so all > local, all backed up but all one file (owncloud) shared WOW!. Impressive - > And strong videos/tutorials to get me back to advanced beginner so quick. > > Found my old favorites tools > > strong programmed todo / completed system > full gcal calendar sidebar > own nested 'contents' as sidebar start for great org > tiddlers that grab all my grad students from tags man so many more good > filters) > cherrypicker plugin so in any note I can put in a statement (todo or any > info I want to list in a place) and then have lists built back in a main > area where each item has link back to the more info in a full tiddler. > links to anything > links to local file / folders > > All great - thanks community!!!! > - steve > > Some quick questions - > > so what I have not resolved yet ( QUESTIONS) > > 1) Local links to executables? > > for local links - I can't execute a program with an exe ( it just does > nothing) > > I can do this [[word|file://localhost\E:\jump\hellotest.docx]] which will > open ms word fine > > but if I try this [[search|file://localhost\E:\jump\Search.exe]] it does > not start the program > > so my workaround is to call a .docx for word or .psd dummy for photoshop > but some of my tools have no file association > > is there anyway to get a .exe or shortcut to one as a link in TW? > > 2) wikiword completion? > > I used to have a plugin in classic TW that completed WikiWord for me or > brought up a dropdown of current WikiWords or something as I started type ( > like linux autocomplete). I like to type where people and things are the > wiki words / tiddlers on the fly, yet my memory is not great - so this > autocomplete tool really helped > Is there any plugins /techniques you would suggest. > > 3) best resources for learning advanced tricks / scripts /plugins? > > I noted many of the old pages ( classic wiki) of people that would show > and explain the best of the best tricks for noting, organization, todo are > gone or old (like the once great tiddlytools.com > <http://www.tiddlytools.com/> > > what are the best new sites for best organisation / script / plugin info > to get me good and advanced again > > currently I have these linked to help me in my HowToTiddly notes ( but > want more beyond the basics) > > * [[Guide| > https://tiddlywiki.com/static/A%2520Gentle%2520Guide%2520to%2520TiddlyWiki.html > ]] > * [[syntax|https://tiddlywiki.com/static/WikiText.html]] > * [[community|https://tiddlywiki.com/static/Community.html]] > * [[google group|https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tiddlywiki]] > * [[TOC How To|https://tiddlywiki.com/static/TableOfContents.html]] > * [[markup CheetSheet PDF| > http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~mdt26/PWT/hints.pdf]] > * [[plugins and examples|https://dynalist.io/d/zUP-nIWu2FFoXH-oM7L7d9DM]] > > are there others you would recommend? > > thanks again for never giving up - I can attest to leaving trying > everything and coming back to such an elegant smart system / community > > > > > -- 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/b0e76e41-51b8-4fed-b7fd-8af5a03a503c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
