> > * wikitext shortcuts (ie ''bold'', __italic__ etc) and macros > * widgets > * filters >
<rant mode: on> Very appealing with such high level views. Makes me wonder why we have this particular division of "things" that control out data. We have clearly not aimed for the ruling paradigm that distinguishes between "physical structure" (HTML), "style" (CSS) and "actions" (JS) - or maybe this comparison is irrelevant. The "wikitext shortcuts" do seem to be about styling, but macros can be anything(?) more like a container. Widgets... are placed out as if they were html/structure elements but they are really small creatures; things that do stuff. And filters... I agree with Joe that these are really something special. We treat the filter operators almost like physical manifestations... the cutter, the end-applier, the inspector, etc. I dabbled with SQL long ago and while filters are of course central to any DB, they felt like more of an activity than a thing. Maybe it is the tiddler aspect of things that make them feel physical? Does any other "text tool" exist where you can manipulate textual content in any comparable way? And is tiddler philosophy the secret and necessary ingredient for this dynamism? <:-) -- 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/7ea2959f-8f68-47e2-9e91-7bcba087dc7b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
