Thank you, Eric! That's the answer I needed. What would you recommend as an alternative technique? I'm starting to think that the most reasonable approach might be to render all the content and simply adjust the CSS "display" properties of the various sections as appropriate.
Thank you, -AF On Oct 21, 8:29 pm, Eric Shulman <[email protected]> wrote: > > is it possible that something else might change the > > contents of ExampleTiddler even though the user didn't open > > ExampleTiddler for editing*? > > Yes, it is definitely possible, and even fairly common. > > There are many plugins that modify stored tiddler content (or rename > tiddlers, or even *delete* tiddlers), without any user-initiated > editing activity. For example: > > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#QuickNotePlugin > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#CommentPlugin > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#DiscussionPlugin > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#PasteUpPlugin > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#ListboxPlugin > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#TaskTimerPlugin > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#PanelManagerPlugin > > and many, many more... > > So, it would seem that your proposed technique of tracking the start/ > end offsets of the relevant tiddler content won't be reliable, unless > you can also ensure that no other tiddler-modifying plugins are > installed in the same document (or at least, make sure their > functionality is never triggered while your interface is being used). > > -e > Eric Shulman > TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios > > ---- > TiddlyTools needs YOUR financial support... > Help ME to continue to help YOU... > make a generous donation today: > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Donations > > Professional TiddlyWiki Consulting Services... > Analysis, Design, and Custom Solutions: > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Contact -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev?hl=en.
