>
> I would like to be able to create something that has the same 
> functionality as the widgets in the MathyThing plugin that doesn't require 
> a user action to update. 
>

However, you'd potentialy running into the same problems. Only just 
slightly less forcefully.
 

> Jeremy suggested I create a daemon that runs in the background and updates 
> the outputs when appropriate.
>

When appropriate is the key here. It shouldn't run on a timer but rather 
hook into certain events... hooks that may not exist yet.
 

> I was hoping that someone could point me in the direction of an example of 
> a daemon used in tiddlywiki before I start poking the code trying to learn 
> how without an example.
>

You might want to come to terms with how you envision that process to 
(safely) work... and then as that specific question with respect to what 
precisely your daemon is supposed to achieve (and above all WHY).

I have found some examples of generic javascript daemons, but I am not 
> familiar enough with javascript to implement them in tiddlywiki without a 
> lot of trial and error, which is what I would like to avoid if possible.
>

Understandably... but you might just be headed towards mostly unexplored 
waters. 

Best wishes, Tobias.

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