TonyM > I am not sure how important it is for you to learn how the wiki text is > translated to HTML, more that "what WikiText results in what output?" > Please clarify! >
I'm emboldened by Joe since he knows what he is doing, which I often don't. Its very important. One issue is knowing when you are passing "literal text" when to what or "Wikitext" (WHAT is that, BTW?) The rest of your reply is interesting for basically saying: find out yourself :-) J. x > One thing to keep in mind is exploring your TiddlyWiki's own internal > workings is a great way to learn and discover. In part due to TiddlyWiki's > Open source status and in part because it is designed to allow its user > interface and working to be freely modified you can actually be on a desert > island with no internet and teach yourself about tiddlywiki. Of course this > can sometimes be time consuming when some good documentation would help. > > The challenge for a new user, like for any system, is getting and > understanding the keywords that describe something. For example the "magic > tags" you mention, are most likely system tags thus if you look here > https://tiddlywiki.com/#SystemTags you will see a short explanation for > each, many of these will also be the magic tiddlers you speak of. > > Learning about the page, view and edit templates and how they work is also > useful, because then you can track how something appears in front of you. > > The way the toolbars and buttons work is also a key area to learn, because > it enables so much, including customising or making your own buttons. > > I am now reworking my "TWInternals" Tiddler to remove a dependency on a > plugin and I will let you know here where to find it. This tiddler > basically lets you peek into a range of internal tiddlers and settings, and > can act both as a reference and a step by step exploration to learn more. > > Regards > Tony > > > > > On Monday, December 10, 2018 at 12:12:06 AM UTC+11, joearms wrote: >> >> I'd like an overview of how wikitext ends up as HTML >> >> 1) macros are expanded >> .... >> >> ?) html is output >> >> or is it >> >> 1) wikitext is parsed >> .... >> >> etc. >> >> I have no idea - is this documented somewhere? >> >> In particular, how is the interaction with 'magically named tiddlers' >> managed. >> >> I am aware that giving tiddlers special names and special tags changes >> what happens >> when the tiddler wikitext is expanded - but I have never found an >> exhaustive list >> of the magic tiddlers and magic tags and what they do and in particular >> when they do what they do. >> >> Is there such a list? >> >> Cheers >> >> /Joe >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" 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/tiddlywikidev. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywikidev/09557dc2-b5b4-45f5-9dc2-755153da76cb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
