Hi Stefano I think you've got it exactly right. The details tying the mechanism together are in the wiki.parseText() method.
Best wishes Jeremy -- Jeremy Ruston [email protected] https://jermolene.com > On 15 Feb 2019, at 20:04, stefano franchi <[email protected]> wrote: > > How does the addition of new tiddler types work? > > From reading the railroad plugin code and the tw-dev pages on Parser and > Widget, I gather that it is as simple as creating a new parser module and > assigning the newly defined type to a specific widget. > > Railroad does it in its super-simple typed-parser.js module: > ``` > (function(){ > > /*jslint node: true, browser: true */ > /*global $tw: false */ > "use strict"; > > var RailroadParser = function(type,text,options) { > var element = { > type: "railroad", > tag: "$railroad", > text: text > }; > this.tree = [element]; > console.log(text); > }; > > exports["text/vnd.tiddlywiki.railroad"] = RailroadParser; > > })(); > ... > > The intent is clear, and the code could not be simpler. It maps the new > tiddler type text/vnd.tiddlywiki.railroad to the railroad plugin. But it > feels like a bit of magic. Where is that mapping actually established? I > have not been able to find how it actually implemented in the core, and I > would like to get a better grasp of the overall mechanism. Where should I > look? > > Cheers, > > S. > -- > __________________________________________________ > Stefano Franchi > > [email protected] > http://stefano.cleinias.org > -- > 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/CAJODLwZodcay8hnXKBDK%2BJK%3DDs_X2NNfx9ZAXZeqdDDBiXvXBw%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/F93B574E-08EE-4FFC-BFD1-2F05E19FD424%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
