Jeremy, thanks for input.

When I use the TWX disclaimer I typically assume a substantial remake like 
TWC --> TW5, exactly to avoid the limits of the current TW implementation.

We try to use text references in shortcut syntaxes but now prefer separate 
> title/field/index attributes for widgets.
>
> Is this a real preference or a compromise? Are separate attributes better 
than to have one textreference? We do, after all, use the compact 
textreference format *sometimes* in current TW. The point with my proposal 
was to avoid unnecessary parameters when possible. I also think there is a 
nice aesthetic, and an opportunity, to treat textreferences as a gradually 
more fine grained address. A kind of name space.
 

The ## used for data tiddler indices is only valid within a text reference. 
> Otherwise it would clash with the use of # for numbered lists.
>

So, both the fact that browsers apparently force us to use ##, at least 
atm, and that TWX ought to feature *hashtagging* speaks for coming up with 
something else for numbered lists. 

Side note: One idea could be to use asterisks (*) for *all* those typed 
kinds of lists of lists, but specify how it should appear e.g in the first 
element. I think bullet lists are under used, and we can do much more with 
them (eg <http://listtree.tiddlyspot.com/> , eg 
<http://familytree.tiddlyspot.com/>), particularly considering the role 
lists play in TW.

I think this means that any part of a tiddler could be designed to be 
> addressable. Even in the url.
>
> Ah, are you suggesting that {{HelloThere##mylink}} should return the text 
> of the anchor labelled “mylink”? The problem with that is that you probably 
> don’t want the text of the anchor (because there often won’t be any), 
> you’ll probably want the text from the link up to some landmark (e.g. the 
> next heading). That kind of thing is far too complex to be a low level 
> primitive.
>

But, we're already doing that with tiddlers (by providing the title), and 
fields and indices - ??? Why could we not (hypothetically) do it with 
segments marked out by arbitrarily placed markers? It would be a kind of 
encapsulation. Other than to use it as an address for navigation, it could 
be used for styling (I guess, basically converting it to div tags). A more 
tiddleresque idea is to use it for "auto-excision"to automatically split 
out such segments that evidently deserve to be separate tiddlers.

(Side note: I read somewhere that browsers will soon introduce something so 
that you can give an url to a specific point on a webpage.)

<:-)

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