Hi Tony > Don't take this too seriously, but I discovered a plugin is a plugin by > virtue of having the plugin-type field and by using another value in the > field than the defined ones, one miraculously creates a new plugin type.
I thought I had documented that, perhaps in the PR? It’s not yet clear when we would want to establish new types. > Add a tab to $:/core/ui/ControlPanel/Plugins to list them (containing > `<<plugin-table newtype>>`) and you can even manage them. > > Unfortunately there is no tag for plugin tabs so I must modify > $:/core/ui/ControlPanel/Plugins It would certainly make sense to make those tabs be tag-driven. > Perhaps I could provide a config plugin type which adds some buttons to > control the toggling of alternative configurations. Why wouldn’t that be an ordinary plugin? Best wishes Jeremy > > Regards > Tony > > On Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 11:42:13 PM UTC+11, TonyM wrote: > Thanks all for you answers. > > I see how I can control this now. I am interested for example in having two > lots of config tiddlers ((plugins with the same tiddlers with different > values) and providing a way to "toggle" between them. Other uses include > alternative datasets and test data. Use the small set for design then the > second for more exhaustive testing, and the ability to toggle. > > The fact is that the possibility of an edited shadow overriding both, has > both merits and complications. Perhaps I can build into the plugins the means > by which to activate and deactivate each other including removing any > matching edited tiddlers. After all in this case we thats what we want, to > disable any override and establish a new epoch. > > This prompts me to ask if it makes sense to add to the plugin delete or > deactivation processes an option to clean up? > > I imagine in some cases a tiddlywiki used for experimentation could be full > of unwanted plugin tiddlers that changed while installed, due to a > configuration setting or customisation. > > Another idea is to access the subtiddlers in a selected plugin (one of two) > and copy them to the edited tiddler when toggling the settings. Thus the > latest will be the last plugin source used to create the edited tiddlers. > This could be a general button on any plugin tiddler (or built into the > plugin settings), copy all shadows to tiddlers, along with a button to clean > up such edited tiddlers. > > Thanks > Tony > > On Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 1:46:33 PM UTC+11, TonyM wrote: > Folks > > Could someone with an understanding of plugins and shadow tiddlers possibly > explain what happens in the following circumstance and do I have any control > over it? > > Keep in mind with the pre-release reload will not be necessary for all > plugins. > > Lets say I have a core tiddler which is a shadow > Now I install "plugin one" which has a copy of that same tiddler > Then I install "plugin two" which also has a copy of that same tiddler > > Is there a way to explain the resulting behaviour? > Also on editing the original tiddler I believe it will retain the edited > version no matter which plugin or core is installed > What happens if I disable one or both plugins? > What happens if I have the same (not core tiddler) in the two plugins? > Some guidance would be greatly appreciated, I have not being able to gleen > this from the existing documentation. > > Thanks in Advance > Tony > > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywikidev/08b9d321-9e34-4535-b4f4-031c694a417a%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywikidev/08b9d321-9e34-4535-b4f4-031c694a417a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywikidev/46C0B004-A2F4-4013-BF72-17EEBC562FE2%40gmail.com.
