Folks,

I am not an expert but believe I understand the architecture of tiddlywiki 
sufficiently to ask this question. 

   - No need to respond with an explanation of why it can't be done, 
   perhaps only if you see a way it can be done.  (I value your time)
   - Please keep an open mind to the possibility of Legitimate introduction 
   of Javascript snipits.
   - I have no expectation of a detailed response to this, especially if it 
   is not possible (I value your time)


My interest is simple extensions to tiddlywiki to allow designer to 
leverage at least a subset of javascript (for that matter HTML 
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/BJe7X-0jhSc/ZkLgc35vAgAJ>) 
functions freely available

Can we develop a method by which we can Legitimately introduce Javascript 
to Tiddlywiki without plugification? Although it will still have some 
constraints.

Here is an example of a simple javascript snipit 
<https://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?filename=tryjs_timing_clock> that 
it seems we should be able to introduce.

   - Of course this is not interacting with the tiddlywiki DOM (that's what 
   plugins are for)
   - It would only work if loaded from disk as with javascript plugins
   - It could be introduced via raw markup or similar method
   - We need a way to reference it, the javascript function, from within 
   wikitext, perhaps via a widget.
      - E 
      <https://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?filename=tryjs_timing_clock>g 
      in the example snipit we need a Tiddlywiki way to replace this `<body 
      onload="startTime()">` and trivially the equivalent of  `<div 
      id="txt"></div>` in tiddlers.
      
Background, 

   - The TiddlyWIki Platform is unique in its leveraging internet standards 
   such as html, css and javascript. 
   - Understandably the platform must retain control of the mechanisms that 
   give it, its features refreshes the tiddlers etc...
   - However there are options to open more of the standard technologies 
   for use within tiddlywiki
   - The current approach is gradual introduction with each release of 
   tiddlywiki or specific plugins
   - This approach is suggesting there may be a way to allow some 
   extensibility without forcing it through the Tiddlywiki mechanisms and 
   release process.

Please forgive my contribution to strategic tiddlywiki ideas, given my gap 
in expertise, why would I dare to raise this anyway?, because I am 
committed to tiddlywiki as a platform to the level of obsession, for 
personal and professional use, I believe in tiddlywiki and its almost 
limitless potential to democratise coding and internet publishing. Given 
the time I spend with tiddlywiki it is inevitable I will speculate on the 
possibilities, and sometimes it is the somewhat naive (like me) that will 
see things a different way than others, even differently to myself in the 
future, when I have a deeper understanding.  I believe it is a 
responsibility as a community member to raise even potentially crazy ideas  
should it add value to tiddlywiki.

Thanks for you time, if you read this far.

Regards
Tony

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