Eeek! The link I posted in last post went to the wrong place! The link to my comments on TonyM's post, that suggests a "syntax" for universal HTML/Class insertion is here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywikidev/bj_2E9ifYkw/9VYBKzrPAAAJ
Best wishes TT On Sunday, 6 September 2020 08:59:21 UTC+2, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > Mat wrote: >> >> Mat: >>>> >>> What would additional html elements enable in wikitext that you can't >>>> do already? >>> >>> > @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > >> For example, writing structured articles these elements work well... >>> >> > >> Help me understand: >> If you're going to write HTML-structured articles why would you use >> wikitext to begin with? >> > > Because its compact to write with. Its far less noisy than HTML. The usual > reason. > > >> Is the idea to somehow export the text after the wiki markup is converted >> into html tags? Then why not use the *actual *html tags? >> > > Right. By using the conventions of standard HTML is creates documents that > can be transferred well to other contexts. > > FYI, all I do is capture rendered HTML code. A button press to get it on > clipboard and post to a context. The CSS is modularised so that I can > inline it for the specific document if needed. > > What you ask for would require one special wikitext indicator per >> html-tag, right?, but your list is a totally arbitrary fraction of all html >> tags. >> > > Its just a sub-set illustrating items I'd use for ONE purpose. That is > what you asked for. But potential insertion of any HTML tag is what I'd > hope for. > > NO. Hopefully no need for zillions of special WikiText characters! IF > PMario finds TonyM's suggestion usable you'd only need one that could > insert any tag (but there is an issue on closing tags that would need > thinking through). Remember this is speculative, not yet fully doable. See > my comment to TonyM here that illustrates the general idea > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/GHbwtMIrA3I/eJyRkqyKAQAJ > > Why does it not make more sense to, as I noted, just use the existing TW >> markdown and concatenate classes to achieve the styles of "main, article, >> header, etc"? *Possibly *introduce indicators for, div and span, but >> nothing else. Beyond that... why? >> > > Mat, its a perfectly valid way of thinking to use CSS for everything. But > I happen to like to use appropriate HTML to handle content division. That > is what HTML is for too! It makes great sense for structured writing. I > want to edit in TW in a way that I don't need to get swamped in HTML code! > Simple, usual reason. > > Hope that is clearer! > > Best wishes > TT > -- 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/3e661afb-1154-4dab-930f-87dc3ebb0725o%40googlegroups.com.
