Mark, Thanks for sharing the links!! This seems a bit beyond my level of understanding. For now i am just trying to move all my exam related notes into TW so i am trying to keep it simple. For now the ability to copy paste from excel sheet to TW is more than sufficient. Maybe in the future i'll try to broaden my understanding TW :)
On Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 8:33:48 PM UTC+5:30, Mark S. wrote: > > If you're populating a for-view table by hand, then you're using TW as an > editor, which really isn't its strong suit. > > Generally, you'd want your data in tiddlers, and then build a table > dynamically to display the info. That way you can re-use information, link > to it, build sub-tables, etc. > > But, of course, if you're making some type of reference manual, then maybe > that's not feasible. > > Have you seen > > http://tiddlytables.tiddlyspot.com/ > > or the simpler version at > > https://kookma.github.io/TW-Shiraz/#Tutorial%20Dynamic%20Tables > > Good luck! > > On Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 7:40:45 AM UTC-7, Reet Pandher wrote: >> >> Yes that's what i'm doing. >> Just curious is there a plugin(or macro) that allows atleast the editing >> of the sheet in the preview mode? It'd make life so much easier. Typing in >> bars(or pipes) is really confusing especially because they misalign too >> often and in large sheets it is a bloody mess. >> >> On Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 7:46:22 PM UTC+5:30, Mark S. wrote: >>> >>> 400 bars? You mean pipe symbols | ? >>> >>> At the dawn of the computer age my trick for rapidly populating text >>> with repeated text was (and still works) >>> >>> Type your repeating text >>> Move just below the line. >>> Ctl-A to select All >>> Ctl-C to copy >>> Ctl-V twice to duplicate >>> >>> Repeat steps three through 5 8 times, and you'll have more than 400 >>> rows, if my math is right. >>> >>> A button to make a basic table would be cool, though. >>> >>> On Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 6:27:13 AM UTC-7, Reet Pandher wrote: >>> >>>> Right now i am stuck typing 400 bars. >>>> >>>> I looked up a solution by jed and it seems too complicated for a task >>>> as simple as creating a table. Plus it kept creating the row and column >>>> headings as separate tiddlers which is a no-no. >>>> >>>> is there a simple plugin to add a button in the edit toolbar that >>>> inserts a *x*y* size table? >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" 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/tiddlywiki/2a0451c2-79f7-4b8f-9aeb-31083fc77753%40googlegroups.com.
