G'day Tones,
First: a shack in the Australian bush. I can't imagine a better off-grid
image. Of course, being French-Acadian, I'm a total romantic...
Second: I've always believed that no matter how silly an "offering" (I like
to think of myself as lobbing slightly off-key stuff), sometimes the
silliest of things bring up the bestest a-ha-who-woulda-thunk goodies.
Although I'm a pooped puppy, I do believe I totally get where you are
going, and I rather like what you're thinking (to look at me and my home,
nobody would think I'm a fiend of tidiness, but when it comes to
information and programming code, I slowly love to tidy the poop out of
that.)
Cheers !
On Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 8:49:26 PM UTC-3, TW Tones wrote:
>
> Charlie,
>
> I saw in some of your code the use of tiddler named "Contents (Urban Off
> Gridding)"
>
> - First - I have a shack in the Australian bush that's off grid,
> sustainability is one of my interests.
> - A Quick test revealed (tiddlernames) seem quite secure in filters
> and other places like transclusions.
>
> I am just mentioning this because it has led me to a solution I have being
> looking for. Simple one word system tiddlers.
>
> Let me explain, although don't worry if you don't follow, I just wanted to
> thank you for inspiring me.
>
>
> - If you want to transclude a "system tiddler" that does not otherwise
> appear in searches it must have the prefix $:/ and then it must be in
> keeping with existing naming.
> - If you want to include system tiddlers css, templates etc the need
> to have this prefix and just don't look so good
> - For example I I has a function "greatFunction" you would need to
> reference it as {{$:/myfunctions/greatFunction}} or
> {$:/myfunctions/greatFunction} in filters
> - That is the simple names are no longer available to use.
>
> The thought you gave me is
>
> - I could name a tiddler like this (greatFunction)
> - Exclude titles beginning and ending in () from the standard search
> (Thus they are somewhat hidden from the user)
> - Then you could reference it as {{(greatFunction)}} or
> {(greatFunction)} in filters etc...
> - It is also then easy to name objects that are more readable
> {{(task-template)}} that are like system tiddlers.
> - Note: this would not impact your use "Contents (Urban Off Gridding)"
> because it does not begin and end ( )
>
> Conclusion
>
> - Cleaner code
> - Easier to help users select from a list of optional views or
> templates
> - Easier as designer
> - More real language like.
> - A whole new names space
>
> Regards
> Tones
>
> On Monday, 14 September 2020 09:23:18 UTC+10, Charlie Veniot wrote:
>>
>> G'day Felicia,
>>
>> Sure, I'd love to see how you'd go about it.
>>
>> Since there are always multiple ways of doing things, if you have the
>> time: quick thoughts on advantages/disadvantages of both for a quick back
>> and forth about them? Might be a pretty short back and forth: I don't have
>> enough know-how to pickout the "pitfalls" (or "trappings") of various
>> approaches?
>>
>> That aside: I'm kind of proud to have figured out a little something
>> about filters in my last post
>> <https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/ItNqeGWYX7Q>.
>>
>> On Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 6:03:04 PM UTC-3, Felicia Crow wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Charlie,
>>>
>>> yes that was what I meant. I always find it interesting to learn the
>>> thought process behind someones solution, since it often gives a different
>>> perspective on things that I would not have considered before, leads to
>>> learning something new or both. So when I saw a solution I would not have
>>> thought of myself I was curious how this came to be.
>>>
>>> I sadly don't have any real tips for learning filters as it is one of
>>> the things my brain was actually willing to learn at least the basics quite
>>> quickly, but if you want I could write up the solution I had in mind so
>>> that you can play around with it, if this would be something that interests
>>> you/could help you.
>>>
>>> And to add something useful to the babbling at the top: A short
>>> excursion about the difference between non-javascript and javascript macros
>>> at least as far as I learned it - definitely not an expert.
>>>
>>>
>>> - Javascript macros are loaded in with everything else javascript
>>> before any processing happens as this is so to speak the engine on which
>>> everything runs, so yes a javascript macro is already loaded in when the
>>> startup actions are run.
>>> - Non-javascript macros one the other hand exist at first only
>>> within the tiddler they where defined in. So for example if you have a
>>> tiddler containing the definition for a macro called get-context you
>>> would
>>> only be able to use this macro in the same tiddler. This is where then
>>> the
>>> import pragma and tag $:/tags/Macro come in. Import is used as you have
>>> done to allow use of a specific macro in the tiddler it was imported to.
>>> The tag $:/tags/Macro on the other hand allows you to mark the macro as
>>> global so that you can use it where ever you want without having to
>>> specifically import it each time. This is were the exception you
>>> reference
>>> comes in. Since the startup actions run before the tagged macros are
>>> processed to make them globally available you need to import
>>> non-javascript
>>> macros even if they are properly tagged.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope you can take away at least something from this and it wasn't too
>>> confusing.
>>>
>>> Happy Sunday for you as well.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sunday, 13 September 2020 20:47:35 UTC+2, Charlie Veniot wrote:
>>>>
>>>> G'day Felicia,
>>>>
>>>> Hi Charlie,
>>>>>
>>>>> love the concept and very impressiv what you managed to put together,
>>>>> thank you for sharing.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank-you! Of course, let's keep in mind that, in martial arts terms,
>>>> I'm not quite a TiddlyWiki yellow belt yet, so I'm sure there are many
>>>> things that could be improved !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you don't mind asking, is there a specific reason for placing the
>>>>> decision for what to transclude in the two templates themselves and
>>>>> always
>>>>> calling both of them?
>>>>> Personally I would have put the decision in the root tiddler - e.g.
>>>>> TiddlyWiki Title - via a match filter and only called what was needed, so
>>>>> I
>>>>> wonder if there is something I am missing/not thinking about or if it is
>>>>> just another case of multiple ways to achieve the same result.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I suspect that you are talking about this way of deciding what to show
>>>> based on context: {{TiddlyWiki Title 1||tPr}}{{TiddlyWiki Title 2||tOg}}
>>>>
>>>> I chose that way of doing things because I'm having a hard time
>>>> wrapping my mind around filters, but I think I've got transclusion
>>>> templates down pat.
>>>>
>>>> So I saw that mechanism as a quick (and non-cryptic) and easily
>>>> repeatable method across the board, for example:
>>>>
>>>> - the "content" tiddler (included in my "navigation" tiddler that
>>>> shows in the sidebar) has {{Contents (Product Reviews)||tPr}}{{Contents
>>>> (Urban Off Gridding)||tOg}} to show different navigation links
>>>> depending on
>>>> context
>>>> - I may want to show other tiddlers different ways depending on
>>>> context ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Oh and one thing I noticed, just as an info: Since getstartupcontext
>>>>> is a javascript macro you don't actually need to import it. Unlike normal
>>>>> macros javascript macros are always global.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I misunderstood something when I put that import there. I
>>>> thought that "StartupAction" tiddlers, because they are processed so
>>>> early,
>>>> didn't have access to any macros unless they are imported. Does that just
>>>> apply to non-javascript macros ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>> Felicia
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, best regards, and Happy Sunday !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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