Hey Ray, I'm still mulling how to split the "gadget" into the various components for a bunch of mini videos.
Starting with macros still feels like a good place to start. In the meantime, I did just a short introductory video of what I am now tentatively calling the "Kiosk Gaget" (like a self-serve information kiosk?) And a new thread of discussion started for the "mini series": "Kiosk Gadget" (?) tiddlywiki programming mini-video series, I think <https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/88F6mtSvzh0> On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 5:31:00 PM UTC-3 [email protected] wrote: > Aha @Charlie a legal cheater ;) > I do know some C, a bit php (be it rusty) and i still write bash-scripts. > So yes! A q&d macro demo, bring it oooooooooooon :-) > > (maybe in an online session somewhere?? :-) ) > > Ray > > Op za 24 apr. 2021 om 22:18 schreef Hans Wobbe <[email protected]>: > >> @ludwa6: Walt: >> >> I made a few tweaks to Eric's code to suit my own uses. I did not put >> this into my sidebar, by now, you know that would be relatively simple to >> do. >> >> On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 9:49:48 AM UTC-4 ludwa6 wrote: >> >>> Thanks @Eric : it does indeed work nicely -only not in the sidebar; >>> after the streamlining you've done on Charlie's script, that functionality >>> seems to have been compromised. >>> @Hans: Have you implemented Eric's script without modification, and does >>> it display & function correctly in your sidebar? >>> >>> Anyway: Without really understanding the code, i'm now using Eric's >>> macro definition line at the top, followed by Charlie's UI-related code, >>> and that seems to work pretty well, tho the sidebar view doesn't flow so >>> well if it's set too narrow; i can certainly live w/ this -happy! /w >>> >>> 8<------(snip)----->8 >>> >>> \define AddTopic(topic) <option value={{{ [[$topic$]encodeuri[]addprefix[ >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/]] }}}>$topic$</option> >>> >>> <$select tiddler={{Wikipedia!!title}} field="curr-topic"> >>> <!--🔴 AddTopic takes as input tiddler titles from wikipedia.org and >>> creates a link to same tiddler at the static site. >>> Add/modify/remove items as per the following three examples >>> Order the topics as per your preferences >>> Add "optgroup elements to group entries" --> >>> <<AddTopic "TiddlyWiki">> >>> <<AddTopic "WikiWikiWeb">> >>> <<AddTopic "Project_Xanadu">> >>> </$select> <a href={{Wikipedia!!curr-topic}} title="Open web >>> page in a separate window/tab" target="_blank">link</a> >>> <iframe src={{Wikipedia!!curr-topic}} height="500" >>> width="100%"></iframe> >>> >>> 8<------(snip)----->8 >>> On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 2:07:33 PM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> @Eric: Thanbk you. >>>> This works nicely and is, of course, quite extensible to sites like >>>> TiddlyWikiLinks. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Hans >>>> >>>> On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 8:30:04 AM UTC-4 Eric Shulman wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 3:16:22 AM UTC-7 ludwa6 wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> PS to my last: have fixed part of the problem: by adding the suffix >>>>>> clause back into macro (as below), it now pulls not a system-level error >>>>>> msg, but the error msg from wikipedia.org site itself, which seems >>>>>> to be objecting to the .html extension only... yet i can't find a way to >>>>>> remove that w/o reverting to the lower-level error msg. Any insight >>>>>> about >>>>>> this problem would be appreciated! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Try this in a tiddler named "ShowWikipediaFrame": >>>>> \define AddTopic(topic) <option value={{{ >>>>> [[$topic$]encodeuri[]addprefix[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/]] >>>>> }}}>$topic$</option> >>>>> >>>>> <$select field="curr-topic"> >>>>> <<AddTopic "TiddlyWiki">> >>>>> <<AddTopic "WikiWikiWeb">> >>>>> <<AddTopic "Project Xanadu">> >>>>> </$select> <a href={{!!curr-topic}} title="Open web page in >>>>> a separate window/tab" target="_blank">link</a> >>>>> <iframe src={{!!curr-topic}} height="500" width="100%"></iframe> >>>>> >>>>> Notes: >>>>> * The filter in AddTopic needed a closing "]]". Also, the filter >>>>> uses "encodeuri[]" rather than "split[ ]join[%2520]". This handles all >>>>> special URI characters, not just space. >>>>> * The target tiddler for storing the $select widget value is the *current >>>>> tiddler*, rather than "Wikipedia" (or {{Wikipedia!!title}}) and the >>>>> corresponding <a href=...> and <iframe src=...> params simply fetch >>>>> {{!!curr-topic}} (i.e., from the current tiddler). This allows you >>>>> transclude the above content as a template (e.g., >>>>> {{||ShowWikipediaFrame}}) and each transcluded instance can be used >>>>> to show a different selected topic. >>>>> >>>>> enjoy, >>>>> -e >>>>> >>>> -- >> > 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/64e6a5a6-f097-40f7-88f5-c5b20074da94n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/64e6a5a6-f097-40f7-88f5-c5b20074da94n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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]. 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