How do I make a calendar entry for 'today' my default tiddler?

[BarryS]

I use the CalendarPlugin and DatePlugin in my TW.
I have added <<calendar thismonth>> to my MainMenu, and I am trying to
use this as a diary/organiser.
If I select a particular date from the calendar, it creates a tiddler
with today's date as the title in the format DD MMM YYYY (e.g. 16
October 2008).
I can then add appointments / todo lists to this tiddler.
What I want to do is make today's tiddler the default tiddler, so that
when I open my TW todays diary entry immediately appears.
I have tried amending the DefaultTiddlers shadow tiddler so that it
contains
<<date link today "YYYY.MM.DD" "DD MMM YYYY">>

But the tiddler relating to today's calendar entry does not open
automatically.
If I open the DefaultTiddlers shadow tiddler, and select the entry in
the body, it does open the correct tiddler.

Any ideas how to do this automatically?

Many thanks in advance
Barry

[BarryS]

Bump

[FND]

> What I want to do is make today's tiddler the default tiddler

While I'm pretty sure this has been discussed a few times already - here
are two (randomly chosen) candidates from the archives:
http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/t/27be735e73816efb
http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/t/991885b303b11360

It'd be great if you could add the solution(s) to the community wiki[1].

> Bump

We generally don't mind bumping a thread, but give us a few days please.
Also, the title and description were a bit verbose, even misleading, as
the CalendarPlugin and DatePlugin aren't really related to this issue -
though I admit that this might not have been immediately obvious to you.
(Please take this as *constructive* criticism; experience shows that
concise descriptions[2] greatly enhance the chances of getting a response.)

-- F.

[1] http://www.tiddlywiki.org
[2] http://www.tiddlywiki.org/wiki/Troubleshooting

[BarryS]

Thanks for the reply FND, I shall look into those links.
Please accept my apologies for 'bumping' so soon.

Regards
Barry

[BarryS]

Hi FND,

I tried Eric's recommendation in the second thread:
Created a tiddler called DefaultTiddlersTweak with a tag of
systemConfig.
Added the line of javacode 'config.shadowTiddlers.DefaultTiddlers=new
Date().formatString("0DD-MMM-
YYYY"); '
Then removed the contents of my existing DefaultTiddlers shadow
tiddler.

However, when I start my TW, no default tiddlers appear.

Am I missing something here?
(BTW should I have imported any plugins to make the javascript, that
Eric mentions, work?

Regards
Barry

[Eric Shulman]

> Then removed the contents of my existing DefaultTiddlers shadow
> tiddler.

Delete the [[DefaultTiddlers]] *tiddler*, not just its content. As
long as a real tiddler called [[DefaultTiddlers]] exists, the shadow
content (which has been tweaked) will not be applied.

enjoy,
-e
Eric Shulman
TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios

[BarryS]

Hi Eric,

Thanks for replying.
This may sound really strange, but how do I delete the DefaultTiddlers
shadow tiddler?
I have selected it from More>Shadowed.
Then I editted it and selected 'Delete', but it won't go away, even
after saving my changes, and re-starting my TW.
When I re-open my TW and look in the list of shadowed tiddlers - there
it is!

Regards
Barry

[Eric Shulman]

> This may sound really strange, but how do I delete the DefaultTiddlers
> shadow tiddler?
> I have selected it from More>Shadowed.
> Then I editted it and selected 'Delete', but it won't go away, even
> after saving my changes, and re-starting my TW.
> When I re-open my TW and look in the list of shadowed tiddlers - there
> it is!

Shadow tiddlers are *built-in* to the TW core. They can't be
deleted. But they *can* be overridden by creating a *real* tiddler
with the same name. If you subsequently delete that real tiddler,
then the shadow definition re-emerges and is applied. In this
particular use-case, the one-line of javascript code in
[[DefaultTiddlersTweak]]:
config.shadowTiddlers.DefaultTiddlers=new
Date().formatString("[[0DD-MMM-YYYY]]");
simply sets the content of the shadow definition, so that instead of
the hard-coded value ("GettingStarted"), it contains the current date.

Note: the date output above should to be enclosed in double-square
brackets so that it is an *explicit* TiddlyLink.... this is a small
change from the code I had previously posted, but might account for
the lack of success you are having.

[BarryS]

Hi Eric,

Thanks for all your patience on this one, but I still can't get it
working.
I have:
- Copied and pasted your code into a real tiddler, called
DefaultTiddlersTweak.
- Given this new tiddler a tag of systemConfig.
- Editted the tiddler called DefaultTiddlers, found in the 'All' tab,
and deleted it (I guess this is the one you wanted me to delete).
- Saved my TW, then closed it and re-opened it.
However no default tiddler is displayed.

It must be something I am (or am not) doing, but I don't know what
that is.
Is there a particular plugin that I should have, that maybe I am
missing?
BTW I am running TW v2.4.1

Regards
Barry

[BarryS]

Hi,

Can anyone see what I am doing wrong here?
I still do not see a default tiddler, containing my calendar entries
for today, when I open my TW.

Regards
Barry

[wolfgang]

Hi Barry,

though I don't use Calendar and DatePlugin and therefore don't know
their specifics in this case:

> But the tiddler relating to today's calendar entry does not open
> automatically.
> If I open the DefaultTiddlers shadow tiddler, and select the entry in
> the body, it does open the correct tiddler.

But there is also the little OpenToday plugin by Bradley Meck which
might help you in this case:

http://bradleymeck.tiddlyspot.com/#OpenToday

Regards,

W.

[BarryS]

Thanks for the reply Wolfgang.
I will test the plugin and see how I get on.

Regards
Barry