Is Markdown in TiddlyWiki customizable?

[Pekka]

Is it possible to create your own symbols and their functions?

[PMario]

On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 6:14:58 PM UTC+2 Pekka wrote:

Is it possible to create your own symbols and their functions?

Markdown isn't customizable. There is a spec. see: https://spec.commonmark.org/

-m

[PMario]

Hi,

Can you discribe, what you want to achieve?

On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 6:14:58 PM UTC+2 Pekka wrote:

[Pekka]

Hi Mario,

Thank you for your reply.

I would have liked to be able to type some self-defined symbols such as ++ or :: and perform some custom functions.

For example, if I would type: ++ Custom block of text ++, then the HTML output would be <div style="background-color: #FFF">Custom block of text</div>, or wrapped in any other HTML blocks I choose. 

Or perhaps preceding a line with :: could make a bullet point list with specific bullet symbols.

I could of course write a Javascript code that parses the text and produces the same effect but then the tiddler text will be permanently edited, which is different to how Markdown operates.

I hope this illustrated better what I was looking to achieve.

[TiddlyTweeter]

Ciao Pekka

PMario is far too shy! HE has, himself, recently, made a complete Custom Markup system for redefining any markup.

It is still in testing. 

All I would say, having been a serious tester of it, it is very good indeed!

It should do all your are asking for :-). 

Regards

TT

[Pekka]

That is awesome! It seems exactly what I'm looking for. 

I will dig deeper. Thanks! And thanks to PMario for creating and sharing such a system.

Pekka

[TiddlyTweeter]

Pekka

Good! Quick footnote ...

You might find useful some of the discussions on PMario's Github about it ... like one I started on use of it.

To give an idea, I used it to redefine many aspects of HTML markup ...

Good luck, TT

[PMario]

Hi Pekka,

I did probably misread your question. Markdown is a different "markup language" than Tiddlywiki markup.

With the Custom Markup Plugin, you can probably do what you want in a slightly different way as you described it. ... But the whole thing is incredibly powerfull.

The plugin is still in beta, but the configuration "syntax" should be relatively stable. Except I need to fix 1 bug, that will change the "usage syntax" in an incompatible way.

have fun!

mario

[PMario]

On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 7:31:15 AM UTC+2 Pekka wrote:

For example, if I would type: ++ Custom block of text ++, then the HTML output would be <div style="background-color: #FFF">Custom block of text</div>, or wrapped in any other HTML blocks I choose. 

A configuration like this isn't very future prove. Hardcodeing styles like: <div style="background-color: #FFF">Custom block of text</div> ... should be a absolute last resort, if there is no other way. .. It will limit you in the future. Trust me!

You should use: <div class="myClass">Custom block of text</div> and create a tiddler with your "custom-styles" which is tagged: $:/tags/Stylesheet

title: my-custom-styles

tags: $:/tags/Stylesheet

.myClass {

  background-color: #fff;

}

This is much more flexible, if you need to change the color in the future. .. You only need to change 1 CSS tiddler instead of every tiddler which contains the hardcoded code. ... Even if the custom-markup plugin is used.

Just a thought.

-mario

[PMario]

Hi,

There is a little bit of docs, which you should definitely read first: https://wikilabs.github.io/editions/custom-markup/#Basics:Basics%20Advanced%20Reference

-m

[Pekka]

Hi PMario,

I apologize for my inaccurate use of terminology. I actually tried googling the proper term specifically to get it right, but managed to mess it up nevertheless.

I will take your advice and avoid hard coding styles. Thank you for the tip and all the help!

From the examples I have seen, I am impressed! I believe that making text look more appealing will provide a little dopamine hit, which encourages reading the notes more often and makes creating the notes more fun. The green, yellow and pink background colors seem particularly appealing to me. 

Pekka