What do "tc" and "tm" means in the tiddlywiki ecosystem ?
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peuhpeuh singe
Apr 16, 2018, 3:24:02 AM4/16/18
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Like in "tm-navigate" ?
In ".tc-tab-buttons" ?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge !
In ".tc-tab-buttons" ?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge !
Jed Carty
Apr 16, 2018, 3:45:13 AM4/16/18
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They are just prefixed given to the names and don't have any special purpose other than organising the names.
PMario
Apr 16, 2018, 3:50:58 AM4/16/18
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They are shortcuts, because the long version would be way to much to type ;)
On Monday, April 16, 2018 at 9:24:02 AM UTC+2, peuhpeuh singe wrote:
tiddlywiki-message-navigate
tiddlywiki-class-tab-buttons
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In TiddlyWiki most "core names" are just naming conventions. ...
The core UI eg: needs to assign some HTML classes to style UI-elements. One of them is a styling "tab-buttons".
In normal cases a developer would use a class name like "tab-buttons" ... BUT ...
Since TW is highly tweakable, and our users are changing almost every aspect of the UI, the "risk" is high that .tab-buttons would be used by a user.
So if "the core" UI would use the same name, it would interfere with a user defined setting. .... That's why tiddlywiki base classes use a prefix: tc- ... for HTML classes.
Which also means. Users should _NOT define new_ tc-, tm-, tw-, tv- ... tx- prefixes. Only use them.
As a plugin author I use my own "namespace" for new stuff: Just follow the link.
In the early days TW used tw- as a prefix for many different things. eg: tw-tab-buttons, tw-navigate, ... and so on. ... AS you can see this can get confusing for core devs now, since it mixes "class" and "message" names ...
That's why the naming was changed in 5.0.16-beta.
Hope that clarifies things a bit :)
have fun!
mario
On Monday, April 16, 2018 at 9:24:02 AM UTC+2, peuhpeuh singe wrote:
Like in "tm-navigate" ?
tiddlywiki-message-navigate
In ".tc-tab-buttons" ?
tiddlywiki-class-tab-buttons
----------------
In TiddlyWiki most "core names" are just naming conventions. ...
The core UI eg: needs to assign some HTML classes to style UI-elements. One of them is a styling "tab-buttons".
In normal cases a developer would use a class name like "tab-buttons" ... BUT ...
Since TW is highly tweakable, and our users are changing almost every aspect of the UI, the "risk" is high that .tab-buttons would be used by a user.
So if "the core" UI would use the same name, it would interfere with a user defined setting. .... That's why tiddlywiki base classes use a prefix: tc- ... for HTML classes.
Which also means. Users should _NOT define new_ tc-, tm-, tw-, tv- ... tx- prefixes. Only use them.
As a plugin author I use my own "namespace" for new stuff: Just follow the link.
In the early days TW used tw- as a prefix for many different things. eg: tw-tab-buttons, tw-navigate, ... and so on. ... AS you can see this can get confusing for core devs now, since it mixes "class" and "message" names ...
That's why the naming was changed in 5.0.16-beta.
Hope that clarifies things a bit :)
have fun!
mario
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Apr 16, 2018, 5:32:11 AM4/16/18
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GOOD to see these explanations of the CSS naming system in TW.
Makes great sense.
Odd I never twigged it.
Josiah
Makes great sense.
Odd I never twigged it.
Josiah
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