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ste...@gmail.com

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Jun 25, 2017, 8:27:48 AM6/25/17
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Hi,

One feature I like a a lot about TiddlyWiki are permalinks and permaviews. This allows me to bookmark multiple different "story rivers" for the same TiddlyWiki or even to create an entire new story river by tag(s). 

However, due to the lack of an URL bar, those features don't work in TiddlyDesktop. Are there any workarounds?

Kind regards,

Stef




Danielo Rodríguez

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Jun 25, 2017, 11:05:43 AM6/25/17
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The funny thing is that despite not being showed in the address bar,they should work. Maybe an alternative would be to open different stories. What are you trying to achieve ?what do you miss

ste...@gmail.com

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Jun 25, 2017, 11:55:29 AM6/25/17
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Hi Danielo,


On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 5:05:43 PM UTC+2, Danielo Rodríguez wrote:
What are you trying to achieve ?

Example: In the browser, I often open a list of tiddlers I need for a particular project. Then, I create a persistent URL for this view with the "permaview" button, which I bookmark. This way, I can always access the same list of tiddlers through the bookmark.

(Of course, it's possible to achieve similar results via transclusion, tags, lists etc., but this takes more effort.)

Cheers,

Stef

ste...@gmail.com

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Jun 25, 2017, 1:32:16 PM6/25/17
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On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 5:55:29 PM UTC+2, ste...@gmail.com wrote:

Example: In the browser, I often open a list of tiddlers I need for a particular project. Then, I create a persistent URL for this view with the "permaview" button, which I bookmark. This way, I can always access the same list of tiddlers through the bookmark.

I guess it's possible to copy the contents of $:/StoryList to another tiddler and then copy it back via <$action-setfield> later on. Has anybody already done something like this?

~~Stef

codacoder...@outlook.com

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Jun 25, 2017, 1:47:50 PM6/25/17
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I did, but I can't find it.  I took the following approach...

The HOME button clears out the story and replaces it with the content of $:/DefaultTiddlers. What I did was, stash the current content somewhere else (for later), then copied another list of tiddlers (retrieved from MyOtherListOfTiddlers, for example) into $:/DefaultTiddlers. Later, I restored the content of $:/DefaultTiddlers from the stash.

Something like that.

HTH

ste...@gmail.com

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Jun 25, 2017, 5:20:25 PM6/25/17
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Here is a first attempt:


Obvious drawback (unavoidable?): The saved story list always contains the tiddler "Pick a Story List".

Cheers,

Stef

ste...@gmail.com

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Jun 25, 2017, 5:43:22 PM6/25/17
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On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 11:20:25 PM UTC+2, ste...@gmail.com wrote:

Obvious drawback (unavoidable?): The saved story list always contains the tiddler "Pick a Story List".

For now, I decided to put the tiddler in the sidebar. Doesn't look pretty, but this might be the way to go, anyway. 

~Stef

ste...@gmail.com

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Jun 25, 2017, 5:50:08 PM6/25/17
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On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 7:47:50 PM UTC+2, codacoder...@outlook.com wrote:
I did, but I can't find it.  I took the following approach...

The HOME button clears out the story and replaces it with the content of $:/DefaultTiddlers. What I did was, stash the current content somewhere else (for later), then copied another list of tiddlers (retrieved from MyOtherListOfTiddlers, for example) into $:/DefaultTiddlers. Later, I restored the content of $:/DefaultTiddlers from the stash.

Thank you for your suggestion!  I found it interesting to look into the mechanism behind the "HOME" button. However, I decided to write the new (saved) list of tiddlers directly to $:/StoryList.

~~Stef 
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