XHTML 1.0 Plugin for TiddlyWiki 2.1 released
Udo Borkowski
(http://tiddlywiki.abego-software.de/#XHTML10Plugin).
This plugin makes the TiddlyWiki store its tiddlers in an XHTML 1.0
compliant format.
Once the plugin is installed the existing tiddlers of that TiddlyWiki
are automatically converted to the new format on the first save. After
that all changes are also written in the XHTML format.
The plugin requires TiddlyWiki 2.1.
Please make sure to update your TiddlyWiki before installing this plugin
since it modifies your data.
I am interested in any kind of feedback, especially from users with
other browsers than Firefox and IE, if the plugin also works for them.
You can get the plugin from
http://tiddlywiki.abego-software.de/#XHTML10Plugin
Have fun,
Udo Borkowski
http://www.abego-software.de
Saq Imtiaz
For those of not so technically knowledgeable, could you perhaps explain what the benefits and uses of XHTML compliance would be?
Thanks!
Saq
Udo Borkowski
I am not sure what other people are planing to do with it (there have frequently been requests for TiddlyWiki to be stored in XHTML) but for me it is mainly "some XML" format. When you have an XML file it is easy to process it with many tools available, e.g. you can perform "querys" to extract information or you can transform the file into something completely different (eg into PDF).
Other than that the XHTML does not give you advantages over the standard file format, i.e. from within TW you cannot do more with the XHTML10Plugin installed. Also notice that using the XHTML format makes the file bigger (because XHTML is a little bit verbose) and you may have problems with some plugins that rely on the standard fileformat.
Having said that I would like to pass on the question to other people: What will you do with an XHTML compliant TiddlyWiki?
Udo
Saq Imtiaz
Hi Saq,
I am not sure what other people are planing to do with it (there have frequently been requests for TiddlyWiki to be stored in XHTML) but for me it is mainly "some XML" format. When you have an XML file it is easy to process it with many tools available, e.g. you can perform "querys" to extract information or you can transform the file into something completely different (eg into PDF).
Other than that the XHTML does not give you advantages over the standard file format, i.e. from within TW you cannot do more with the XHTML10Plugin installed. Also notice that using the XHTML format makes the file bigger (because XHTML is a little bit verbose) and you may have problems with some plugins that rely on the standard fileformat.
Thank you for taking the time to explain Udo. I really appreciate it!
Cheers,
Saq
Bob McElrath
> Having said that I would like to pass on the question to other people:
> What will you do with an XHTML compliant TiddlyWiki?
Convert my jsMath plugin to generate math in MathML.
Without that, one can just cut and paste MathML into <html> sections if
you want.
It also allows the inclusion of SVG...
This didn't technically require the store to be XHTML. (I've made an
XHTML tiddlywiki before without any problem) But, now it will validate.
;)
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Cheers,
Bob McElrath [Univ. of California at Davis, Department of Physics]
Only after you've tried to figure something out for yourself and
failed are you ready to absorb "the answer."