WHitWoT #7 (Feb 13-19, 2008)
Daniel Baird
http://blog.deuceofalltrades.com/2008/03/whitwot-7-feb-13-19-2008.html
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WHitWoT #7 (Feb 13-19, 2008)
Welcome to the seventh edition of "What Happened in the World of
TiddlyWiki", or WHitWoT for short. Yes, this edition is a week late.
WHitWoT summarises what's happened lately on the TiddlyWiki mailing
list and elsewhere in the TiddlyWiki world.
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!News and Stuff
!!!!CalendarPlugin now has linked week numbers
(by ocalTW)
Kashgarinn asked for (and received) an update of TiddlyTools'
CalendarPlugin to get a column with the week number, which when
clicked would link to a tiddler for the week.
For enhanced date display (including popups), add DatePlugin.
[source] http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#CalendarPlugin
[thread] http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_thread/thread/197c5edf7f3c82a3
[DatePlugin] http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#DatePlugin
Also, a bug with years has been fixed:
[thread] http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_thread/thread/248571e4c3552c5d
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!Online Discussions
!!!!Using a shared drive to share a TiddlyWiki
(by ocalTW)
kdschultz wanted to place the file on a common shared drive, where his
students may access it and hopefully make corrections/changes. But
each time the file gets updated a whole new file is saved to disk.
A proposed solution was to install LessBackupsPlugin[1].
Setting the ''txtBackupFolder'' subdirectory for backup files on the
advanced options dialog wouldn't help as the options under the options
slider and in AdvancedOptions are stored in browser cookies -- i.e. in
each user's browser. But in order to make those options permanent and
apply them to all users, it is possible to set the default options in
a TiddlyWiki once and for all as explained on the TiddlyWiki wiki[2].
[thread] http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_thread/thread/b6821422fbed7061
[1] http://lessbackupsplugin.tiddlyspot.com/
[2] http://www.tiddlywiki.org/wiki/Configuration_Options
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!!!!troubleshooting an UploadPlugin setup
(by ocalTW, from the TiddlyWikiFR group)
Arnaud couldn't set up BidiX's UploadPlugin[3], which lets you save
your TiddlyWiki to a Web server. He'd done everything mentioned in
the documentation[4].
The answer came from BidiX who asked him to browse to the store.php
file on the Web server. As the result was a pop-up window with the
content of the file itself, the debug was easy: PHP was not enabled on
Arnaud's Web server!
[thread] http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWikiFR/browse_thread/thread/7effab125a4a71f9
[3] http://tiddlywiki.bidix.info/#UploadPlugin
[4] http://tiddlywiki.bidix.info/#UploadPluginDoc
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!!!!Saving from Safari is still tricksy
Every now and then someone asks about getting Safari saving properly,
like this thread from tonyt3. Perhaps this area could benefit from a
really good wiki page. If you're a Safari user and you'd like to give
back to the TiddlyWiki community, here's your opportunity!
[thread] http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_thread/thread/d8f1625a97d1ca38
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!!!!Open a URL in an overlay window, lightbox style?
Hugo Pires wants to open an external window in a big popup window.
He's found a sample of what he wants, but isn't sure if it's usable as
a TW plugin. Jump in if you have any good ideas.
[thread] http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_thread/thread/5a39fd9eaad40680
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!!!!Adding a second menu-type area
Juergen a.k.a. spacevulture asked about adding another box to the
display for some fixed content, like another MainMenu. FND's
suggestion hit the mark, and now Juergen has sidebar/menu areas on the
left, top and right. This is one of the things I love about
TiddlyWiki; things that you think should be possible, generally turn
out to be not only possible, but really easy.
[thread] http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_thread/thread/5697fddf95a575c6
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!Quick Shots
link to local files:
http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_thread/thread/c3b2226684abf98e
escape wiki syntax with """triple double quotes""":
http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_thread/thread/8a7b5636b7951753
user lowercase for custom field names:
http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki/browse_thread/thread/f25428cc61786e25
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!!!Postdrivel
I'm experimenting with the coverage of WHitWoT -- basically being more
picky about what I include. Let me know your opinion at the address
whitwot at g mail dot com.
;Daniel
!!!Contributors
Thanks to ocalTW who contributed some stories to this issue.
!!!About WHitWoT
WHitWoT is distilled from the social wisdom of the TiddlyWiki Google
Group by Daniel Baird and others. Daniel is a long time TiddlyWiki
fan, runs tiddlyspot.com along with Simon of MonkeyGTD and MPTW fame,
and wonders if his one line contribution to the core code is still
there.
Find (and subscribe to) WHitWoT at Daniel's blog:
http://blog.deuceofalltrades.com/search/label/WHitWoT
..and posted ocasionally at the TiddlyWiki Google Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki