TiddlyWiki on iPad

[Chris]

For anyone interested I have built an iPad app to allow local save
TiddlyWiki's. It also provides TiddlyWeb access so that you can
download TiddlyWikis directly from TiddlyWeb installations. Any early
release will go live as soon as I get it through the Apple approvals
process. I've also built a rudimentary FAQ here:
http://groups.google.com/group/twipad/web/faq. If there's interest
I'll post and update on progress here.

[Corey S]

I have been waiting for something like this for a long time. Now if
there was a way of doing this app on the iPhone. As much as I like
iTW, I need an offline version.

Keep up the great work. I see great things for this app.

[tony]

On Jun 27, 9:40 am, Chris <cjh.h...@gmail.com> wrote:

> For anyone interested I have built an iPad app to allow local save
> TiddlyWiki's.

Hi Chris,

what an exciting development!

TWiPad vaulting over the walled garden is a wonderful accomplishment.

I've been using a native app, Trunk Notes to get my wiki fix, but it
leaves my TiddlyWiki as a data island. I think it uses sQLite so it
scales well for what I throw at it.

If TWiPad can scale well with plump documents or support inter-
document links (like GoodReader's gropen:// for PDF files or maybe?
file:// between TW documents) it will open up a whole host of
possibilities for content organization.

I too look forward to your continued progress

Best,
tony

[Chris]

Hey Thanks for the feedback. FYI I am working on both the iPhone
version and on leveraging gropen://

Re running on iPhone - the only issue I have is that I've used the
toolbar extensively for http: and path data entry. That works on iPad
because the device is big. For iPhone I'll need to code up a drop down
or some such - and that means more coding and that means more time :-)
But I'll get there. At the very least it would be nice to be able to
save iTW locally.

Re integrating with e.g. gropen:// - My general view, esp. for TW on
iPad, is that ONE of the values of TW is the ability to add data/files
to information, as opposed to the more usual, reversed, mindset of
adding information to files. I'm not sure if that makes much sense -
but for me the file based view of the world is fraught and mostly
irritating. TW gives me an information view of the world with files as
an add on - if I use the attachFilePlugin etc - but other links more
generally. The information/meta layer is king and in my view TW is the
best framework I know which delivers that view effectively (rich,
unstructured yet structured, customizable,....). Like you I use
GoodReader on the iPlatform - it is fantastic - and so far seems to be
the richest "reader" framework for the iPlatform. I've started work in
integrating gropen:// but only in test/experimental. Right now,
vanilla TW treats file:// and http:// as special. With some TW
customization TW can treat gropen:// as special also. In principle
iPad OS takes over for rendered gropen:// links and allows GoodReader
to open whatever file the link references. Where I want to get to is
to drop e.g. pdf files into my local folder on iPad, reference them
from TW using gropen://, and then open them in GoodReader :-)

[elnoi]

Hey guys, now the Faq and info are here: http://groups.google.com/group/twmobileapp
TWiPad was renamed to TWMobile

Chris, keep up the great work.

[stefan_s]

Hi all

I am very interested in this app. Can anyone tell me when it will be
available?

[Chris]

Hi - I had to change the name to TWMobile - it should (hopefully)
clear Apple approvals in the next few days.