How does the orphans list work?

[slemmer.b...@gmail.com]

Excuse me if I'm being ignorant but I have only recently started using TW5 and it seems that I cannot really wrap my head around the orphans list.

According to the TW5 website: Orphans lists all the tiddlers that are not connected to any other tiddler by links, tags or lists.

The thing that confuses me is that many tiddlers show up in that list that either are tagged (by both existing and nonexistent tiddlers) or are tagging other tiddlers or both. I would assume that at least some of these should not appear in that list. The only way I seem to be able to "remove" a tiddler from that list is if I link to it from the main content of a tiddler (even if it is the same tiddler, which shouldn't count, I think, but that's just a minor issue).

So could someone please explain how the orphans list works in detail? If only tiddlers with direct links to them are excluded from it, it is not all that useful (and definitely not in the capacity that is described on the website). Also how should I go about creating a more useful list that excludes tiddlers that are being linked to from another tiddler (if that's not possible, any link could be sufficient) or are tagged with an existing tiddler?

[Mark S.]

I would say that either the implementation or the documentation is incorrect.

I think you can get closer to the list you want with this:

<<list-links "[all[orphans]] -[all[tiddlers]tagging[]]">>

If there is something still showing up that you think shouldn't, give a shout-out.

Good luck!
Mark

[slemmer.b...@gmail.com]

Thank you! I have checked it out only briefly, but so far it seems more in-line with what I have expected from the orphans list. I will definitely report back if I find anything missing or something that shouldn't be there!

[Jeremy Ruston]

Hi Slemmer

Just to confirm that the documentation is in error; the orphans tab currently just shows those non-system tiddlers that don’t have an explicit link (whether from themselves or another tiddler). I’ve updated the documentation, and am pushing the update to tw.com now.

Best wishes

Jeremy

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