Where is the "about" or "help" tiddler?

[Mark S.]

Just a thought.

Looking at a recent question in the forum, I realized that not everyone may know how to get help. Sure, at one time they may have downloaded TW from TiddlyWiki.com, but that doesn't mean that they remember the site name. Was it tiddlywiki.org? TiddleWiki.net ? Once someone changes the title they may not remember even the exact name of the software.

Most software has an "about" or "help" page where you can link back to the original software home. If TW has this, it must be buried deep. Maybe adding a "Help" or "About" option to the sidebar, or at least to the toolbar collection would help people find their way "home" ?

-- Mark

[Mohammad]

Agree!

No you can only see the info page (tiddler) which has not enough information!

Mohammad

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Help needs to be there. One click away.

Part of the issue is that TW can be different things. Help with WHAT? This implementation? Or "raw" TW?

Anyway. Adding a method for auto adding help would be a double-plus IMO.

Josiah

[Mark S.]

Help with the raw TW. A help framework would be too case-specific and probably controversial. I was thinking along the lines of a tiddler or two included with the "empty" edition, that was mostly out of the way but could be configured to not show if the user really wanted it suppressed. The idea is just to funnel people who are making personal use of TW back to the website and/or forum which they may have forgotten.

-- Mark

[TonyM]

Mark,

Totally agree with your approach,

https://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/ is currently doing this with a ? icon in the page toolbar. This could also be listed somewhere in more or tools sidebars tabs so it can be found again if suppressed. It should be minimal but lead back to the source and support at tiddlywiki.com. Perhaps even allow page toolbar visibility to be toggled on off in the the help tiddler.

Regards

Tony