Asterisks and numbers don't wikify? (Stupid newbie question?)

[David Someone]

I'm feeling very stupid and lost on what I thought was the most basic usage of TiddlyWiki.

1. Go to TiddlyWiki.com
2. Click + for a new Tiddler
3. Enter the following text:

! This is a header
!! Header 2
Some text I'm typing
* a list item
* another
** a subitem







What I thought I should get is:




This is a header
Header 2
Some text I'm typing


• a list item
• another
• a subitem

What I in fact get is:

This is a header
Header 2
Some text I'm typing * a list item * another ** a subitem



What am I doing wrong?

[Danielo Rodríguez]

That's because lists (and most of TW text) requires a blank line BEFORE to become active (be parsed correctly)

Try with this text:

! This is a header
!! Header 2
Some text I'm typing

* a list item
* another
** a subitem

I felt in that trap several times. You probably didn't noticed this because there is an exception to that rule: there is no need for a line break after a header. So, in the previous if you remove the text "Some text I'm typing" or you turns it into a header the extra line break is not needed:

! This is a header
!! Header 2

!!!Some text I'm typing ( Now a header 3)

* a list item
* another
** a subitem

Regards

[David Someone]

On Wednesday, 24 August 2016 19:17:48 UTC-4, Danielo Rodríguez wrote:

That's because lists (and most of TW text) requires a blank line BEFORE to become active (be parsed correctly)

Oh my gosh, I truly thought I was going crazy (I've got a killer head cold at the moment, feeling rather foggy!)

Completely unintuitive, because I used to have to do:

!Heading
*some text
!!subheading

without line breaks, or TWClassic would add in an extra one!!

Thanks so much!
D.
 

[PMario]

Hi David,

I did create a small comparison wiki http://compare-tw2-tw5.tiddlyspace.com/ mainly for myself, that shows the biggest differences between tw2 and tw5.

-m

[Danielo Rodríguez]

Oh my gosh, I truly thought I was going crazy (I've got a killer head cold at the moment, feeling rather foggy!)

Hahahah, I know what you mean because I felt like that several times. Happy to help. Regards

 

Completely unintuitive, because I used to have to do:

!Heading
*some text
!!subheading

That's the problem. I usually use headers before lists, that's why I'm not used to add the line break.

Regards 

[Mat]

Closely related (IMO) was something I (re-)discovered today;

In tw5 if I want to put a border around some text I usually put a <div style="border:1px solid silver"> around it. But, this kills the block formatting. adding e.g "display:block;" to it doesn't help. The/a trick is to add a <p> surrounding the text inside the div.

<:-)

[Danielo Rodríguez]

Hello Mat,

why don't you use a span?

[Thomas Elmiger]

There is also the @@ wikitext syntax for inline styling…
Cheers, Thomas

[Jeremy Ruston]

Hi David, Mat,

On 25 Aug 2016, at 02:59, David Someone <david...@gmail.com> wrote:

That's because lists (and most of TW text) requires a blank line BEFORE to become active (be parsed correctly)

You may find it simpler to think of the preceding paragraph requiring a blank line to terminate it. That’s why consecutive headings don’t require a separating blank line.

The reason for the change is that paragraphs in TW5 ignore single line breaks, like classic Markdown.

Best wishes

Jeremy