SourceStorm experiment

[David Gifford]

Hi all,

This is probably the first time I have come up with a new TiddlyWiki adaptation without asking for help! Yay!

SourceStorm is an adaptation I did for myself to

1) create indexes of where to find topics in the books and ebooks in my library and files on my Cloud Drive
2) keep track of what chapters or pages I have read in each book
3) Also add highlights I add to webpages using Genius
4) Pin the tab in Firefox or open in the sidebar with a sidebar extension in Firefox

Link: http://giffmex.org/experiments/sourcestorm.html

Most of my adaptations are for actual quotes and notes. This adaptation is for briefly summarizing the thrust of a highlight in a book, followed by the source.

I create empty source tiddlers whose existence tells me I have consulted the source in question, and whose titles tell me what pages or chapters I have added to this file, and tiddlers listed as having an UNF tag tell me I have not finished the notetaking process for them. The Sources search tiddler shows me all tiddlers tagged source, and the UNF tiddler shows me all tiddlers tagged UNF.

The project tiddlers are either broad topics under which the subprojects appear, or subprojects in which the notes are placed.

Both source tiddlers and project tiddlers are created with new here buttons

In edit template I have a kind of place holder for adding the source I am workig from at the moment, which I then copy and paste after each note in the tiddler.

The topmenu lets me alternate between viewing links to children tiddlers in a list search mode, and viewing the titles and text of children tiddlers as a printable index on that topic. (Open the tiddler John and experiment with the topmenu buttons to see the difference).

So this will be a growing index of all the info in my library. I can add content by book chapters, or as a project where I research a given topic.

My expected process will be:

1. Read a book chapter and take written notes as brief summaries, with page #
OR
1. Read a webpage, highlight with Genius if needed, and grab the link

2. Transfer the summaries to the subprojects to which they belong

3. Copy and paste the source (author and title) from the edit template place holder, after the summary
OR
or copy and paste the URL after the summary

4. Create an empty source tiddler under the broad topic entitled with the book title abbreviation, the author if need be, and the chapters or pages I have read

5. Open a given broad topic, close the Links view template tiddler and open the Contents view template tiddler from the topmenu. This will give me a viewable, printable index of the topic with all its subtopics.

I did not create an empty version, so you would need to import the system tiddlers (tiddlers with the $:/ prefix), plus the tiddlers Projects, Sources search and UNF to an empty TW file.

Feel free to pilfer anything helpful you find in this experiment, for your own projects. Blessings

Dave

[David Gifford]

I realize the original post got no comments...but I have been using this and tweaking it since then and have found it wonderful. Here are my reading notes since then using this system.

http://giffmex.org/mn.html

Blessings

Dave

[David Gifford]

Hi Eric

Wow, it has been a long time since I looked at that SourceStorm!

You probably want to just add tag macros for each menu item you want in your topmenu. See https://tiddlywiki.com/#tag%20Macro:%5B%5Btag%20Macro%5D%5D%20%5B%5Btag%20Macro%20(Examples)%5D%5D

<<tag b12>>

Another approach would be to download the appear plugin (http://tobibeer.github.io/tw5-plugins/#appear), then write something like this in a top menu:

<$appear show="slide down" $state="pink-button" selectedClass="pink">

<<$list-links filter:"[tags[b12]]">>

</$appear>

By the way, thanks for asking - I was not aware of the very simple tag macro. Your question led to me learning something, too.

Blessings,

David Gifford

Mexico team leader, Mexico City

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On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 3:29 PM Eric Kofoid <ecko...@ucdavis.edu> wrote:

Hi David,

I am transitioning a lab wiki from TWC to TW5. The original interface had several drop-down menu items at the top of the page which showed lists of tiddlers according to tags. For instance, one menu item had the title "B12". When clicked, it presented a list of tiddlers with the tag B12. If an item in the list was clicked, then the menu closed and that tiddler was opened (I've attached an image of the opened menu). This provided a useful and attractive set of shortcuts frequently used by my colleagues.

I uploaded your "topmenu" plugin and its dependents. Immediately, two sample menus appeared, "tagpill1" and "tagpill2". I am encouraged, as this is the format I wish to emulate. However, I can't figure out how to add or subtract them, or how to edit them. How, for instance, would I create a "B12" menu such as I described above.

Thanks very much for all the excellent work you've done in creating tools for interface design. All I need now is to learn how to use them!

Cheers,

Eric

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