Mode configuration defacto standards - discussion

[TW Tones]

In relation to different operational modes,

Request for comment

I have being thinking about this a lot and use a few modes in my own wikis, but I would love to see them adopted more widely.

The idea is to develop an optional de facto standard.

They follow this format

• A config tiddler eg $:/config/author-mode
• Which includes a field config-values containing a list of values or a filter
• The text contains the selected mode value
• A field can be added to any tiddler eg author-mode whose value will override that in $:/config/author-mode if present
• A matching macro <<author-mode>> that returns the current mode on any tiddler after testing if the field author-mode overrides it.
• Then in tiddlers you can include code that responds to different modes
• I have a config tool that detects and displays the values for selection on any tiddler containing config-values

Standard modes starts with wiki-mode which has the values of view update edit etc...

Then I recommend the following modes at a minimum;

• wiki-mode
• author-mode
  
• designer-mode
• debug-mode

When I find my exhaustive list I will share.

So each will have;

• A config tiddler and Config-values
• A matching fieldname
• A matching macro that returns the value
• The ability to select the value from a list or filter in config-values

Something I have learned.

• Sometimes it is better not to code parts of a tiddler to operate in one mode or the other, but do this within the macros you use last
• Imagine a field macro 
  
  <<field fieldname>>
• Within this macro you can determine the wiki-mode or local override and display the field according to the mode eg view update or edit.

Please Discuss 

• What do you think?
• What modes should we have
• What alternate values should wiki-mode have? 
• view  - show as content with no opportunity to edit
• update   - show as content with an opportunity to selectively edit
• edit - show as editable content in view template
  
• design - also provide links to tiddlers and field definitions for a designer during development

Regarsds

Tones

[TW Tones]

Bump.

If I can get some consensus on this I will product a mode handling utility right away

Please Discuss 

• What do you think?
• What modes should we have
• What alternate values should wiki-mode have? 
• view  - show as content with no opportunity to edit
• update   - show as content with an opportunity to selectively edit
• edit - show as editable content in view template
  
• design - also provide links to tiddlers and field definitions for a designer during development

Tones