18th June 2023 Newsletter
Covers: June 4th 2023 thru June 18th 2023
Articles
Showcase: Liverpool & Manchester Railway Company Timeline
@vrsimility@vrsimility.masto.host
In case anyone's interested I've put a copy of the timeline #TiddlyWiki for the #LiverpoolAndManchesterRailway at
https://lmr200.tiddlyhost.com/
There's now a second timeline, viz excerpts from the Gore Street Directory potted history of #Liverpool 1822-30.
The timelines are accessed via the tabs on the extreme right labelled TL1 and TL2. They are zoomable and items shown are clickable to show further info.
Very much a work-in-progress. Best used with desktop.
Discussion here
Plugins
DelphesNotes a TiddlyWiki starter edition updated
Dear TW community,
I have made a major update to DelphesNotes a TiddlyWiki starter edition.
DelphesNotes packages several plugins on top of a TiddlyWiki empty edition : top menu, sidebar tools (favorites, table of contents, configuration tools, …), breadcrumbs, easy access to third patrty plugins libraries, basic help, …
DelphesNotes can be downloaded here:
https://delphes-notes.tiddlyhost.com/
You can also directly create a new TiddlyHost site using this edition from TiddlyHost template hub: https://tiddlyhost.com/sites/new?clone=delphes-notes
-Eskha
Discussion with full list of Updates here
Emoji Picker: Convenient and Efficient Emoji Selector
Emoji Picker is a plugin that offers TiddlyWiki users a convenient and efficient emoji selector. Whether you’re editing notes, writing articles, or engaging in communication with others, using emojis can enhance expressions and enrich content. The Emoji Picker plugin allows you to easily copy emoji symbols, providing an intuitive interface and simple operation.
- oeyoews
Plugin here
Discussion here
Note from Discussion
I’d like to add that if you are on Windows you can open the system emoji picker with [WIN+.] as well. - Scribs
Static Page Button
This plugin is only for TiddlyWiki running on Node.js server.
Suppose you have a TiddlyWiki site named https://my-tw-garden.com/ , on which you have tiddlers like “my-hobbies”, “my-favorite-movies”.
Sometimes you don’t want to share your homepage to friends, as it loads much longer than a static page, so you decide to share https://my-tw-garden.com/my-hobbies to others, instead of
https://my-tw-garden.com/#my-hobbies
But how do you get the static page URL quickly? Here comes the Static Page Button plugin. It will generate a button below the body of every non-system tiddler, when clicking the button you will get a static page of that tiddler.
If you want to switch back to interactive StoryRiver view from static page view, there is also a button below the body of that static page, clicking on it will bring you back to StoryRiver view.
I created this plugin with the help of Gatha Studio, Thanks @Mohammad for creating Gatha (I’m also using Utility / Favorites / Timeline plugin from Mohammad). And I also want to thank @linonetwo for his insistence that I convert this feature for my own use into a TiddlyWiki plugin, otherwise I would not know the making process in Gatha is so simple and straightforward.
Since it’s the first time I create TiddlyWiki plugin, it may contain bugs and other issues. If you are interested in this plugin, just install it on your Node.js TiddlyWiki site and have a try. I’d like to hear your feedbacks :blush:
- pimgeek
Download Plugin here
Discussion here
Tiddly2PDF Release
Tiddly2PDF is a plugin that allows for seamless conversion from wikis to fully customized PDFs. It is designed to allow wikis serving as documentation or journals to be exported into a more standard document format.
This is my first plugin, so I hope I didn’t mess anything up too badly :slight_smile:
This is the v0.1.1 release, otherwise known as very early alpha. The basic functionality all works, but expect some bugs. Currently, issues when formatting templates and configs can cause js errors if filled out wrong.
I hope some people end up testing it out, as I would love to get some feedback, feature requests, and bug reports for me to use to improve the plugin.
Warning: Sadly due to the libraries the plugin runs on the total size ends up being 2MB, and there is not much I can do to shrink it.
Version 0.1.2 is now out.
New Features include:
Shrinked down to 1.5MB (I had to add some fonts back to get everything working)
File names are now selectable
Custom Fonts can now be uploaded and used. (This was the big thing)
Minor bug fixes and opened an issue to get one resolved.
What next? The ability to have multiple docs and to be able to select different templates and settings for individual tiddlers. Additionally, lots more vars for the templates to choose from.
- GameDungeon
Github: GitHub - GameDungeon/Tiddly2PDF
Docs: Tiddly2PDF Docs
Download: Releases · GameDungeon/Tiddly2PDF · GitHub
Discussion here