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[wiki_user]

@TW_Tones

This fundamental aspect of TiddlyWiki is like an interpreter, where its own code can change whilst it is interpreting, then its reinterpreted.

sounds like …

@wiki_user

.Meta-circular evaluator - Wikipedia

.Frustrations of Wikitext from a Software Dev - #10 by GameDungeon

@GameDungeon

Having the ability to run some code and return a value is surprisingly valuable.

@EricShulman

Some of the TWCore internals can be invoked directly from the developer console.

presumably the same ones that can be invoked directly are just as usefull in a cli context
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Script that accesses '$tw' in node.js REPL

Thought JS developers that are using the ‘tiddlywiki’ module in node.js apps would find this script useful. I use TiddlyWiki as a database quite a bit - using filters as a query language is awesome. But miss access to $tw like when in browser dev tools. This script brings up node.js REPL with access to $tw. At the least is handy to list all the functions for any $tw object - type $tw.utils. and press tab twice. (note the period at the end), lists all $tw.utils. functions and exported variables. …