[tw5] How to add warning macro to my Tiddlywiki

[Dieterv]

I use my TiddlyWiki as some sort of external memory to compensate for my lack of good memory.

Often I am searching for a way to attract my attention to (for instance if I have a tiddler containing all kinds of linux commands, there might be some non-intuitive commands that I need to watch out for).

Right now I would use something like:

!Watch out for this:|

To create something eyecatching but that isn’t too great.

I found warning and tip macros used on pages like these but using <<.warning “some text”>>> does not render for me. I suppose I need to add a macro somewhere and have been trying to find the correct way by digging in to the wiki that I linked above, but cannot find how to make that work.

Any pointers? Thanks!

[EricShulman]

Many of the macros that start with “.” (e.g., “<<.warning>>”) have been specially installed on
https://TiddlyWiki.com as part of an “edition”, and can be found here:

$:/editions/tw5.com/doc-macros

If you import that tiddler to your file, you can then use the <<.warning “…”>> and <<.tip “…”>> macros.

However, you don’t actually need those macros to display those symbols,
which are already part of the TiddlyWiki core installation, and can be found here:

$:/core/images/warning and $:/core/images/tip

To display those images without installing the TiddlyWiki documentation edition,
you can transclude them directly into your content by writing:
{{$:/core/images/warning}} or {{$:/core/images/tip}}

enjoy,
-e

P.S. Please join us on the new “Talk TiddlyWiki” Discourse server, here: https://talk.tiddlywiki.org/.
It’s currently an “experiment”, but we hope to transition to it, and away from GoogleGroups, sometime
in the near future.

[Dieterv]

Oh great!

It took me some time to figure out how everything worked, but your explanation helped me to get started. I think I understand now.

In case anyone else needs this, I have created the following tiddler for myself to document how to do this without importing the whole doc-macros tiddler (replace Deevee with any folder name you like):

! Add Warning and tip macro’s

• Create a new tiddler, name it $:/Deevee/macros
• Add the tag $:/tags/Macro
• Past in the following contents:

\define .tip(_) <div class="doc-icon-block"><div class="doc-block-icon">{{$:/core/images/tip}}</div>$_$</div>
\define .warning(_) <div class="doc-icon-block"><div class="doc-block-icon">{{$:/core/images/warning}}</div>$_$</div>

• Create another tiddler, name it $:/Deevee/styles
• add the tag $:/tags/Stylesheet
• paste in the following contents:

.doc-icon-block {
border-left: 2px solid <<colour code-border>>;
margin-left: 3em;
padding-left: 0.6em;
position: relative;
}

.doc-block-icon {
position: absolute;
left: -3em;
top: 0.2em;
}

[Mohammad]

You may also like kookma Classic Notes
http://classic-notes.tiddlyspot.com/

[PaulH]

Or you could just use a special html character which might be less text/typing.
There is a “Warning Sign” that will appear in color and can be make larger with headings.