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caption: 5.3.0
created: 20230419103154368
modified: 20230419103154368
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tags: ReleaseNotes
title: Release 5.3.0
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
//[[See GitHub for detailed change history of this release|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/compare/master...parameterised-transclusions]]//
//[[See GitHub for detailed change history of this release|https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/compare/v5.2.7...master]]//
! About v5.3.0
! Overview of v5.3.0
This pre-release introduces a number of significant improvements and new features related to some of TiddlyWiki's most fundamental components: macros, widgets, operators and transclusion.
This release introduces a number of significant improvements and new features related to some of TiddlyWiki's most fundamental components: macros, widgets, operators and transclusion. v5.3.0 also contains several other bug fixes and improvements.
! Introduction to v5.3.0
! Introduction to Parameterised Transclusion, Procedures, Functions and Custom Widgets
The motivation of these changes is to fix one of ~TiddlyWiki 5's early design flaws: the reliance on macros using textual substitution as the primary way to modularise and reuse wikitext and filters.
<<.link-badge-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6666">> The motivation of these changes is to fix one of ~TiddlyWiki 5's early design flaws: the reliance on macros using textual substitution as the primary way to modularise and reuse wikitext and filters.
Experience has shown that while macros are a good match for a small number of tasks, they are brittle and error prone for many common operations. See [[Macro Pitfalls]] for a discussion of the problems that accompany this approach. Over the years we have introduced mitigations for the worst problems but these have come at a cost of increased complexity.
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! Plugin Improvements
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* <<.link-badge-extended "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7260">> Dynannotate pugin to support three additional search modes
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7365">> problem with [[BrowserStorage Plugin]] unnecessarily saving shadow tiddlers
! Translation improvement
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! Filter improvements
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* <<.link-badge-extended "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7292">> [[format Operator]] to support converting Unix timestamps to TiddlyWiki's native date format
! Hackability Improvements
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* <<.link-badge-extended "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7413">> [[Core Icons]] to allow the size to be controlled with a parameter
* <<.link-badge-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7182">> new [[thisTiddler Variable]] that refers to the tiddler currently being rendered
* <<.link-badge-improved "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7332">> [[Story Tiddler Template Cascade]] handling to fall back to the default template if the output of the cascade is not valid
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7378">> missing file extensions for "audio/mpeg" files
! Bug Fixes
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* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7215">> importing tiddlers by pasting tiddler data
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7400">> unneeded 14px bottom border for textareas with autoheight enabled
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7380">> crashes when using an invalid CSS selector for [[WidgetMessage: tm-focus-selector]] and [[WidgetMessage: tm-scroll]]
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7401">> bug whereby scrolling occurs if the linkcatcher widget triggers an action-navigate and the $scroll attribute is set to "no"
* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7409">> problem switching between LTR and RTL text
! Developer Improvements
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* <<.link-badge-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/6699">> support for a `destroy()` method for widgets, giving them a chance to dispose of any resources
! Node.js Improvements
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* <<.link-badge-added "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/7253">> support for `filepath` source attribute to [[tiddlywiki.files Files]]
! Performance Improvements
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* <<.link-badge-fixed "https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/pull/4624">> module execution to reuse the same sandbox, saving memory and improving performance
! Acknowledgements
[[@Jermolene|https://github.com/Jermolene]] would like to thank the contributors to this release who have generously given their time to help improve TiddlyWiki:
<<.contributors """
Arlen22
btheado
donmor
flibbles
GameDungeon
kookma
linonetwo
Marxsal
michsa
muzimuzhi
pmario
saqimtiaz
yaisog
""">>