What Tags Do You Want?

[alain]

@JMichaelTX date-time which appears in the global list of tags, don’t appear in the list of proposed tags when a new topic is created…

The trouble I have just pointed out

[Edit] Solve here

Thanks JMichaelTX for your efforts spend on tagging (among other things about KM).

– Alain

[Tom]

Yes, the list seems to be complete now. Thank you!

Is it considered good practice if I add the correct tags to my existing and still editable threads?

I’m asking because adding/changing tags seems to bump the thread to the top of the list, which is not exactly desirable.

[peternlewis]

Yes, it’s fine. It’s a shame Discourse bumps the topics when you make tiny modifications to them, but that’s just the way it is - the same thing happens if you fix a typo in a topic or the like, but it’s better (I think) to make the site as a whole worthwhile than to worry about a temporary bump of a topic.

Besides, the topic may show up at just the right time for someone else to see, who knows…

[Tom]

the same thing happens if you fix a typo in a topic or the like

Indeed.

Besides, the topic may show up at just the right time for someone else to see, who knows…

You are right. I’ll write a macro now that bumps my topics every 60 minutes

[Tom]

Two questions:

• Is the html-prompt tag only for topics where “building HTML prompts” is the main subject, or also for posted macros that contain (and demonstrate) a working HTML prompt?

• The tools tag: is it meant for…

  • only scripting/macro tools (macro/scripting helpers like Accessibility Inspector etc.), or…

• also for macros that work with command line tools, or/and…

• also for macros that are tools themselves?

An example for the latter two would be my PNG Optimizer macro.

[JMichaelTX]

Is the html-prompt tag only for topics where “building HTML prompts” is the main subject, or also for posted macros that contain (and demonstrate) a working HTML prompt?

First, the tag name uses an underscore, not a dash:
html_prompt

We are trying to maintain consistency across all tags and use only the underscore to separate words in a tag name.

IMO, html_prompt refers to any macro, usage, or discussion about the KM Action Custom HTML Prompt.

The tools tag: is it meant for…

IMO, it has a broad use/intention, but limited to KM. Basically any piece of standalone software that aids in the development of KM macros, or maintaining your KM app/setup/library. That could include a KM macro which, for example, maintains your KM Variables.

In one sense, all macros are a “tool” of some definition, in that they help us get some task done more efficiently. But we would not want to tag all macros with tools tag – it would be come meaningless.

So, let’s restrict the `tools" tag to those tools that specifically help us with KM in some way.

Does that make sense?

[Tom]

First, the tag name uses an underscore, not a dash:

Yeah, sorry, I have still difficulties to adjust to that. Underscores in tags are so… ugly

In one sense, all macros are a “tool” of some definition

No, I rather meant macros that work as standalone tools, not for example UI macros that type keystrokes in another program.

But I got you, tools in the sense of ‘KM helpers’, OK. Have to correct a couple of tags that I set wrong then.

BTW, it seems that a topic doesn’t get bumped now when I set a tag. Nice. Did you change something?

[MitchellModel]

discourse_features
conventions (naming, documenting, etc)l
GUI (not ui_control – making GUIs, dialog boxes, palettes, etc. with KM)
palette
system_preferences
spotlight
mouse
trackpad
debugging
tip
feature_request
bug? (can you have a question mark in a tag?)
unusual

[MitchellModel]

Also:

• functions
• variables
• actions

[MitchellModel]

KeyboardMaestro (editor, menu, engine, etc.)

Also,shouldn’t the tag menu be alphabetized? I am surprised this isn’t done automatically by Discourse.

[MitchellModel]

This page belongs in category meta.

[readmore]

Text, text_processing or text_manipulation. I guess “regex” would automatically cover most instances, but we also have discussions about scraping text from web browsers or pdfs, which don’t always involve regex.

[MitchellModel]

Very few of tags I suggested in a post above and the one after that have been added. I still believe they should be.

[peternlewis]

We should add tags for:

conventions
making_guis
debugging
system_preferences (its an application).

I believe you can only create tags by actually adding them to a specific post, so I have added them to some posts.

I plan to add a category for Tips & Tutorials, so that does not need a tag.

palettes, feature_request are already a tags
mouse / functions / actions / variables are too general to be useful.

Discussion of discourse features is generally better done on meta.discourse.org.

bug is a tag already, but unusual or bug is generally not helpful.

[JimmyHartington]

I would like a InDesign tag.

[JMichaelTX]

I would like a InDesign tag.

Done.

I have assigned this tag to these topics:
Forum tag: indesign

You should be able to use it on all future topics you create. If you find any existing topics that should have this tag, feel free to post a request here (and provide a link to the topic).