WikidPadApi

WikidPad Api

Q: Which version(s) of WikidPad does this API apply to?

wikidPad functions

newWiki(wikiName, wikiDir)
    create a new wiki    


openWiki(wikiConfigFile, wikiWordToOpen)
    open a wiki, and optionally a page in that wiki.

saveCurrentWikiState()
    Write any changes to the wiki to disk.

openWikiPage(wikiWord)
    Open a specific wiki word.

findCurrentWordInTree()
    Select the currently open page in the tree control.

viewParents(word)
    Pop up the dialog that shows the parents of the node passed in.

viewChildren(word)
    Pop up the dialog that shows the children of the node passed in.

addToHistory(word)
    Add the word passed in to the history.

goInHistory(positionDelta)
    Go back or forward in history by the amount passed in.

goBackInHistory()
    Go back in history one position.

goForwardInHistory()
    Go forward in history one position.

viewHistory()
    Show the history dialog.

viewBookmarks()
    Show the bookmarks dialog.

saveCurrentWikiPage()
    Save the current wiki page to disk.

showWikiWordOpenDialog()
showWikiWordRenameDialog()
showWikiWordRenameConfirmDialog()
showSearchDialog()              

showSavedSearchesDialog()       

showWikiWordDeleteDialog()      

showFindReplaceDialog()         


displayMessage(title, msg)
    Popup a dialog with the message passed in.

displayErrorMessage(errorStr, exception)
    Popup an exception dialog.         

wikidPad variables

globalConfigDir
    The directory of the wikidPad.config file.

globalConfigLoc
    The wikidpad.config file.

globalConfig
    The parsed wikidpad.config file.

wikiAppDir
    The installation directory of wikidPad.

wikiPadHelp
    The location of the help wiki.

config
    The parsed configuration of the opened wiki.

wikiName
    The name of the currently opened wiki.

dataDir
    The data directory of the currently opened wiki.

wikiData
    The database object for the currently open wiki. More on this below.

tree
    The tree control on the left. The is a wxTreeCtrl. More on this below.

currentWikiWord
    The currently open wiki word.

currentWikiPage
    The data for the currently open wiki word. More on this below.

editor
    The text editor for wikidPad. This is a wxStyledTextCtrl. More on this below.

wikiData - The wiki database interface

getPage(wikiWord, itemsToLoad)
    Get the data for a wiki word. Pass in an array of strings for the items to load.
    Valid items are: info, parents, children, props, todos.                        

    For performance you specify which items should be loaded from the db. If you only
    need info and children call:                                                    


    getPage(word, ["info", "children"])

    More on the return value of this function below.

getChildRelationships(wikiWord)
    Returns array of the words that are children of the word passed in.

getParentRelationships(wikiWord)
    Returns array of the words that are parents of the word passed in.

getAllWords()
    Get all of the wiki words in the wiki.

getAllAliases()
    Get all of the aliases in the wiki.

getAllRelations()
    Get all of the relationships in the wiki. Returns array of tuples, (word, relatedTo).

getWikiWordsStartingWith(string)
getWikiWordsWith(string)       

getWikiWordsModifiedWithin(days)
getParentLessWords()           


renameWord(word, toWord)
    Rename a wiki word.


deleteWord(word)
    Delete a wiki word.

getWordsWithPropertyValue(key, value)
    Get all of the wiki words with a certain property value. For example
    getWordsWithPropertyValue("icon", "pin") would get all of the wiki 

    words with "icon" set to "pin".                                    


findBestPathFromWordToWord(word, toWord)
    Returns the shortest path in the wiki from "word" to "toWord". Returned
    as an array of wiki words.                                            


search(forPattern)
    Search the entire wiki using a regex.

getTodos()
    Get all of the todos in the wiki. Returned as an array of tuples.

wikiPage object

wikiWord
    The word.

wikiFile
    The file that contains the data for this page.

parentRelations
    Array of the parents words for this node.

childRelations
    Array of the child words for this node.

todos
    Array of todos

props
    Hashtable of properties for the node.

getContent()
    Get the string content for the node.

save()
    Save the changes to this page to disk.

tree control

collapse()
    collapse the tree.

buildTreeForWord(wikiword)
    Open the tree control to the wiki word passed in.

*text control*

setWrap(onOrOffBoolean)
    Set the wrap mode to on/off.

SetText()
    Set the text of the control.

snip()
    Copy the currently selected text to the ScratchPad.

startIncrementalSearch(searchStr)
    Set the search mode to incremental.

endIncrementalSearch()
    Stop incremental search.

executeSearch(searchStr, searchStartPos=-1)
    Execute a search of the text in the control.

getWikiWordText(position)
    If position is in a wiki word return that word.

getWikiWordBeginEnd(position)
    If position is in a wiki word return the start/end positions of the word.

isPositionInWikiWord(position)
    Is the position in a wiki word?

isPositionInLink(position)
    Is the position in a URL link?

See the wxWindows/wxPython documentation for info about the wxTreeCtrl and wxStyledTextCtrl.

Source: http://trac.wikidpad2.webfactional.com/wiki/WikidPadApi