Thanks Eric, I tried and gawped at "var who = config.options.txtUserName;" zillions of times and went on a lengthy detour of the TW code. I looked at it in a text editor rather than the browser or Firebug: very interesting to me, yet leading me up blind alleys. Your further explanations will come in useful, hopefully in the near future
Thanks for your patience and hope you are feeling better. Alex On Nov 30, 5:58 pm, Eric Shulman <[email protected]> wrote: > > <script show> > > var who = parseParams({{config.options.txtUserName}}); > > > alert(who); > > </script> > > When using InlineJavascriptPlugin, *everything* inside <script>...</ > script> is considered to javascript code. Using {{...}} within that > code simply makes no sense. Although it does not cause an error, > {{...}} is NOT a proper use of javascript syntax. In fact, that > sequence is only defined and used by the TW core code to process 'eval > params' contained in macro calls (e.g., <<myMacro foo with: {{...code > goes here...}}>>) and cannot be used anywhere else. > > config.options.txtUserName (which can also be written: config.options > ["txtUserName"]) is a javascript object reference directly to the > current internal stored value for the <<option txtUserName>> input > (i.e., the current username). > > parseParams() is a core function that takes a space-separated text > string (e.g., the entire parameter list from any macro call), and > breaks it apart into an complex object that contains separate text > strings for each named or unnamed parameter. So, unless the current > username consists of a space-separated *parameter* list (which is > isn't), you should not be using parseParams(). > > This is all you need: > <script> > var who = config.options.txtUserName; > alert(who); > </script> > > Note: leave the "show" param out of the <script> syntax. It's just > for documentation purposes. Also, if you intend to use the "who" > variable later on in another inline script, you *must* explicitly > define it as a persistent global "window" variable, like this: > window.who = config.options.txtUserName; > > enjoy, > -e > Eric Shulman > TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
