TonyM,
What role does the state macro play? I don't see it called anywhere.
Thanks!
Mike
On Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 11:57:38 PM UTC-4, TonyM wrote:
>
> Lisa
>
> Quick tip: Wrapping even a list that contains actions widgets with a
> button is sufficent to trigger that action for every item in the list.
>
> \define journalTiddlerName( ) $(when)$ $(project)$
> \define state() $:/state/$(currentTiddler)$
> \define createTodaysEntry()
> <$action-createtiddler $basetitle="$(journalTiddlerName)$" tags="journal
> $(project)$" project=$(project)$ description="$(description)$" />
> \end
>
> <$vars project={{!!project}} description={{!!description}} when=<<now DD-
> MMM-YYYY>> >
> <$button>
> <$list filter="[title<journalTiddlerName>] +[is[missing]] +[limit[1]]">
> <<createTodaysEntry>>
> </$list>
> Create <<journalTiddlerName>>
> </$button>
> </$vars>
>
>
> Note that I changed the reference to
> $basetitle="$(journalTiddlerName)$"
>
> Perhaps you could add
> https://tiddlywiki.com/#ActionNavigateWidget to open the tiddler as well.
>
> FYI when you use a value in the current tiddler to create a new one with
> the same values such as project I have started calling this "in context", I
> plan to release a "context tool" one day.
>
> Regards
> Tony
>
>
>
> On Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 12:54:55 PM UTC+10, Lisa Wasserman wrote:
>>
>> I'm still trying to automatically create a new tiddler if one of the
>> required title doesn't exist. My existing code is as follows:
>>
>> \define journalTiddlerName( ) $(when)$ $(project)$
>> \define state() $:/state/$(currentTiddler)$
>> \define createTodaysEntry()
>> <$action-createtiddler $basetitle=<<journalTiddlerName>> tags="journal
>> $(project)$" project=$(project)$ description="$(description)$" />
>> \end
>>
>> <$vars project={{!!project}} description={{!!description}} when=<<now
>> DD-MMM-YYYY>> >
>> <$list filter="[title<journalTiddlerName>] +[is[missing]] +[limit[1]]">
>> <<createTodaysEntry>>
>> </$list>
>> </$vars>
>>
>> While I could get the list widget to display different strings, dependent
>> on whether the tiddler existed, I could not create a new tiddler. After a
>> little reading, it seems that Action Widgets need to be triggered
>> specially. Is there a simple method that I can use to trigger my
>> action-createtiddler, inside of my list widget? I don't want to have to
>> press a button, when I always want to create a tiddler if it doesn't
>> already exist.
>>
>>
>>
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