It was part of the larger chunk of code that I was working on. I separated
this piece out, trying to get it to work.
On Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 7:08:53 AM UTC-5, Michael Manti wrote:
>
> 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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