Ah! Thanks for clarifying.
On Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 10:07:59 AM UTC-4, Lisa Wasserman wrote:
>
> 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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