Bob, I have a range of methods I use to debug but they are just co-opting other methods I use to write the code in the first place. Eventually I would like to publish a debug bundle but for now some pointers;
- Where possible test the code as you develop it, small ongoing tests, the preview can help with this - Buttons can have variables displayed in their tiles (although they look terrible) - You could have little buttons whos tooltip shows a value of something - I have some macros that test $:/config/debug = yes then display content - Popups and messages, or modals could be used to display "out of stream info" - Many values can be global or stored externally, you can monitor this outside you code - <$text text=<<variablename>> /> will often show you need to wikify its content before further use by returning not the result but the code. More advanced ideas - Using the browser inspect or debug tools can solve some problems, especially CSS - the https://tiddlywiki.com/#transclusion%20Variable can provide information in nested transclusions - I have a varied that can identify the tiddler in which the code is defined. - The storyTiddler variable can be used when currentTiddler has being used in a list to identify the tiddler displayed in the story list (normally currentTiddler) - I think dump-variables in a modal may be helpful - Some operators allow you to test variables exist or have values I expect i will think of more, as may others! Tones On Wednesday, 16 September 2020 21:28:07 UTC+10, Bob Jansen wrote: > > I am trying to debug some TW code that is not working as expected. The > code is in a macro. I have tried to display the value of a variable but > that does not seem possible from within a macro. > > Are there any debugging facilities apart from dumpvariables which gives > way too much for me to follow? > > bobj > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/4c2d1851-a35b-49e6-9770-039e071b2f02o%40googlegroups.com.
