Bob, Most of your problems come from how to write Tiddlywiki scripts (e.g. wikitext). One the best resource in this regards is https://kookma.github.io/TW-Scripts/ from Mohammad
For example what you asked in this post has been addressed in TW-Scripts Look at: Syntax Summary <https://kookma.github.io/TW-Scripts/#Shorthand%20Syntax%20Summary:%5B%5BShorthand%20Syntax%20Summary%5D%5D%20%5B%5BVariables%20vs.%20Parameters%5D%5D%20%5B%5BVariables%2C%20Fields%20and%20Filters%20in%20TiddlyWiki%5D%5D%20%5B%5BSyntax%20for%20Using%20Brackets%5D%5D%20%5B%5Bnesting%20the%20effect%20of%20brackets%5D%5D> You are quite right, the documentation in Tiddlywiki.com is nonlinear and confusing for newbies. Perhaps a linear A to Z step by step tutorial is better. Atro On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 10:22 AM Bob Jansen <[email protected]> wrote: > I know and am very thankful of the many items of advice I have received in > the past. But I am still frustrated - there must be some core element I am > not understanding. > > The main issue is how to address items in wikitext, {{ [[ {{{ << < etc. I > know this all depends on how the item is being used but a simple cheat > sheet with many examples would be really useful. I don't find the > Tiddlywiki documentation easy to follow, bits are all over the place and > none of the examples address my problems I find. > > For example, why does this not work? > > <$button> > <$action-setfield > $tiddler="$:/TLS/exhibition_id" > $value={{!!exhibition_id}} > /> > <!--append the exhibition_id to the exhibition id field in each artwork--> > <$list filter="[tag[Mark]]"> > <$action-setfield > $field="exhibition_id" > $value=<<TLSconcatenate {{!!exhibition_id}} > {{$:/TLS/exhibition_id}}>> > /> > </$list> > > Link Artworks to Exhibition > </$button> > > > The result is the string {{!!exhibition_id}} {{$:/TLS/exhibition_id}} > stored in the exhibition_id field of each artwork selected and not the > transcluded values. > > TLSconcatenate is a simple macro to concatenate two strings > > \define TLSconcatenate(head tail) $head$$tail$ > > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/4cc4b26e-250b-4c7f-8590-fc0ae5dd7db0n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/4cc4b26e-250b-4c7f-8590-fc0ae5dd7db0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CAKHVXmomoC7W4vVGGFOQLAzrpEq5XwT3PuZ8sb2qDzsQxEVDSw%40mail.gmail.com.
