Good observation, Eric. Mahalo (thanks)! - Joshua Fontany
On Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 2:28:38 AM UTC-7 Eric Shulman wrote: > Hi all... > > While debugging some of my TiddlyTools Timer functions, > I encountered a curious side-effect of the TWCore refresh handler: > > If you use the <<now>> macro to display the date and time > <<now "MMM DDth YYYY at 0hh:0mm:0ss.0XXX">> > it shows the time at the moment that the tiddler contents are rendered and > the displayed value remains unchanged until the tiddler is closed and > re-opened > (or you switch from view mode to edit mode and back again). > > However, if you write: > <$vars time=<<now "MMM DDth YYYY at 0hh:0mm:0ss.0XXX">>><<time>></$vars> > it not only shows the time when the tiddler is rendered, but it also > *automatically updates whenever *anything* happens in the wiki.* > > This is due to the way that the TWCore handles refreshing the display, and > includes > every time you open or close any tiddler, switch tabs in the sidebar, > click any menu item, > display a tag, check a checkbox, select from a list, etc. It even updates > every time you > enter any keystroke in any input field! (Try typing space, backspace, > space, backspace, etc. > into the sidebar search input, and watch as the time display is refreshed). > > Note that this isn't a bug.... it's an integral part of the way that the > TWCore works and > demonstrates some of the sheer power (and subtle complexity) of Jeremy's > creation. > > -e > -- 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/d6fb0e4d-448d-4357-a19e-1357cd35d4ecn%40googlegroups.com.
