On Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 11:37:52 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote:
> Have you tried the image widget <https://tiddlywiki.com#ImageWidget>? You > might be making this a lot more complicated than necessary...from the > letter of what you wrote all you need to do is write this in tiddler B: > > <$image source={{A!!structure_file}}> > > In other words, you're transcluding the value of the structure_file field > of A as the value of the source image widget. > > Now if you need the tiddler A to be dynamic, rather than hard-coding it in > the wiki text, you'll have to get a bit more complicated. You might be > tempted to try this: > > \define makeTransclusion() {{$(myTiddler)$!!structure_file}} > <$set name="myTiddler" value="A"> <!-- or however A gets determined --> > <$image source=<<makeTransclusion>>> > </$set> > > But if you try that, you'll see the image link is broken. If you use your > browser's developer tools to inspect the image, you'll see it links > literally to "{{A!!structure_file}}". > The reason the image is broken is because after the constructed widget parameter is "returned" by the macro, it is not parsed a *second* time to evaluate the transclusion. However, if you place the entire $image widget inside the macro, you can forego the use of $wikify, like this: \define showStructure(tid) <$image source={{$tid$!!structure_file}} /> <<showStructure "A">> -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/0208b864-27c6-4aa8-8c3e-31304e048237n%40googlegroups.com.
