Haha, good point, I'm overcomplicating things too. :-) On Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 3:29:32 PM UTC-6 Eric Shulman wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 11:37:52 AM UTC-8 soren.b...@gmail.com > 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/c0b48349-572b-446a-a884-aa8eb085025bn%40googlegroups.com.
