Hi Tony! Yes, I think I just focused on the cycle and no the whole snippets. I like your approach. I myself have the simple solution!
Thank you --Mohammad On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 10:39 AM TW Tones <[email protected]> wrote: > Mohammad, > > I was looking at the filter you used and notice a shorter form for > [[$:/palette]get[text] is {$:/palette} > > <$button actions=<<cycle-palettes>> > > <$text text={{{ [{$:/palette}removeprefix[$:/palettes/]] }}}/> > </$button> > > However this made me ask do we have the ability to have replaceable > parameters in filters for common actions? > > - This is off topic from your post but I had an interesting thought. > > > *So consider this* > \define cycle-palettes() > <$set name=pals filter="[all[tiddlers+shadows]tag[$:/tags/Palette]]"> > <$action-listops $tiddler="$:/palette" $field="text" > $subfilter="+[cycle<pals>]"/> > </$set> > \end > \define act(palette-name:"{{{ [{$:/palette}removeprefix[$:/palettes/]] > }}}") > <$button actions=<<cycle-palettes>> > > <$text text=$palette-name$/> > </$button> > \end > <<act>> > > Explanation > > - Above here I simplify the button title by defining it with a > parameter, unfortunately there is no short form to insist it be text > - ultimately this is not shorter because of the overhead, but if > $palette-name$ could be defined once and used in many places it would be > useful > - but that is not how parameters are > - Using templates however we can make this simpler, see below, but it > would be nice if we could have "global" $substitutions$ or similar? > > \define cycle-palettes() > <$set name=pals filter={{palettesâ’ˇ}}> > <$action-listops $tiddler="$:/palette" $field="text" > $subfilter="+[cycle<pals>]"/> > </$set> > \end > <$button actions=<<cycle-palettes>> > > {{<palette-name>}} > </$button> > > ;Now the tiddler "<palette-name>" contains the following > ``` > <$text text={{{ [{$:/palette}removeprefix[$:/palettes/]] }}}/> > ``` > ;Now the tiddler "palettesâ’ˇ" contains the following > :yes I am using a special unicode character here > > ``` > [all[tiddlers+shadows]tag[$:/tags/Palette]] > ``` > > Regards > Tony > On Sunday, 13 December 2020 at 17:34:52 UTC+11 Mohammad wrote: > >> *Feature in Tiddlywiki 5.1.23* >> >> TW 5.123 has a new filter operator called cycle >> >> https://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#cycle%20Operator >> >> Using this filter operator it is simple to build a button to cycle in >> your color palettes! >> >> See the how to in new *Show and tell* page of GitHub Discussion board. >> >> https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/discussions/5271 >> >> --Mohammad >> > -- > 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/741947d1-9964-4be4-bdcf-311721a4b7aan%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/741947d1-9964-4be4-bdcf-311721a4b7aan%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/CAAV1gMAw2WiNQaoxPAREepwgVvjsYruf9jU07ZPvJUfRtE2whA%40mail.gmail.com.
