After a considerable amount of searching in the forum, I think I have
learned the answer to my question. In a previous thread
(https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/VrFXprNCxVM/m/ZMw1zS8XCAAJ), I
saw that you could use the $action-setfield widget to modify/create/remove
the index and values in a dictionary tiddler. That is not intuitively
obvious, at least not to me. I believe I now have a path forward.
On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 1:14:46 PM UTC-7 History Buff wrote:
> Here's the code I'm using to create the tiddler in the first place:
>
> \whitespace trim
> \define newDataHereActions()
> <$set name="tags" filter="[<currentTiddler>]
> [{$:/config/NewTiddler/Tags}]">
> <$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler" tags=<<tags>>
> type="application/x-tiddler-dictionary" caption="" text="Line:
> Name:
> Birth:
> Born:
> From:
> To:
> Circumstance:
> Location:
> Parish:
> County:
> Date: "/>
> </$set>
> \end
> \define newDataHereButton()
> <$button actions=<<newDataHereActions>>
> tooltip={{$:/language/Buttons/NewDataHere/Hint}}
> aria-label={{$:/language/Buttons/NewDataHere/Caption}}
> class=<<tv-config-toolbar-class>>>
> <$list filter="[<tv-config-toolbar-icons>match[yes]]">
> {{$:/images/fa5/solid/database}}
> </$list>
> <$list filter="[<tv-config-toolbar-text>match[yes]]">
> <span class="tc-btn-text">
> <$text text=$:/language/Buttons/NewDataHere/Hint/>
> </span>
> </$list>
> </$button>
> \end
> <<newDataHereButton>>
> On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 1:12:42 PM UTC-7 History Buff wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am using dictionary tiddlers to store each of the individual lines from
>> a genealogical record transcription (like a census, for instance). So far,
>> I have been manually creating each entry in the dictionary tiddlers which
>> is a rather tedious process. I then use a dynamic table to display the
>> transcription.
>>
>> There are some things that I can't avoid entering manually such as
>> individuals' names, ages, etc. However, there are some things that they all
>> share such as address and location. I have a button already created that
>> creates an individual dictionary tiddler that is tagged with the record
>> that is being transcribed and I would like to be able to prepopulate
>> certain indexes with fields from that record tiddler. So far, I have not
>> been able to get what I want other than using fields instead of a
>> dictionary tiddler which I could ultimately do. I just feel like I want to
>> solve this so that I have a better understanding of Tiddlywiki.
>>
>> Thanks a bunch.
>>
>
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