Hey Tones, Thanks for the reply. That's exactly what I've been doing up to this point and I may continue to do so. I did what I described above more as an experiment and learning experience than anything else. Doing stuff like this is the best way to learn Tiddlywiki and its powerful features.
On Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 10:43:25 PM UTC-7 TW Tones wrote: > History buff, > > Consider using the clone button on a tiddler to start with a prefilled > copy, then make changes. > > Tones > > > On Monday, 25 January 2021 at 15:18:27 UTC+11 History Buff wrote: > >> 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. >>>> >>> -- 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/71712888-f3fe-4a36-9f6d-9e5045befcd9n%40googlegroups.com.
