On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 9:33 PM ludwa6 <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks @Mohammad; great tip to avoid links to nonexistent tiddlers > (certainly better avoided :-). Since all those page "templates" were > replicated by copy/paste, i'll be busy for a while replacing all those list > refs with a simple count as you suggest... But it is just this sort of pain > that makes the lesson memorable, i guess. Onward! >
Walt, no worry! But you may also have a look at Commander when you find free time! It is very good to do some batch processes on a zillion number of tiddlers at once! One example is search and replace in text! > > On Friday, March 5, 2021 at 5:17:10 PM UTC Mohammad wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 6:43 PM ludwa6 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It's for this data-based app <https://plantmed.tiddlyhost.com/> i'm >>> building at TiddlyHost -using this amazing Google Sheets plugin >>> <https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/discussions/5482> that's >>> coming together nicely (kudos to @twMat and @MarkS)- that Field Search is >>> so needed, because the product of gSheet import is a set of tiddlers named >>> after the value in ID column of the gSheet (all tidders being tagged with >>> name of tab in the gSheet), with 2nd (text) column of gSheet populating the >>> tiddler's text field, and all other columns creating additional fields >>> named after the column that creates them. >> >> >> Wow, Lovely database!!! >> >> Just a minor note: >> In https://plantmed.tiddlyhost.com/#Family%3ALily you can use >> ''Total: ''<$count filter="[field:fam[LI]]"/> >> >> use the same for other tiddler! Now the output is not a missing link! >> >> Best wishes >> Mohammad >> >> >> >> >>> >>> So: it's just that 2nd column that populates the "body" (i.e. text >>> field) of the tiddler, which i'd like to set up as a template that pulls in >>> and presents content -including image(s)- from all those additional >>> fields. Nice to see that TW5 is smart enough to identify the type of data >>> in these columns (e.g. "Image:" or "imagedirectlink:"). Problem is, i'm >>> not smart enough to figure out how to get data from these fields to appear >>> in the text field of tiddler! >>> >>> I've searched TW docs and content of this gGroup every which way to >>> Sunday, and am still without a clue... But this seems to me like a >>> common-enough use case (i.e. an image-centric database-access app) that >>> there must be some prior art i can copy. Any pointers along such lines >>> would be most appreciated! >>> >>> On Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 9:50:39 PM UTC PMario wrote: >>> >>>> On Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 3:01:27 PM UTC+1 ludwa6 wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks @PMario, for the detailed explainer; this gives me a lot to >>>>> chew on, as i am now working my way up the steep part of the learning >>>>> curve >>>>> about search tools, custom fields and filters. Fun stuff indeed! >>>>> >>>> >>>> Yea, TW has a steep learning curve, but it's worth it. >>>> >>>> As I did the video for field-search, I saw that there may be some >>>> problems, if you want to have your own fields. You are right, it needs >>>> quite some internal knowledge to replicate a "custom" field search tab. ... >>>> >>>> At the moment I'm creating a new version, which will have a >>>> configuration option, that should make it much easier to use your own >>>> fields and create your own new tabs. >>>> >>>> I'll let you know, when it's published. >>>> >>>> Have fun! >>>> mario >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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/1aa3220d-e982-422b-a2b8-ac3106bd1a82n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/1aa3220d-e982-422b-a2b8-ac3106bd1a82n%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/cf8551a7-43cf-40c8-a802-4f2f12a5758an%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/cf8551a7-43cf-40c8-a802-4f2f12a5758an%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/CAAV1gMCEAJbQijVsZ7E-CAMpRNYQRJ4yGQbq1i2xY-5wr_6W_A%40mail.gmail.com.
