On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 5:20 AM ludwa6 <[email protected]> wrote: > I've installed Commander, @Mohammed, and am in awe of its power. Am > approaching the bulk edit features with caution, as you rightly advise in > the docs, but i can see how this is really gonna help, once i'm very clear > about exactly what i'm doing! :-) >
Walt, When I want to do a batch process on many tiddlers, I (even as the author of Commander) absolutely take a backup before such operation especially with important data! So go ahead if you have a backup in advance! ;-) > On Friday, March 5, 2021 at 7:10:15 PM UTC Mohammad wrote: > >> 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/2a211d0f-942b-47aa-b713-8a7ff6d0eb0fn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/2a211d0f-942b-47aa-b713-8a7ff6d0eb0fn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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