Thank you Javier. Yes, a macro could indeed create "contextual behaviour"
I'm after, but I'm hoping for an even more minimalistic solution where I
can just type [[link]] like normal, without even thinking about it. I guess
typing {{translcusion}} is close enough also. But beyond this I feel that
it takes attention from e.g the live note taking or the full-focus text
that is being authored, etc.
I appreciate your input!
<:-)
On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 5:38:50 PM UTC+1 Javier Rojas wrote:
> Hello Mat,
>
> I think what you want ---generate links using a particular format for
> each link, depending on some features of the target of the link---can be
> achieved via macros, which give you the space to automate those checks
> and generate the links according to their properties; you would have to
> write those links like <<sl someTiddler>>, or <<sl "some other link">>,
> but other than that I think it's serviceable.
>
> If that sounds reasonable to you, check the macro definition below,
> which formats links differently depending on whether they have either
> the "bold" or the "italics" tag; I think it would be a good starting
> point for you to introduce the templates you want to select
> conditionally:
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% BEGIN TIDDLER %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \define sl(target)
> <$list filter="[[$target$]tag[bold]]">
> <$link to="$target$"><b>{{$target$!!title}}</b></$link>
> </$list>
>
> <$list filter="[[$target$]tag[italics]]">
> <$link to="$target$"><i>{{$target$!!title}}</i></$link>
> </$list>
>
> <$list filter="[[$target$]!tag[italics]!tag[bold]]">
> <$link to="$target$">{{$target$!!title}}</$link>
> </$list>
> \end
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% END TIDDLER %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 04:33:14AM -0700, Mat wrote:
> > Fellow cj suggests <https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/Vt3CSHxnuc0>
> that
> > we should be able to use transclusions with templates to represent
> special
> > links. That is a very interesting idea because it would mean you can
> create
> > a link with custom functionality and custom appearance using short
> syntax
> > like {{this||template}}
> >
> > Now, that still requires an *explicit *template argument. I hope we
> could
> > also create a *default *template (so it doesn't even have to be stated)
> > that tests things conditionally. E.g {{argument}} tiddler is tagged Foo
> > then the transclusion shows something whereas if it is tagged Bar then
> it
> > shows something else.
> >
> > So, for the default transclusion, i.e what instructs to "show the text
> > field", is there a *template* tiddler somewhere? Or is this hard coded,
> > perhaps in:
> >
> > $:/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/filteredtranscludeblock.js
> > <
> https://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/#%24%3A%2Fcore%2Fmodules%2Fparsers%2Fwikiparser%2Frules%2Ffilteredtranscludeblock.js
> >
> >
> > Actually...
> >
> > If this could somehow be achived direcly with [[bracket link]] syntax,
> > that'd be even better. I.e you type [[links]] as always but there's a
> *template
> > *to control how/what the rendered result is. Is a template involved in
> this
> > that, so to say, makes it from [[this]] into *this* ?
> >
> > (E.g a full blown LinkWidget syntax is not practical in some cases, e.g
> > during live note taking or when the typing must not disturb ones
> > thoughts... which, btw, was the original purpose with wikitext, I
> believe)
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > <:-)
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