Thank you very much Soren -- it works beautifully! Thanks also for your clear explanation.
On Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 4:34:21 AM UTC+10 Soren Bjornstad wrote: > Sorry, there's a typo in that macro, should be: > > \define myfilt() [all[current]split[ ]first[]match[SP]then[010]] > [all[current]split[ ]first[]match[SC]then[020]] [all[current]split[ > ]first[]match[ER]then[030]] > > On Monday, May 3, 2021 at 1:30:56 PM UTC-5 Soren Bjornstad wrote: > >> Here's a solution using sortsub, which sorts based on a key obtained by >> running a filter against each input item. This assumes your prefixes are >> separated from the rest of the tiddler title by a space. If not, you may >> have to change the split character or get a bit more creative: >> >> \define myfilt() [all[current]split[ ]first[]match[SP]then[010] >> [all[current]split[ ]first[]match[SC]then[020]] [all[current]split[ >> ]first[]match[ER]then[030]] >> >> <<list-links "[tag[yourtag]sortsub<myfilt>]">> >> >> The subfilter in myfilt uses a series of runs to convert each prefix >> into a numerical value which sorts in the order you want. You can add as >> many steps to the filter as you need to handle all your prefixes. Any items >> that don't have a prefix listed in the filter will get no sort key and so >> show up at the top of the list. >> >> I am sure you could get creative and figure out how to store the mapping >> in a data tiddler and dynamically build the filter, but I'll let someone >> else figure that out if they're so inclined. >> >> On Monday, May 3, 2021 at 8:05:12 AM UTC-5 PMario wrote: >> >>> On Monday, May 3, 2021 at 11:48:41 AM UTC+2 Max Rozeman wrote: >>> >>>> Well it looks like this isn't as simple as I had hoped. Maybe what I >>>> need is a macro, but that's a skill I've yet to learn. For the time being >>>> then I'll just have to sort my titles the easy and messy way by adding >>>> prefixes to my prefixes. >>>> >>> >>> You are right. My code doesn't work as expected. ... I did very poor >>> testing, so it looked like it would have worked. ... :/ Sorry for that. >>> >>> But the sortby operator needs "matching titles" it doesn't use regexp >>> matches internally, which would have been needed for your usecase. >>> >>> So imo there won't be a "out of the box" solution. ... At least I don't >>> know it. >>> >>> -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/667c128b-5cff-47f4-9207-cf9b73189f92n%40googlegroups.com.
