Hello and thank you very much! I'll take a look and provide any feedback I can.
It seems my biggest issue is not having examples that allow me to confirm what I'm thinking with what I read. Or at least not having them where I think they should be based on where I'm looking inside TiddlyWiki. IE: When trying to find the define solution for the toc code above I searched the following Tiddlers for a matching example. https://tiddlywiki.com/#ButtonWidget https://tiddlywiki.com/#Variables https://tiddlywiki.com/#Variables%20in%20WikiText https://tiddlywiki.com/#Macro%20Definitions%20in%20WikiText https://tiddlywiki.com/#Macros%20in%20WikiText https://tiddlywiki.com/#Macro%20Calls%20in%20WikiText https://tiddlywiki.com/#Macro%20Calls%20in%20WikiText%20(Examples) https://tiddlywiki.com/#dumpvariables%20Macro https://tiddlywiki.com/#dumpvariables%20Macro%20(Examples) https://tiddlywiki.com/#variables%20Operator https://tiddlywiki.com/#variables%20Operator%20(Examples) Now, after receiving the help from earlier, when I went back and looked at the tiddlers in question I noticed this: \define dumpvariables() <ul> <$list filter="[variables[]]" variable="varname"> <li> <strong><code><$text text=<<varname>>/></code></strong>:<br/> <$codeblock code={{{ [<varname>getvariable[]] }}}/> </li> </$list> </ul> \end and also Several of the examples on https://tiddlywiki.com/#Macro%20Definitions%20in%20WikiText that also nearly match the code provided above in the replies. However, for some reason (probably on my side of things) the above example and \define sayhi(name:"Bugs Bunny" address:"Rabbit Hole Hill") Hi, I'm $name$ and I live in $address$. \end Didn't seem to be the same to me. In fact, the only reason I was able to finally figure out the following was because I knew it should work like the code given so it was just a matter of process of elimination. Until a few minutes ago, and only because I knew the example worked, as well as the code given above for me to consider, was I finally able to see where they got "Bugs" from i the output. \define say-hi-using-variables() Hi, I'm $(name)$ and I live in $(address)$. \end \define name() Bugs <$set name="address" value="Rabbit Hole Hill"> <<say-hi-using-variables>> </$set> Hi, I'm Bugs and I live in Rabbit Hole Hill. Long story short, I may just represent an outlier scenario and if that is the case I apologize in advance for any easy questions. Of course, I will still read over everything and will be sure to ask questions! On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 7:02:00 PM UTC-4 TW Tones wrote: > iamdar, > > Here is a link to some documentation that may help you more generally at > this phase of your learing, > https://anthonymuscio.github.io/#Standard%20Nomenclature > > Its an updated version of something published by Tobias in the past. In > particular look at the foot notes about values in parameters widget and > HTML, it shows why any "concatenation" to make compound values needs to be > done, as ewrioc says the best way without making custom macros and > wikifying them is to use the filtered transclusions. With these you use a > filter inside triple curly braces to generate the value (no need for an > intermediate variable) and filters permit variables, transclusions and > field content to be concatinated. > > Also, As someone in the learning phase please do feedback if you need > something clarified or added to my document as you have the insight to what > is needed during the learning process, unfortunately I now know too much. > You can help other that pass this way in the future. > > Regards > Tones > > > > > On Thursday, 10 June 2021 at 04:37:15 UTC+10 iamdar...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Thank you so much Eric! Really thank you so much! I'm a little happy to >> see I was kind of heading in the right direction at one point earlier, >> except I put the \end of the tocscript define below the </$tiddler> because >> I was afraid it wouldn't include itself in the button code and it broke it >> lol. Also thank you very much for providing the explanations as well! >> >> The !!storyname was actually left over from the step before this one. I >> hadn't considered having a dynamic toc at first. Though now I'll use it in >> the tocscript to help identify the page a bit better. Thank you for looking >> that closely at the script! >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 2:05:23 PM UTC-4 Eric Shulman wrote: >> >>> On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 9:53:36 AM UTC-7 iamdar...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I can't figure out how to: >>>> >>> 1) Make the toc div text a variable, named tocscript, to call it in the >>>> script like the fields, so I can add it to the new tiddler being created. >>>> >>> >>> Move the toc div text into a macro named "tocscript". Macros are >>> essentially variables that can accept parameters. >>> >>> 2) Update the tag name in the toc-selective-expandable macro before it >>>> is added to the new tiddler being created. >>>> >>> >>> Within a macro, there are two forms of syntax that are automatically >>> replaced when the macro is processed: >>> * instances of $paramname$ are replaced by corresponding values that are >>> passed to the macro as parameters >>> * instances of $(varname)$ are replaced by corresponding values that are >>> defined in variables before the macro is invoked >>> >>> Thus, for your purposes: >>> \define temp() $:/temp/input/$(currentTiddler)$ >>> >>> \define tocscript() >>> <div class="tc-table-of-contents"> >>> <<toc-selective-expandable "$(storyabbrev)$" "sort[title]">> >>> </div> >>> \end >>> >>> | Story Name:|<$edit-text tiddler=<<temp>> field="storyname"/> | >>> | Story Abbreviation:|<$edit-text tiddler=<<temp>> >>> field="storyabbrev"/> | >>> >>> <$tiddler tiddler=<<temp>>> >>> <$button> Create Story >>> <$vars storyabbrev={{!!storyabbrev}}> >>> <$action-setfield $tiddler={{!!storyabbrev}} text=<<tocscript>> >>> tags="Stories" /> >>> <$action-setfield $tiddler={{{ [{!!storyabbrev}addsuffix[ Chapter >>> 001]] }}} tags={{!!storyabbrev}} /> >>> <$action-deletetiddler tiddler=<<temp>> /> >>> </$vars> >>> </$button> >>> </$tiddler> >>> >>> Notes: >>> * The $vars widget fetches the !!storyabbrev input value to turn it into >>> a variable named "storyabbrev", so that it can then be automatically >>> replaced in the tocscript macro >>> * I don't see anywhere that you actually use the "!!storyname" input >>> value >>> >>> enjoy, >>> -e >>> >> -- 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/b40192a5-4341-4e14-b3d9-cacb70edf67dn%40googlegroups.com.
