yeah, Eric is right. A small addition is that filters should generally be enclosed in *triple* quotes because if any of the filtered out items has quotes in it, then this can *conflict* with the enclosing filter quotes. So, get into the habit of writing filter="""..."""
To see the problem, you can test to create a new tiddler titled This is a "new" tiddler and tag it with About <:-) On Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 12:37:00 PM UTC+2 Eric Shulman wrote: > On Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 2:36:55 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> I'm trying to figure out how it works, simplified the example, and it >> doesn't do anything. Does it not fit in newer versions? >> <$set name="myVar" filter='[tags[About]]'> >> <$list filter='<myVar>'></$list> >> </$set> >> > > * The *[tags[]]* filter operator doesn't accept a operand value. You > want to use *[tag[About]]* to match tiddlers with the "About" tag. > * When using a *variable as a parameter value* (in the $list widget), do > not enclose it in quotes, and use doubled angle brackets > * The $list widget needs some syntax inside it to indicate what to output > > Here's a corrected version of your example code: > <$set name="myVar" filter="[tag[About]]"> > <$list filter=<<myVar>>><$link/><br></$list> > </$set> > > -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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/642ec5bf-d385-4395-937e-fca2c84fce46n%40googlegroups.com.
