Thanks Eric,
This not only allows me to use my variable names but your internal
variables stay the same so no modifications at all, as you say. This is a
particularly useful solution when the widget or macro concerned is packed
with functionality, which is forced upon us through the combining the
edit-text and filtered selections. Personally I may use <<edit-fieldname>>
rather than <<edit-list-vars>> and I may even create other macros to use
the edit-list macro features where many of the parameters are already set.
In many ways this is layers of abstraction, and simplification, while
maintaining maximum features.
Now some speculation
Looking at your example it makes me ask if perhaps a special case operator
would be nice
Rather than [[$id$]!is[blank]else<id>!is[blank]else[]]
perhaps [case[$id$,<id>] where the first non blank value is used or nothing
at all.
or [case[$id$,<id>,{!!id},{id},2] where the first non blank value is used
or 2 (because it will always provide a value ie 2 is the default).
Or alternatively the match could allow parameters
match[$id$,<id>,{!!id},{id}]
Because the truth is there are many cases where the first non-blank value
is what we are after.
I think the operator parameters demand this following format.
eg filters such as
[{$:/config/name}case[yes]]
[{$:/config/name}case[yes],[no],[maybe]] as a valid parameter test
Allowing a full "case" statement;
<$list filter="[<business-size>case[small],[medium],[large]]" variable=case>
<$list filter="[<case>match[small]]">
</$list>
<$list filter="[<case>match[medium]]">
</$list>
<$list filter="[<case>match[large]]">
</$list>
</$list>
Tones
On Tuesday, 27 July 2021 at 08:58:19 UTC+10 Eric Shulman wrote:
> On Monday, July 26, 2021 at 7:40:48 AM UTC-7 Eric Shulman wrote:
>
>> OK... so I thought of a really neat way to achieve your goal *without
>> modifying my macro!*
>
>
> Tony,
>
> I've just added this method of using variables vs. parameters as an
> alternative macro definition:
>
> https://tiddlytools.com/edit-list.html#TiddlyTools%2FMacros%2Fedit-list-vars
>
> which is invoked using: <<edit-list-vars>>
>
> Of course, you will still need to have the underlying macro definition as
> well:
> https://tiddlytools.com/edit-list.html#TiddlyTools%2FMacros%2Fedit-list
>
> See Notes in
> https://tiddlytools.com/edit-list.html#TiddlyTools%2FMacros%2Fedit-list%2FInfo
> for more details regarding usage.
>
> enjoy,
> -e
>
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