Thanks Saq, actually that sounds like an interesting challenge. From a
Javascript standpoint all I've done is tweak the macros of others so it may
be a bit over my head, but I'll give it a try.
On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 1:04 PM Saq Imtiaz <saq.imt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The first thing that comes to mind is rewriting the macro as a filter
> operator.
>
>
>
> On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 6:54:22 PM UTC+2 Stobot wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to pass dynamic parameters into macros (javascript) other
>> than using <$macrocall/>?
>>
>> For instance I use a modified version of (Jed's I think) add-time.js that
>> allows you to use a parameter 'days' to feed days to add to current date.
>> So, doing something like <<add-time days:10>> would return the date 10 days
>> from now. If it's a static number like 10, things are easy, but if it's
>> dynamic (stored in a field) then things get more complicated - I have to
>> use the <$macrocall/> instead, which is less convenient but sometimes not a
>> problem.
>>
>> It becomes a problem when I need to use this new date in a filter. I *am*
>> excited that in pre-release now we can feed *static* values as parameters
>> into macros within filters, but the missing piece is still dynamic values
>> as parameters - can't do a <$macrocall/> within a filter.
>>
>> If it's a normal macro, right now I'd surround the <$list/> with some
>> <$wikify> runs that run the <$macrocall/>'s and wikify it to be fed in as a
>> static value. I'm just wondering if there's a better way that I'm not
>> thinking about (I end up with LOTS of wikify's which people tell me is not
>> great).
>>
>> For instance, doing something like:
>> <$vars days={{!!daystoadd}}><$list
>> filter="[duedate<addtime>]"></$list></$vars> would work if it was a regular
>> macro instead of a javascript macro. But, even though the parameter that
>> <addtime> can be fed is called days, it's not picked up by the macro call.
>>
>> Hopefully that makes sense - thanks
>>
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