Feel free to post here with your filter code (and of the macro) if you get stuck.
On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 7:24:06 PM UTC+2 Stobot wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>> >> -- >> 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/82fd0bc8-0322-4ef8-ba51-0b33342e8626n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/82fd0bc8-0322-4ef8-ba51-0b33342e8626n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/2c8e661b-2c62-4f1e-b613-a536cb7ce005n%40googlegroups.com.
