Thanks SO much Eric!!!! That works perfectly!!! I'm very new to TW and I have to say that your help in these groups plus all the hard work work you've put into plugins have been making this a very enjoyable experience for me!!
On Saturday, June 2, 2012 1:48:21 PM UTC-4, Eric Shulman wrote: > On Jun 2, 9:36 am, Jeff <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I'm using a macro named mgtdList that's normally invoked similarly to > this: > > <<mgtdList > ... > > tags:'(^-Next-Action || Next || Active || ^-Active) && !Done && Starred > && > > !"@Discussion.weekly"' > ... > > However, I'd like to have an Alias or Transclusion like this: > > IncludeNextActions: (!Done && (^-Next-Action || Next || Active || > ^-Active)) > > or > > alias IncludeNextActions "(!Done && (^-Next-Action || Next || Active || > > ^-Active))" > > So that I can invoke mgtdList like: > > <<mgtdList > ... > > tags:'IncludeNextActions && Starred && !"@Discussion.weekly"' > ... > > The purpose is that I'm trying to make some options available to mGSD so > > that people can configure more of it through options or at least have > one > > more level of abstraction away from the code. > > The TWCore doesn't have a special syntax that allows you to use > aliases or transclusion to assemble the parameters within a macro. > However, it does support "evaluated parameters", which allows you to > invoke a snippet of javascript code and use the result as a macro > parameter value, and it does have a function for retrieving the stored > contents of a tiddler. You can use these to achieve your desired > goal: > > Start by creating a tiddler named [[IncludeNextActions]], containing > your configurable tag expression: > (!Done && (^-Next-Action || Next || Active || ^-Active)) > > Then, in your macro usage, you can write: > > <<mgtdList > ... > tags:{{store.getTiddlerText('IncludeNextActions')+' && Starred > && !"@Discussion.weekly"'}} > ... > > The content in between the {{...}} is javascript code that first > retrieves the text stored in [[IncludeNextActions]] and then appends > the rest of the tag expression to it. The resulting combined text is > then used as the value of the tags:... macro parameter. > > QED. > > enjoy, > -e > Eric Shulman > TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios > > WAS THIS ANSWER HELPFUL? IF SO, PLEASE MAKE A DONATION > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Donations > Professional TiddlyWiki Consulting Services... > Analysis, Design, and Custom Solutions: > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Contact -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/-/u75dw5hjYgQJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
