Hi Dmitry On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Dmitry Ivashkin <[email protected]>wrote:
> Also, where can I find documentation about methods and properties of > "this" object in javascript macros? > The "this" object in a JavaScript macro points to the containing widget instance in the render tree. So that means it has the methods described in widget.js: https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/blob/master/core/modules/widgets/widget.js > > this.getVariable("currentTiddler") > > but couldn't find any sort of documentation. > There is some documentation in the source code for widget.js. > Same for *story* object, etc. > There isn't really a "story" object in TW5 in the same way as TWC. > I have a tiddler with a custom field in it, and would like to be able to >> set its value from macro. Macro will be called everytime some other field >> of the same tiddler changes >> > Is there a way to achieve that? >> > Macros are just used to return a chunk of wikitext for further processing. They should not make modifications to tiddlers in the wiki store. The reason is that you can't control when the macro is called; it may be called repeatedly as part of refresh processing. So it's important that macros do not have any other side effects beyond generating their text. I've updated the docs a little to reflect the points you've raised: https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/fecf3a556fc1e84f5d8a056b08cadff0532dd81d Best wishes Jeremy > -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/jeP2-qlpdrk/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
