Hi Matabele
Thank you very much!!!
Yet another mystery has been solved :-)
To me it seems as if the syntax for retrieving "slices" uses the old syntax
for retrieving "sections" (TWc lingo) in TW5...
Cheers Måns Mårtensson
Den fredag den 20. juni 2014 22.39.56 UTC+2 skrev Matabele:
>
> Hi Mans
>
> 1. create a new tiddler and name this 'male'
> 2. create a new tiddler and name this 'female'
> 3. set the type of both of these tiddlers to 'data dictionary'
> 4. in the text field of 'male' make entries like:
> gender1:him
> gender2:Him
> gender3:Mr
> ... and so on
> 5. in the text field of 'female' make entries like:
> gender1:her
> gender2:Her
> gender3:Mrs
> ... and so on
> 6. when you want 'him' -- you can use the text reference
> {{male##gender1}} ... and so on
> 7. when you want 'her' -- you can use the text reference
> {{female##gender1}} ... and so on
>
> I think in your use case you would want a variable as the name of the data
> tiddler -- so references might look something like {{$gender$##gender1}},
> where the variable takes the value 'male' or 'female' as appropriate. I
> think you'll need a macro call to insert the variable before using the
> text-reference as the syntax I've used above won't work (this was for
> illustration only.)
>
> regards
>
> On Friday, June 20, 2014 8:28:40 PM UTC+2, Måns wrote:
>>
>> Hi Matabele
>>
>>
>>> The variations of gender could be looked up in two data tables 'male'
>>> and 'female', in such a way that:
>>>
>>> male##gender1 --> him
>>> female##gender1 --> her
>>> male##gender2 --> Him
>>> female##gender2 --> Her
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> all variations of gender are text-reference lookups using either 'male'
>>> or 'female' (the titles of the two data tables) as the only variable
>>>
>>
>> I think I understand what you are saying - however I don't have a clue
>> how I should set it up...
>>
>> Could you perhaps write a small example - in a TW5 - or point to a
>> similar practical example which might give me an idea how to implement it
>> myself?
>>
>> Cheers Måns Mårtensson
>>
>>
>>> On Friday, June 20, 2014 6:51:51 PM UTC+2, Måns wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Matabele
>>>>
>>>> My actual usecase is that I use two radio 'buttons' to toggle the value
>>>> of one field 'gender' between "him" or "her"
>>>>
>>>> Because I need different variations on "him" or "her" I need to be able
>>>> to more fields at once - with different versions - eg. "Him", "he", "He"
>>>> and "her", "Her", "she", "She" etc...
>>>>
>>>> This way I can use eg.: {{!!gender}}, {{!!gender2}}, {{!!gender3}} in
>>>> my text templates.
>>>>
>>>> Imo - it seems to be an 'overkill' if you have to set all variations
>>>> with a radio button for each individual variation every time you use the
>>>> template...
>>>>
>>>> Maybe there's a better way to control this via some kind of aliassing
>>>> - don't know...?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers Måns Mårtensson
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Den fredag den 20. juni 2014 13.57.09 UTC+2 skrev Matabele:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Mans
>>>>>
>>>>> The radio 'button' reports on the value of a field -- it is checked if
>>>>> the value matches and unchecked if it does not. This behaviour is not
>>>>> compatible with a radio 'button' that sets the value of multiple fields.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure what the best avenue is to take with this king of use
>>>>> case -- my current idea is to create a widget that sends one widget
>>>>> message
>>>>> upon being checked and another upon being unchecked. This would allow
>>>>> several fields to be toggled between two values using two stacks of
>>>>> <$setfield> widgets around a button.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the usage I had in mind differed -- this was to list a number
>>>>> of tiddlers according to some filter expression, then toggle the value of
>>>>> a
>>>>> field between two values for all tiddlers in the list.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know if either of these tactics (or some other tactic) is best
>>>>> suited to your needs.
>>>>>
>>>>> regards
>>>>>
>>>>> On Friday, June 20, 2014 1:00:07 AM UTC+2, Måns wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Matabele
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does Setfield widget work with radiobuttons?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried this to no avail:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <$setfield set="!!gender2c" setTo="Han">
>>>>>> <$setfield set="!!gender2" setTo="han">
>>>>>> <$setfield set="!!genderc" setTo="Ham">
>>>>>> <$radio field="gender" value="ham"> dreng</$radio>
>>>>>> </$setfield></$setfield></$setfield>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <$setfield set="!!gender2c" setTo="Hun">
>>>>>> <$setfield set="!!gender2" setTo="hun">
>>>>>> <$setfield set="!!genderc" setTo="Hendes">
>>>>>> <$radio field="gender" value="hende"> pige</$radio>
>>>>>> </$setfield></$setfield></$setfield>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it would be very nice if the widget did work with radio
>>>>>> buttons and even checkmarks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers Måns Mårtensson
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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