Hi Tobias

On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 5:51:08 PM UTC-6, Tobias Beer wrote:
>
> Hi Jeremy,
>  
>
>> Again, I think you're misunderstanding the purpose and function of 
>> currentTiddler, and I don't really understand what is the issue that you 
>> are thinking is a problem.
>>
>
> I will (have to) wrap code into something like...
>
> <$set name="currentTiddler" value="$:/some/foo"/> 
>
> ...do more...
>
> </$set>
>
> ...and then not change that title of *$:/some/foo* in which the code 
> resides, which is rendered, into a placeholder outside the story column.
>
> Maybe some standard variable like *contextTiddler* may come to the rescue 
> some day ...so that I don't fall for the same trap thinking that 
> *$:/some/foo* could just be *currentTiddler* even if not in the story 
> column.
>
> Again, I'll have to read some more code to gain that understanding as to 
> why only tiddlers in the story column benefit from being a 
> *currentTiddler* for some widget to handle its context appropriately. To 
> me, this is circumcis 
> <http://dict.leo.org/#/search=circumcise&searchLoc=0&resultOrder=basic&multiwordShowSingle=on>
> ing that widget that don't reside in the story column, for reasons I have 
> yet to unveil.
>

The story river is generated by a list widget - which I think generates the 
"currentTiddler" variables in this case. - when a variable is defined it is 
visible to its child nodes.

I am developing a tool to view the widget tree see

http://bjhacks.tiddlyspot.com/

cheers 

BJ
 

>
> Best wishes, Tobias.
>

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