Hi Steve Apologies for the late reply.
> I would like to be able to use define the value of $:/temp/search with $set. Maybe something like: The set widget is only for setting variables, and can't be used to set the values of tiddlers. You can use <$action-setfield> to set the value of a tiddler in response to a button click. Best wishes Jeremy On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 4:23 PM, steve <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeremy > > The searchbox code apparently stores the search string in $:/temp/search. > > I figured out the first part of my question, how to use the string entered > from a search box as the search string. > <$set name="search-string" value={{$:/temp/search}}> > > I would like to be able to use define the value of $:/temp/search with > $set. Maybe something like: > <$set name="$:/temp/search" value="x">? > > Thanks > Steve Wharton > > > On Thursday, November 27, 2014 9:49:03 AM UTC-5, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > >> Hi Steve >> >> In your example, instead of using search-string as the variable name >>> what if I wanted to set and use the variable name $:/temp/search? >>> >> >> I'm not sure I understand $:/temp/search is a tiddler title, not a >> variable name. Are you asking if the search term could be stored in a >> tiddler instead of a variable? >> >> Best wishes >> >> Jeremy >> >> >> >> >>> >>> Thanks for your help. >>> Steve Wharton >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, November 27, 2014 8:43:46 AM UTC-5, Jeremy Ruston wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Steve >>>> >>>> You can only use transclusion within filters to transclude an entire >>>> operand. With the syntax you've used the curly braces would be considered >>>> part of the regexp. >>>> >>>> So you can do something like this: >>>> >>>> <$list filter="[!is[system]tags[]regexp{$:/temp/search}]"> >>>> >>>> You can also use variables: >>>> >>>> \define search-string() >>>> (?i)($(search-term)$) >>>> \end >>>> >>>> <$set name="search-term" value="searchme"> >>>> <$list filter="[!is[system]tags[]regexp<search-string>]"/> >>>> </$set> >>>> >>>> However, not that the search term doesn't get "regexp encoded" so any >>>> special regexp characters will not be searched for literally. >>>> >>>> Best wishes >>>> >>>> Jeremy >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 1:13 PM, steve <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> Is there a way to generalize regexp to use a variable? >>>>> >>>>> I'm trying to modify SearchBox (from http://tesis.tiddlyspot.com/) to >>>>> use regular expressions. >>>>> >>>>> I've succeeded in hardcoding a regular expression to find tags that >>>>> contain the string "xyz" >>>>> <$list filter="[!is[system]tags[]regexp[(?i)^.+(xyz).+$]]"> >>>>> >>>>> The SearchBox code has an example of finding tags that match a prefix >>>>> using a variable >>>>> <$list filter="[!is[system]tags[]prefix{$:/temp/search}]"> >>>>> >>>>> Using the Searchbox prefix search as an example, I tried replacing xyz >>>>> with >>>>> {$:/temp/search} as in >>>>> >>>>> <$list filter="[!is[system]tags[]regexp[(?i)^.+({$:/temp/search}).+ >>>>> $]]"> >>>>> >>>>> but it doesn't work. >>>>> >>>>> Steve Wharton >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 8:39:04 AM UTC-5, steve wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Tobias >>>>>> >>>>>> I agree. The one other thing that I might wish for would be to show a >>>>>> second list of tags that contain, but do not start with the search >>>>>> string. >>>>>> >>>>>> Steve Wharton >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, November 25, 2014 8:36:42 PM UTC-5, Tobias Beer wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Steve, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The SearchBox at http://tesis.tiddlyspot.com/ was just what I was >>>>>>>> looking for. Thanks to Alberto Molina! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Actually, besides the fact that I don't like how *tags are hidden* >>>>>>> under more, >>>>>>> to show the *tags first* in the search results makes total sense. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best wishes, Tobias. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jeremy Ruston >>>> mailto:[email protected] >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Jeremy Ruston >> mailto:[email protected] >> > > > -- 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.
