This was not only helpful but also very instructive. Thank you Eric, very much appreciated! Great writeup!
<:-) On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 4:52:51 PM UTC+2, Eric Shulman wrote: > > On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 5:22:25 AM UTC-7, Mat wrote: >> >> \define geturl() >> <$transclude tiddler=<<tidname>> field="url"/> >> \end >> >> \define gettext() >> <$transclude tiddler=<<tidname>> field="text"/> >> \end >> >> >> \define bookmarkstable() >> <table> >> <$list filter="[tag[Foo]]" variable="tidname"> >> <tr> >> <td><$link to=<<geturl>>>URL</$link></td> >> <td><$link to=<<tidname>>><<tidname>></$link></td> >> <td><<gettext>></td> >> </tr> >> </$list> >> </table> >> \end >> > > There are a few issues here: > 1) The very first line of http://tiddlywiki.com/#LinkWidget says: > >> The link widget generates links to tiddlers. (Use the HTML <a> element to >> generate external links). > > Thus, you should not be using the <$link> widget to create an external > link. > > 2) There's no need to use variable="tidname" in the <$list> widget, as it > just complicates things. The default for the <$list> widget is to set > "currentTiddler", which has the advantage of also being used as the current > "context" for simple {{...}} transclusion, without using the <$transclude> > widget. > > 3) The reason the <<gettext>> macro works but <<geturl>> doesn't is > because the <<gettext>> result is being rendered as content, which wikifies > the <$transclude> widget that was returned. In contrast, you are trying to > use the result of <<geturl>> as a *param* for the <$link> widget, which > does not get wikified and thus remains literally "<$transclude .../>" > > Thus, to get things to work as you want: > 1) eliminate the macros (not needed) > 2) eliminate the use of variable="tidname" > 3) use simple transclusion of fields to insert their values > > The following works as you want, without needing extra macros > > \define bookmarkstable() > <table> > <$list filter="[tag[Foo]]"> > <tr> > <td><a href={{!!url}}>URL</a></td> > <td><$link>{{!!title}}</$link></td> > <td>{{!!text}}</td> > </tr> > </$list> > </table> > \end > Note: you don't need *any* params for the <$link> widget, since it's > default is to use the current tiddler as the target. > > enjoy, > -e > Eric Shulman > ELS Design Studios > TiddlyTools - "Small Tools for Big Ideas!" > InsideTiddlyWiki: The Missing Manuals > > YOUR DONATIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT! > HELP ME TO HELP YOU - MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO MY "TIP JAR"... > http://TiddlyTools.github.com/fundraising.html#MakeADonation > > 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 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/50ea42cf-2bf3-4912-97c0-f572f9a176ea%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
