I see that it is possible in TW Classic to pass parameters when calling a template <http://tiddlywiki.org/#Transclusion>. From my MediaWiki experience, this is what I understand to be a fairly standard templating technique. From what I've seen so far of TW, "template" seems to have a whole other meaning, so please bear with me.
What I'm trying to achieve, as the TWC example I linked to above shows, is creating a template, let's call it tiddler "A". This template tiddler contains mostly formatting information, such as defining a table, and the placement of parameters ($1..$9) within the specified format. Then we have tiddler "B", which invokes tiddler "A", passing actual data to the parameters. When tiddler 'B" is rendered, it displays the data using the formatting found in tiddler "A". That, to me, is the function of a wiki template. That is what I'm trying to achieve in TW5. Does anyone know how to do this in TW5? I have tried following the examples from TWC, but it just doesn't seem to work for me. EDIT: While I've been typing this, I have seen that there needs to be a "tiddler macro" to make the instruction work. I hadn't noticed that before. I assumed the command... <<tiddler [[Template]] with: "param1" "param2" "paramX">> ...was a built-in part of the TW core. Does anyone know if this macro will work as-is in TW5? I'm running TW5.1.9 on my wiki. How do I use the macro? I assume I just copy the code to the top of Tiddler "B" in my example above, then follow it with the <<tiddler ...>> invocation. Is that right? However, when I open the tiddler macro <http://tiddlywiki.org/#tiddler> I can only see the instructions for how use it, not the macro code itself. Similar to the template documentation I'm used to seeing in MW. Where is the macro code? I see the instructions are tagged with *[[Core Macros]] Macro*, so maybe I'm wrong on this, and it is a core macro from TWC, one which isn't in TW5. I'm confuzzled! Sorry for my n00bishness. I'll stop now before I get everyone confused. -- 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/6d32e2f0-16ca-446c-a244-54e8ac0eed43%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
