Very thought provoking Tobias I also like the way the view template displays the title of tiddlers with the prefix "make-" ... very easy to navigate
Alex On 19 December 2015 at 21:03, Felix Küppers <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tobias, > > Very(!!) nice filter you created! Quite revolutionary, I have to say. > > It is more than just a very handy swiss army knife (uuid creation, > concatinations, placeholders, *for loops* with the use of count, step and > max directives, how cool!) – it opens the gate for a whole lot of > possibilies! Great stuff. > > > > *A proposal: *With your plugin, it is now possible for the first time to > mix titles with other content on the fly in a sophisticated way using > tw-filters. > However *your plugin would even become more powerful* if you included a > macro that allows de-serialization afterwards. > > *What this means:* In the filter expressions users can combine/merge/mix > titles with other stuff and could use delimiters e.g. "---". Your plugin at > the moment does a great job at serializing the data into one string that > can be accessed later on. > > *So in addition, it would be nice if you added a deserilzer function e.g. > named "splitAndSelect" (**as a global macro).* > > <$list filter="a b c +[make[%count%---%title%---%oddeven%%]]"> > > <!-- returns the counter --> > <<splitAndSelect separator:"---" index:"1" >> > <!-- returns the title --> > <<splitAndSelect "---" "2" >> > <!-- returns the "odd" or "even" depending on division of count by 2; > could you implement that by the way ;) --> > <<splitAndSelect "---" "3" >> > <!-- returns and empty string as the 4th slot doesn't exist --> > <<splitAndSelect "---" "4" >> > > <$list> > > As you certainly guessed it, splitAndSelect is just a wrapper for a JS > split and a subsequent array access operation (see code below). > You could copy the code of the splitAndSelect "macro" from TiddlyMap (I > use it there for deserialization of lists in my own scenarios). > > var str = this.getVariable("currentTiddler"); > var result = str.split(arguments[1])[arguments[2]]; > > return (result != null ? result : str); > > > In TiddlyMap I use it e.g. like this: > > <$list filter="[[|Do not display a neighbourhood]] > [[1|1 steps away]] > [[2|2 steps away]] > [[3|3 steps away]] > [[*|No limit]]"> > <$select> > <option value=<<tmap "splitAndSelect" "|" "0">>><<tmap "splitAndSelect" > "|" "1">> > </$select> > > </$list> > > Which produces > > <select> > <option value="">Do not display a neighbourhood</option> > <option value="1">1 steps away</option> > <option value="2">2 steps away</option> > <option value="3">3 steps away</option> > <option value="*">No limit</option> > </select> > > > *Minor suggestion:* > As you noticed in the example above, I added a suggestion for an automatic > variable %evenodd% that outputs "even" or odd" depending on the division by > 2. I guess that might come handy in the future?! On the other hand users > could also write a macro for that task, so I am not sure if it really makes > sense to include it as part of your plugin… > > In summary: great job and I hope you can add the splitAndSelect thingy as > a global macro which would be great for deserialization. > > -Felix > > *P.S.* Which github repo url to use for further discussing this plugin? > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/57ea88a9-cd86-4d06-86ec-8daf66ed375c%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/57ea88a9-cd86-4d06-86ec-8daf66ed375c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CALc1hYeYraREsWE2R-44OMz3nkqEMix2Efc6Shdb48De5i6kVQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
