Thanks BJ. I had great hopes for this approach. But in this case,
<<text2convert>> is empty and doesn't even show up when dropped in ... as
shown below.
I had to tweak your suggested code to match up parameter and argument
names. I put the label THIS IS EMPTY to show where there's no contents at
all being retrieved. Here's what it looks like:
\define convertto() $(name_of_tiddler)$-converted
\define amacro(x)
<$set name="name_of_tiddler" value=$x$>
<$set name="text2convert" value={{$x$}} >
<$button>
<$action-setfield
$tiddler=<<convertto>>
text=<<html2tw>> />
<$action-navigate $to=<<convertto>>/>
Convert Tiddler Text
</$button>
<p/>Using text from ''<<name_of_tiddler>>'' and sending to ''<<convertto>>''
.
THIS IS EMPTY: <<text2convert>>
</$set>
</$set>
\end
<$edit-text tiddler="$:/html2tw/title" rows="1" size="50" placeholder="Name
of tiddler to convert" tag="input" ></$edit-text>
<$macrocall $name="amacro" x="""{{$:/html2tw/title}}"""/>
Maybe some other tweak?
Thanks,
Mark
On Friday, March 25, 2016 at 1:55:17 PM UTC-7, BJ wrote:
>
> Hi mark,
> this is a typical tw5 'gotcha'
>
> <$set name="text2convert" value=<<textin2>> >
>
> the macro only does basic text substitution.
>
> You need to use this pattern
>
> <$set name="text2convert" value={{$x$}} >
>
> and so must put your code inside a macro
>
>
>
> \define amacro(x)
> <$set name="name_of_tiddler" value=$x$>
> <$set name="text2convert" value={{$x$}} >
> <$button>
> <$action-setfield
> $tiddler=<<convertto>>
> text=<<html2tw>> />
> <$action-navigate $to=<<convertto>>/>
> Convert Tiddler Text
> </$button>
> \end
>
>
> <$macrocall $name="amacro" tname={{$:/html2tw/title}}/>
>
> all the best
>
> BJ
>
> On Friday, March 25, 2016 at 8:14:56 PM UTC, Mark S. wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jed,
>>
>> I've tried this in all sorts of iterations. I was hoping that wrapping a
>> macro in a macro could finally force it to acknowledge the actual text in
>> the dereferenced name tiddler.
>>
>> Your variation put this into the "converted" tiddler:
>>
>> *{{TitleIUsedInTheForm}}*
>>
>> So the literal string with brackets is getting passed rather than the
>> transcluded text. It seems like it ought to be easy.
>>
>> Thanks for trying,
>> Mark
>>
>> On Friday, March 25, 2016 at 12:12:38 PM UTC-7, Jed Carty wrote:
>>>
>>> It is probably the <$set name="text2convert" value=<<textin2>> > line
>>> that does it.
>>>
>>> Why don't you just use one macro instead of creating a macro that just
>>> calls a second macro? Make textin:
>>>
>>> \define textin() {{$(name_of_tiddler)$}}
>>>
>>> and use that as the value for text2convert instead of textin2
>>>
>>
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