Hi Matthew, I can't seem to get the *<<calc>>* macro to work at all. The only thing it seems to do for me is to delete whatever field I point it at.
Hegart. On Thursday, 21 April 2016 19:13:25 UTC+12, Matthew Petty wrote: > > Hi Hegart, > Thank you for your efforts! > I took a look at your demo. I like the trick of using one tiddler with > multiple fields for variables. Simple and elegant. > > The calc plugin can be used to increment a value in a button ( > http://tobibeer.github.io/tb5/#calc). This increments by the incrementer > value: > > <$button set="$:/_Data/variables!!current-count" setTo=<<calc $:/_Data/ > variables!!current-count + by:$:/_Data/variables!!incrementer> > >>+</$button> > > So that is now a part of the pseudocode: > > <$edit-text tiddler="$:/_Data/variables" field="current-count" size="5" /> > <$edit-text tiddler="$:/_Data/variables" field="incrementer" size="5" /> > <$edit-text tiddler="$:/_Data/variables" field="filter" size=50 /> > > <$list filter={{$:/_Data/variables!!filter}}> > > for each tiddler in list > set field 'sort_order' to <<current-count>> > increment <<current-count>> by <<incrementer>> > next tiddler > > It's a question of triggering an action inside a list, in such a way as to > make it act like a "for" loop. > > -Matthew > > On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 at 00:30 Hegart Dmishiv <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi Matthew, >> >> Sorry, I was working on a solution to this yesterday, but I got >> sidetracked. Here's a demo >> <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/njl70ojvalhkri7/demo-make-incremental.html> >> >> I've been building. It's not complete yet, and the essential ingredient is >> still missing, so you might not even want to waste your time with it yet. >> I'll let you know if/when I solve it. In the meantime, if anyone else can >> come up with a solution, that'd be great. >> >> Hegart. >> >> >> >> On Thursday, 21 April 2016 01:40:18 UTC+12, Matthew Petty wrote: >>> >>> Bump? Anyone? >>> I have the feeling that setvars would be useful, or calc, or >>> action-setfield. But how to bring it together? >>> >>> On Tuesday, 19 April 2016 13:57:16 UTC+4, Matthew Petty wrote: >>>> >>>> Ah, no, apologies for the confusion. Here's what I want, in more >>>> detailed pseudocode (I'm probably using the wrong symbols): >>>> >>>> set index=1 >>>> set increment_amount=1 >>>> set filter="[tag[this_tag]nsort[sort_order]]" >>>> >>>> select list of tiddlers by <<filter>> >>>> for each tiddler in list >>>> set field 'sort_order' to <<index>> >>>> increment <<index>> by <<increment_amount>> >>>> next tiddler >>>> >>>> >>>> One issue that I can think of is that because the filter is using the >>>> field being changed, it may affect the list when it is changed. >>>> >>>> -MJP >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, 19 April 2016 13:16:26 UTC+4, Hegart Dmishiv wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Matthew, >>>>> >>>>> Can I confirm, do you want the *name* of the field itself to be >>>>> incremented, or the *value* within a given field to be incremented? >>>>> From your examples above, it looks like you want the former, is that >>>>> correct? >>>>> >>>>> Hegart. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, 19 April 2016 21:01:33 UTC+12, Matthew Petty wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I've looked at that, but it seems to be creating new tiddlers, and >>>>>> setting the titles. What I need is to take existing tiddlers and set a >>>>>> field. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 at 12:46 Hegart Dmishiv <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Matthew, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think TobiBeer's *make[ ]* filter plugin >>>>>>> <https://tobibeer.github.io/tw5-plugins/#make> might be what you're >>>>>>> looking for. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hegart. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tuesday, 19 April 2016 20:09:34 UTC+12, Matthew Petty wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I've been looking at tobibeer's setvars plugin, to see if that >>>>>>>> would work, but I can't figure it out. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Here's some pseudocode for what I want to do. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> set index to initial value >>>>>>>> set increment amount >>>>>>>> set required filter and sort >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> select list of tiddlers by the filter >>>>>>>> for each tiddler >>>>>>>> set field to index value >>>>>>>> increment index by increment amount >>>>>>>> next tiddler >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any help gratefully received >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Monday, 18 April 2016 23:30:49 UTC+4, Matthew Petty wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have a set of tiddlers, and I want to set a field for each one, >>>>>>>>> incrementing the value each time. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> So for example, I have tiddlers A B C D, and after running this >>>>>>>>> macro or whatever, they would have the following fields: >>>>>>>>> A would have 1 >>>>>>>>> B would have 2 >>>>>>>>> C would have 3 >>>>>>>>> D would have 4 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> What would be the easiest way to do that? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in >>>>>>> the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/S0CYsynRi7E/unsubscribe >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/8caaedbc-ba59-4c92-aa24-2b345048da1b%40googlegroups.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/8caaedbc-ba59-4c92-aa24-2b345048da1b%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 a topic in the >> Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/S0CYsynRi7E/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> 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/ddf9004b-6bd6-4e82-93fa-de03f5d7b293%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/ddf9004b-6bd6-4e82-93fa-de03f5d7b293%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. 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