I just thought there might be a 'grab text from tiddler and paste it as wikified text' macro I didn't know about.
On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 9:58 AM, David Gifford <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I do have a current system where the author and title appear as text > in the edittemplate, wrapped by the formatting, and I copy and paste that > when I need it. It is pretty easy. I just thought it would be nice to have > it as a stamp to make it even easier. I guess I am just greedy! > > On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 9:22 AM, 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I asked for a feature like this here: https://groups.google.com/foru >> m/#!topic/tiddlywiki/-KimJ3WSjfo >> >> I think with the current tech you could have a snippet with a button >> next to it. If you push the button, it updates the text. If you don't push >> the button it stays the same. Hmmm ... maybe the button could have a style >> attached, so that it's only visible when you want it to be visible. Of >> course, that still means you will have to drag/drop the snippet and then >> press the button. >> >> In your particular case, maybe it would be easier to hard code the text >> snippet with the actual author and title. Obviously you are already going >> through some process to change the text in the first tiddlers, so it seems >> like changing the snippet text would not be that much harder. >> >> Mark >> (Hey, who left this pile of coal under the tree??) >> >> On Saturday, December 24, 2016 at 8:28:56 AM UTC-8, David Gifford wrote: >>> >>> Hi all >>> >>> One more question. I would like to create a snippet that stamps the >>> *current* text of a source tiddler into a second tiddler but where the >>> stamped text in the second tiddler won't change if I later edit the text of >>> the source tiddler. >>> >>> I tried: >>> >>> @@.source {{$:/.giffmex/Source/Author}}, //{{$:/.giffmex/Source/Title}}//, >>> @@ >>> >>> but then I realized that if I later change the text in either of those >>> two source tiddlers, the text will also change in the stamps. >>> >>> Dave >>> >> -- >> 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/to >> pic/tiddlywiki/kioHtY9VBFs/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/ms >> gid/tiddlywiki/f6e43038-8be0-479c-9cea-9635b3eed60f%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/f6e43038-8be0-479c-9cea-9635b3eed60f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > David Gifford > Christian Reformed World Missions, Mexico City > > -- David Gifford Christian Reformed World Missions, Mexico City -- 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/CANE%3DBFLn%2BtAdsZwanpMNy89ri-YjrK4%2B-4N8ZLzg2_9B9RSTjQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

