Hi, I realize this is old -- but -- did anyone ever try it? I've loaded it, but don't see anything actually happening...Thanks! //steve.
On Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 5:14:19 PM UTC-4, Mark S. wrote: > > Ok, you can try this, but be sure to backup your TW! > > Drag and drop the attached file into your TW. Save and reload. > > I've included at test tiddler, but the syntax for usage is: > > <$set name="size" value="4"> > <<list-links "[prefix<curstart>]">> > </$set> > > You have to set a variable "size" for this to work because TW filter > operators will not accept variable parameters. > > If you are editing, the preview will show you (in this example) everything > that starts with "Draf" because the title of an edited tiddler is "Draft of > ..." I suppose I could make a work-around for that, but it would only work > in English. > > Have fun. Be careful. > Mark > > On Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 1:10:04 PM UTC-7, Matthew Petty wrote: >> >> So if I was in a tiddler called "Home improvements", and wanted to return >> a list of tiddlers with the prefix "Home", I could do this: >> >> <<list-links "[prefix[Home]]">> >> >> But I want to be able to put the list-links command in a skeleton or a >> macro, so that I don't need to hard-code it. >> >> The first step would be to be able to have a command that returns the >> first X characters of a field. Then that field could be the current >> tiddler's title. Then that could be used as the required prefix. >> >> On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 20:31 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki, < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to understand exactly what you want. Perhaps an example of >>> input data and output results would be helpful? >>> >>> The way you've written it, it looks like you want the filter, selecting >>> the tiddlers, to change on the fly according to the already selected/listed >>> tiddler. This gets you into a loop, which can't be right. Possibly what you >>> really want is some sort of grouping? >>> >>> Good luck! >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 12:29:59 AM UTC-7, Matthew Petty wrote: >>>> >>>> Is there a way to reference the first 4 characters in a tiddler title? >>>> For example: <<list-links "[prefix<first 4 chars of currentTiddler>]">> >>>> This would help with my journals, which are named YYYY MM DD etc, but >>>> would also be very useful elsewhere. >>>> >>>> As an extension, it could be used to set year, month and day fields for >>>> these journal tiddlers, rather than relying on the title for this >>>> information. >>>> >>>> -Matthew >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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/I-52qmdbEJw/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/9d39917e-5caa-49a6-b925-c5e6812f4334%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/9d39917e-5caa-49a6-b925-c5e6812f4334%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/a1d9cfa1-47d7-47c0-ac53-c36217c99b30%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
