Thanks Eric. I was looking at 'Transcluding with Templates' for like the 5th time, and it smacked me in the face. It was indeed the lack of '||' before the template tiddler. Such a small change, so easy to overlook time after time when debugging.
On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 6:52:23 PM UTC-5, Eric Shulman wrote: > > On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 4:00:28 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: >> >> I Have a templated form for a gaming group i'm with. >> and i SWEAR it was working right, but now... >> >> The problem: >> I have a tiddler w/ transcludes a template that has macro calls in it. >> > > What syntax are you using to transclude the template? > > {{$:/Template/CharacterSheet}} > is used to transclude a tiddler where both the field values and formatting > (text field content) are defined in the same tiddler. > > However, if you use > {{SomeTiddler||$:/Template/CharacterSheet}} > then the field values come from "SomeTiddler", but the formatting comes > from the "$:/Template/CharacterSheet" template. > > ... and, if you omit the "SomeTiddler" (but LEAVE the "||" syntax), like > this: > {{||$:/Template/CharacterSheet}} > then the *current tiddler* is used as the data source with the formatting > from the "$:/Template/CharacterSheet" template. > > For more details, see: > http://tiddlywiki.com/#Transclusion%20with%20Templates > > enjoy, > -e > Eric Shulman > TiddlyTools.com: "Small Tools for Big Ideas" (tm) > InsideTiddlyWiki: The Missing Manuals > > -- 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/a8ebe0da-7f85-4bb0-886a-ea1b48aaefe9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
