Thanks for the info everyone. Now that i understand it better, i'm using these almost like constants. rather than having each macro have to determine what the data tiddler, and state tiddler is i define them once via the macros. and i am finding that being able to reference the values inside other macros as $(macro)$ is sometimes more flexible than <<macro>>.
I'm learning that 99% of my troubles come from being unable to use <<macro>> inside quotes and similar issues w/ tiddler titles having spaces in them On Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 11:28:49 AM UTC-5, Mark S. wrote: > > When you use the $(variable)$ construction inside a macro, it substitutes > the text literally, without rendering. > > So when the #*#@&* DO things render? And how do you control it? This is > the kind of thing that can make you bang your head against the wall for > hours. > > Fortunately, we now have the <$wikify> widget. The <$wikify> widget > renders the text it is given, allowing a more sane programming flow. So > your code can now be written: > > \define myStateTid() """$:/state/$(currentTiddler)$""" > > \define buttontest2() > <$wikify name=hawaii text=<<myStateTid>>> > <$button set=<<hawaii>> setTo="edit">Press2</$button></$wikify> > \end > > <<buttontest2>> > > HTH > Mark > > On Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 7:15:50 AM UTC-7, myst...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> I thought i had finally wrapped my head around the difference between >> $var$ and $(var)$, so i went to test it. >> Below is my test, and I am at a complete loss for why buttontest1 renders >> the markup instead of the button, and why buttontest2, when pressed, >> creates a tiddler that is the exact markup of <<myStateTid>>. >> While calling <<myStateTid>> by itself renders as expected. >> >> Please, someone explain this to me.. perhaps using small words. :) >> >> >> >> \define myStateTid() """$:/state/$(currentTiddler)$""" >> >> \define buttontest1() >> <$button set="$(myStateTid)$" setTo="edit">Press1</$button> >> \end >> >> \define buttontest2() >> <$button set=<<myStateTid>> setTo="edit">Press2</$button> >> \end >> >> >> <<buttontest1>> >> <<buttontest2>> >> >> -- 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. 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/de6c8088-1c18-4292-946d-c14d073be76f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
