Oh, wait, sorry, shoot. That won't work at all, it'll just expand to the
string of the transclusion.
Yeah, you're going to have to set another variable, or use <$tiddler> or
something.
On Saturday, 30 December 2017 16:27:12 UTC-6, Evan Balster wrote:
>
> OK, so this is a classic case of "TiddlyWiki macro expansion is confusing
> as heck". You can't put a <<macro>> (or variable) inside a
> {{transclusion}}, either in WikiText or in attributes. You *can* expand
> specific variables inside macros, but it uses a dollar sign syntax.
>
> In your case, just move the curly braces to be inside the macro (or
> another new macro).
>
> <$if not value=<<get-note-state>> match="show">
>
> \define get-note-state()
> {{$:/temp/state/$(currentTiddler)$-$(_notetype)$-$(unique)$}}
>
> On Saturday, 30 December 2017 15:44:14 UTC-6, coda coder wrote:
>>
>> Edited for typos:
>>
>> Thanks Evan... I did wonder about that, too. So, do you think this
>> should work? (I'm trying to keep to a minimum the alien code you need to
>> digest :)
>>
>> Original:
>> <$reveal type="nomatch" state=<<get-authornote-state>> text="show">
>>
>> $if:
>> <$if not value={{<<get-note-state>>}} match="show">
>>
>> \define get-note-state()
>> $:/temp/state/$(currentTiddler)$-$(_notetype)$-$(unique)$
>>
>> LOL... I think I *am* going to need another var :)
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 3:32:05 PM UTC-6, Evan Balster wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey, Coda —
>>>
>>> The substitution in your example there *should* work fine, so I suspect
>>> the trouble lies elsewhere. For example, this works:
>>>
>>> \define testSearchBar(field)
>>> <$if value={{$:/temp/search!!$field$}} match="yes">
>>> Search is "yes"
>>> </$if>
>>> \end
>>>
>>> <<testSearchBar text>>
>>>
>>> Remember that a macro can't define *only* the opening tag of a widget;
>>> it needs to define the content and closing tag as well...
>>>
>>> On Saturday, 30 December 2017 15:24:20 UTC-6, coda coder wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Evan...
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, December 29, 2017 at 11:54:54 PM UTC-6, Evan Balster wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> As compared with the closely-related *$reveal* widget, conditions are
>>>>> simpler, behave more like *$list*, and can be executed as a chain.
>>>>> They don't retain contents or animate, and can be based on variables,
>>>>> filtered or transcluded attributes rather than just state tiddlers.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I'm no expert but, I think there's a reason that Jeremy chose to use a
>>>> TextReference for use by the state attribute of the $reveal widget. When
>>>> I
>>>> just tried to switch one out for the $if widget, I hit a snag:
>>>>
>>>> <$reveal type="match" state="someTiddler!!$switch$" text="yes">
>>>>
>>>> Note that the field part of the reference is supplied as a parameter to
>>>> the outer macro wherein this line occurs. I don't see a way to directly
>>>> replace the above using the $if widget -- the following of course does not
>>>> work:
>>>>
>>>> <$if value={{$:/.rgt/bk/author-data!!$switch$}} match="yes">
>>>>
>>>> Do you think it possible to make TextReferences work with $if?
>>>> Otherwise, the neater and much more readable $if widget would need a
>>>> needless variable ($wikify?) to prepare the transclusion value for its use
>>>> by $if (I think). Right?
>>>>
>>>> Hope that made sense...
>>>>
>>>> Coda
>>>>
>>>
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