Honestly, stuff like that is why I'm making the formula widget. TiddlyWiki
doesn't do nested expressions, formula does. The only missing piece is a
transclude function accepting a string (or a family of these...).
On Saturday, 30 December 2017 16:46:54 UTC-6, coda coder wrote:
>
>
>
> On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 4:28:12 PM UTC-6, Evan Balster wrote:
>>
>> Oh, wait, sorry, shoot. That won't work at all, it'll just expand to the
>> string of the transclusion.
>>
>
> Right. And why I said (wished) $if accepting a TextReference (like state
> does for $reveal). I'm hinting that if a preparse returned you something
> with !! then you could support them (and then the wikification would work -
> right?)
>
> But it's probably a step too far (plus you'd have the only widget that
> supported both on the entire planet) ;) Too confusing is my guess.
>
>
>
>> Yeah, you're going to have to set another variable, or use <$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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