Thanks Mark. Works like a charm. Never saw the constructor stuff; I think I 
get it; but most importantly, I can write <$list> that fail to return 
results. I do this as kind of an if statement. //steve.

On Friday, January 19, 2018 at 4:14:03 PM UTC-5, Mark S. wrote:
>
> Per the docs:
>
>     title is a constructor 
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftiddlywiki.com%2F%23Selection%2520Constructors&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFQskhPm_KPi1BccUGyGFxbXDtbHQ>
>  
> (except in the form !title)
>
> This means that when you put title[This tiddler does not exist] you 
> actually *create* a list item.
>
> Switch the filters around:
>
>    [title[This tiddler does not exist]is[tiddler]]
>
> and (2nd filter)
>
>    [title[This tiddler does not exist]is[missing]]
>
> Good luck,
>
> -- Mark
>
> On Friday, January 19, 2018 at 12:34:43 PM UTC-8, Steven Schneider wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to (not) list tiddlers that (don't) exist.
>>
>> If I paste this into a new tiddler at http://tiddlywiki.com (or any 
>> tiddlywiki most likely): 
>>
>> <$list filter="[is[tiddler]title[This tiddler does not exist]]">
>> This tiddler exists: <$link to=<<currentTiddler>>> <<currentTiddler>> 
>> </$link><br>
>> </$list>
>>
>> <$list filter="[is[missing]title[This tiddler does not exist]]">
>> This tiddler is missing: <$link to=<<currentTiddler>>> <<currentTiddler>> 
>> </$link><br>
>> </$list>
>>
>>
>> Given that the tiddlywiki does not have a tiddler with title = "This 
>> tiddler does not exist", I would expect to see nothing at all resulting 
>> from the first <$list> and a link to a missing tiddler in the second <$list>
>>
>> Yet, I don't. So I think I'm mis-understanding what [is[tiddler] does, or 
>> how <$list> works...
>>
>> Any help much appreciated,
>>
>> //steve.
>>
>

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