Wow. That C Pa post is super helpful for what I'm trying to do. I didn't know about the edit macros. Thank you!
On Monday, March 12, 2018 at 7:47:58 AM UTC-7, Mark S. wrote: > > Here's a great discussion and explainer by C Pa on templates and setting > your own data structures: > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/tiddlywiki/QUXd3kG1pTQ/RnYdTqLmAwAJ > > Also, look for tiddler "Creating a simple Contacts DB" by Stephan Hradek > <http://tw5magick.tiddlyspot.com/#Stephan%20Hradek> at > http://tw5magick.tiddlyspot.com/ . A lot of people have used this as a > starting for their own projects. Note that the code is a bit out of date, > and he uses his own "new tiddler" macro which is no longer necessary. > > HTH > -- Mark > > On Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 6:58:40 PM UTC-7, D X wrote: >> >> I'm new to TW. I love the lightweight flexibility, but can't figure out >> from the provided documentation and examples how to create multi-part forms. >> >> Here's an example of what I'd like to be able to do (this is not >> specifically what I want to do, but a simplified example): create an "Issue >> Tracking Template". I want to create a new Tiddler that has multiple >> sections like the following: >> >> Section 1: Short Answer: When the issue occurred; name of the person who >> encountered the issue; location code where the issue occurred. This part >> seems like it could work with transclusion + fields. >> >> Section 2, 3, etc.: Long Answer: I want headers or boldfaced sections >> like "Issue Description:", "Issue Resolution:", "Comments/Follow-Up:", etc. >> >> The problems with the Long Answer sections are: >> >> A. How can I have the headers for these sections automatically imported / >> templated into a new "Issue Page" when I create it so that I'm reminded to >> fill them out? >> >> B. I don't want to enter / edit long paragraph sections using fields, so >> these seem like smaller tiddlers pulled in via tags? If so, how do you >> multi-transclude the text of tiddlers? If there were a way to >> multi-transclude (like <list-links> or <toc>, except I want the body text >> imported also), then how do I have the headers / prompts show up while I'm >> editing the target page (the new issue) so I can see the headers / prompts >> and interlace my response text with them? >> >> Thanks! >> > -- 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/db927b81-a61c-43dc-93c7-1a3ead13f8e3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
