Michael Z., A Quick answer is we can easily pass filters as parameters (not demonstrated here) however life has been much easier for me since I started applying the method below to my own macros
However your issue is with a macro to which you pass a filter. Did you follow the notes in https://tiddlywiki.com/#csvtiddlers%20Macro to see the use? <<csvtiddlers filter:"""$(exportFilter)$""" format:"quoted-comma-sep">> in this case the export macro builds the filter into a variable exportFilter before calling the macro. In my own macros the filter to select is usually outside the macro, and the macro operates only on currenttiddler <$list filter="filterhere"> Call or do anything with the current tiddler including my macros </$list> filterhere would generate a list of tiddlers You can also use the $tiddler widget for a single tiddler <$tiddler tiddler="named tiddler"> Call or do anything with the current tiddler including my macros </$tiddler> So now almost all macros I write to use are written to handle the "implicit" current tiddler. Thus in my macros the filters nearly always start "[is[current]... to operate on the current tiddler Then there are cases when the list is generating tag, string or field-names to operate on so I use a variable in the list command to stop currenttiddler changing <$list filter="eg tags or fields[]" variable="helpfulname"> In here current tiddler remains that of the tiddler that is current, and you can use <<helpfulname>>, including my macros </$list> <$list filter="a test filter" variable="null"> a bit like using reveal In here current tiddler remains that of the tiddler that is current, including my macros, and you never use the variable, so I call it null. </$list> I hope the above is meaningfull to you. Tony -- 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/782d29bf-5a27-40cd-8329-36ecf249d9d8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
