The Set Widget, before 5.1.18, could substitute $(variable)$ like a macro.
OK, maybe a very minor super-power. ;-) -- Mark On Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 3:19:43 PM UTC-8, TonyM wrote: > > Mark, > > I cant see the superpower of the set widget you refer to? > > Regards > Tony > > On Friday, December 14, 2018 at 1:53:51 AM UTC+11, Mark S. wrote: >> >> Gosh, wish I had known about the SetWidget's super powers ;-) >> >> I suspect only a small percentage of users avail themselves of the >> formatting features for "new journal here.". The ones that do will be >> somewhat techy and may even check the original documentation to see if >> things have changed. >> >> So ... maybe just a change to the documentation will be sufficient, >> possibly with a note that a former usage has been removed ?? >> >> Thanks for making such a great product! >> >> -- Mark >> >> On Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 1:30:48 AM UTC-8, Jeremy Ruston wrote: >>> >>> This is indeed the result of a change in v5.1.18: >>> >>> >>> https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/commit/35cbb127a3c21b7047517f1eeeff571a420b82ae >>> >>> The problem was that the set widget was performing the same variable >>> text substitutions as a macro definition. This behaviour was never >>> documented, and was entirely inadvertent. >>> >>> Meanwhile, it sounds like a behaviour that depended on that bug has been >>> documented. >>> >>> That puts us in the invidious position of being forced to either break >>> backwards compatibility or to leave the original bug unfixed. To me, the >>> original bug is much worse, and much harder to debug. (I mean that a text >>> substitution that is unexpectedly not performed is much easier to spot than >>> a text substitution that is unexpectedly performed). >>> >>> Best wishes >>> >>> Jeremy >>> >>> -- >>> Jeremy Ruston >>> >>> >>> On 13 Dec 2018, at 06:27, TonyM <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Yes they will then ! >>> >>> If I had tried to do this without such documentation, I would have tried >>> <<currentTiddler>> first, but then that is just me. >>> >>> Thanks Mark >>> >>> On Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 2:52:10 PM UTC+11, Mark S. wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 7:42:34 PM UTC-8, TonyM wrote: >>>>> >>>>> h0p3 >>>>> >>>>> I think perhaps it was fortunate it worked for you before, but marks >>>>> suggestion was possible always the best way to do it as it makes fewer >>>>> assumptions, clearly one of which is no longer valid. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> But it wasn't just fortunate -- it's the documented way! So if the >>>> change is real and permanent, then the docs need to be updated. >>>> >>>> Have fun >>>> -- Mark >>>> >>> -- >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> 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/f87d25b0-a7b7-4a54-8d38-2d4b4e02b1df%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/f87d25b0-a7b7-4a54-8d38-2d4b4e02b1df%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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/87677d7c-b119-44dc-8100-a246161cccf0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
