Eric/Jeremy,
If you could help me just clarify something here.
The Wikify is in effect "evaluating" the
text="$:/long/address/to/tiddler/{{$:/temp/getname}}"
into our new tiddler name.
This is why most people use wikify, to evaluate the values in transcludes,
text references etc.. into a value string.
If I understand correctly the result is not only evaluated, but prepared
for display? Like turning [[tiddlername]] into a wiki link. As a result
using what is returned, is not always valid in a subsequent use, and the
use of the text widget is sometimes required or supposedly the wikify
$output=text can be used. I understand this is not the case in the example
shared in this thread, because you can use $param=<<target>>.
Can you possible throw a little light on this? I am in an investigative
phase to understand and document some quirks here in user perception vs
tiddlywiki methods.
I am researching in relation to the following github issue I raised
Propose new Widget textify?
<https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/3730>#3730
<https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/3730>
Regards
Tony
On Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 8:26:05 AM UTC+11, Eric Shulman wrote:
>
> On Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 12:10:34 PM UTC-8, @TiddlyTweeter wrote:
>>
>> I simply don't understand how to get the plain string "that" (via user
>> input) established & working so it can replace "THIS" in the following...
>>
>> \define that() ??? How?
>>
>> <$button>
>> <$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler"
>> $param="$:/long/address/to/tiddler/THIS" tags="searcher" caption="THIS"
>> text={{$:/some/tiddler}}/>
>> Click me!
>> </$button>
>>
>>
> This should do what you want:
> <$edit-text tag="input" tiddler="$:/temp/getname" default="" />
> <$button> Click me!
> <$wikify name="target"
> text="$:/long/address/to/tiddler/{{$:/temp/getname}}">
> <$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler" $param=<<target>>
> tags="searcher"
> caption={{$:/temp/getname}} text={{$:/some/tiddler}}/>
> </$wikify>
> </$button>
>
> 1) an $edit-text widget gets the user input and puts it in a temporary
> tiddler "$:/temp/getname"
> 2) the $wikify widget is used to combine static text with the value from
> the temporary tiddler
> 3) the value of the resulting "target" variable is used as the $param for
> the new tiddler title
> 4) the value from the temporary tiddler is also used as the caption text
> for the new tiddler
>
> Q.E.D
>
> enjoy,
> -e
> Eric Shulman
> TiddlyTools.com: "Small Tools for Big Ideas!" (tm)
> InsideTiddlyWiki: The Missing Manuals
>
>
>
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