Hi SS Your title is correct: transcluded attributes are not wikified, they use the raw text of the variable or field. That’s done because wikification is slow. Meanwhile, we *do* wikify when making a freestanding transclusion.
It’s a major source of irritation to me that we have such a fundamental inconsistency, but it’s hard to fix it now. The best I can come up with at the moment is a new shortcut where this: <:<macroname param:foo>> Would be shortcut for: <$text text=<macroname param:foo>> And then we’d have to correct all those places where we see people using <<currentTiddler>> without realising that it will break if there is wikitext in the tiddler title... Best wishes Jeremy. > On 3 Mar 2019, at 05:24, S. S. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As maybe only a few might be aware, I have been proposing > <https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/3624> that macros forming a > part of TiddlyWiki's core that deal with the caption field should not break > down when encountering an empty caption field. The main ones that do break > down, and which I feel would be exasperating for normal users of TiddlyWiki, > are the Table of Content toc macros and the list-links macro. > > Well as part of trying to put forward a convincing case, I have tried many > variations of fixing the toc-caption macro that resides in $:/core/macros/toc > <https://tiddlywiki.com/#%24%3A%2Fcore%2Fmacros%2Ftoc> > > My latest endeavour is shown in this post: > https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/3624#issuecomment-466652926 > I feel it finally passes all the requirements needed. Now the main hurdle > left is a decision on if this change is the wanted default behaviour. > > While looking at that proposal, I started wondering why something like > tiddler=<<currentTiddler>> did not break down when a Title name contained > text that would normally be Wikified. > > <$set name="display" tiddler=<<currentTiddler>> field="caption"> > > By experience I know that a WikiText macro call: <<currentTiddler>> : > wikifies the variable, but within this widget, used as the value of a > attribute, it does not Wikify. > > So I made a tiddler to see what things looks like: > > Tiddler: > title : Tiddler 10^^2^^ > caption : 10^^2^^ > > `display` variable has been set using: > > ``` > <$set name="display-caption" tiddler=<<currentTiddler>> field="caption"> > ``` > `caption` field is: <pre><$view field=caption/></pre> > <hr> > <$set name="display-caption" tiddler=<<currentTiddler>> field="caption"> > > `<$view field=title/>`= <$view field=title/> > > `<$text text=<<currentTiddler>>/>`= <$text text=<<currentTiddler>>/> > > `<<currentTiddler>>`= <<currentTiddler>> > > `<<storyTiddler>>`= <<storyTiddler>> > > `<<display-caption>>`= <<display-caption>> > > `<$macrocall $name="currentTiddler"/>`= <$macrocall $name="currentTiddler"/> > > `<$macrocall $name="currentTiddler" $type="text/plain" > $output="text/plain"/>`= <$macrocall $name="currentTiddler" > $type="text/plain" $output="text/plain"/> > > `<$macrocall $name="currentTiddler" $type="text/plain" > $output="text/vnd.tiddlywiki"/>`= <$macrocall $name="currentTiddler" > $type="text/plain" $output="text/vnd.tiddlywiki"/> > > `<$macrocall $name="currentTiddler" $type="text/plain"/>`= <$macrocall > $name="currentTiddler" $type="text/plain"/> > > `<$macrocall $name="currentTiddler" $type="text/html"/>`= <$macrocall > $name="currentTiddler" $type="text/html"/> > > The last two have HTML: > > ``` > <pre><code>Tiddler 10^^2^^</code></pre> > > <iframe src="data:text/html;charset=utf-8,Tiddler%2010%5E%5E2%5E%5E" > sandbox=""></iframe> > > ``` > </$set> > > > > Some of the results are quite interesting. > > Another simple example is: > > Tiddler: > title: Tiddler ^^11^^ > <$link to=<<currentTiddler>>>{{!!title}}</$link> > > The first "Wikitext" - <<currentTiddler>> - does not get Wikified because it > is not being used in Wikitext. > The second "Wikitext" - {{!!title}} - does get Wikified beause it is in an > area of Wikitext. > > So, would it be correct to say that, in general when a macro or other > Wikitext is used as the value of an attribute of a widget, that is NOT a case > of it being used within Wikitext - so it is not Wikified? > > And then, the $wikify widget is the one exception, as the widget can and does > Wikify the value of its text attribute? > > Note: Tiddler attached > > > > > > > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki > <https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/9a8ccdb6-cf03-4953-bfa8-3a078334d7b8%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/9a8ccdb6-cf03-4953-bfa8-3a078334d7b8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > <Tiddler 10^^2^^.tid> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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