I'm not sure i understand. It should say {{!!source}} in edit mode, but
when you save the tiddler, it should show the content of the source field.
It's not doing that?On Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 11:16 AM David Gifford, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Aiden > > Thanks for the effort. But this is the problem: it stamps {{!!source}} > instead of stamping the contents of the source field. So when I copy and > paste this to another tiddler, it will show as whatever is in the source > field of that tiddler. I need something that stamps the field content as > text. > > Dave > > On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 10:05:48 AM UTC-5, Aidan Grey wrote: >> >> >> Have you tried {{!!source}}? >> >> This is how I'd do it, as a stamp. >> >> >> <$action-sendmessage >> $message="tm-edit-text-operation" >> $param="replace-selection" >> text=""" >> >> <dt></dt><dd> >> >> <span class="source">- {{!!source}} 'Sound Mapping', p. </span> >> </dd><hr> >> """ /> >> >> >> >> >> On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 7:27:38 AM UTC-6, David Gifford wrote: >>> >>> Hi all >>> >>> I am trying to combine steps but I can't wrap my head around it. >>> >>> I would like an editor toolbar button that does three things: >>> >>> 1. Inserts outer text A >>> 2. Grabs and inserts as text the contents of a special field of the >>> current tiddler >>> 3. Inserts outer text B >>> >>> I want the final result to look like >>> >>> <dt></dt><dd> >>> >>> <span class="source">- resumen de Lee, M. E., 2017 'Sound Mapping', p. >>> </span> >>> >>> </dd><hr> >>> >>> But where >>> >>> Lee, M. E., 2017 'Sound Mapping' >>> >>> is the contents of the source field of the tiddler I am working in, and >>> everything before and after wraps around it. >>> >>> I am getting stamps and buttons and filters and macros all scrambled in >>> my brain. >>> >>> The solutions I have come up with always end up inserting the {{ "[[]]" >>> }} or whatever else I use to access the contents of the field. But I want >>> to insert the actual content of the field as text, so when I transfer the >>> above to another tiddler, it will retain the source from the first tiddler >>> rather than looking for the source field of the new tiddler. >>> >>> The use case is for taking notes in a tiddler representing a book. Each >>> note is wrapped with the definition list line, and the source is added >>> automatically at the end of the note. Then I manually transfer the content, >>> definition list tags and all, to a tiddler (in another Tiddlywiki) >>> representing a topic that the note is about. That way I take notes by book >>> but organize notes by topic for publishing in definition lists. Then I >>> export as static and the end result looks like this >>> http://articulos.giffmex.org/evangelios/genero.html. >>> >>> My current process is A) an editor toolbar button to insert the >>> definition list, then B) a separate stamp to insert the contents of a >>> 'source' tiddler, and C) change the source tiddler every time I switch >>> between books. Instead, I would like to just create the book tiddler, add >>> the source data for the book into a source field of that tiddler, then >>> click an editor toolbar button once each time I add a new note, without >>> having to repeat steps B and C. >>> >>> Thanks in advance to anyone who has the time and patience to walk me >>> through this. >>> >> -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/278e641c-b676-48a2-b170-bb138bd0b54c%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/278e641c-b676-48a2-b170-bb138bd0b54c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CAJu7H0bmfZcD3F5hyNwjYW5nvmBYiL2%2Bht7xiketu7evzONsXA%40mail.gmail.com.
