[tw] Re: [TW5] How force evaluation to get a resulting string?

2016-02-28 Thread Eric Shulman
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 10:02:57 PM UTC-8, Mark S. wrote: > > Eric, you're seeing this as someone who can whip up a special filter any > time you need one. For the rest of us, how to make a filter isn't even > documented. This isn't a one time problem that Mat has with his particular >

[tw] Re: [TW5] How force evaluation to get a resulting string?

2016-02-28 Thread Jed Carty
I did make some greater than and less than filters for comparisons here . And for the original topic I ran into the same thing a while ago and made the action-storecount widget as part of my mathything plugin. -- You received this

[tw] Re: [TW5] How force evaluation to get a resulting string?

2016-02-28 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
Eric, you're seeing this as someone who can whip up a special filter any time you need one. For the rest of us, how to make a filter isn't even documented. This isn't a one time problem that Mat has with his particular use case, it's a problem that comes up over and over whenever any one tries

Re: [tw] Re: [TW5] Button template

2016-02-28 Thread andrew harrison
No leading or trailing spaces. I can't use quotation marks if I want a lookup. It seems I can't use <> for the tooltip or any defined macro. The only thing that seems to work is a transclusion dictionary lookup. I think I figured it out though. I still feel like something isn't quite right with

Re: [tw] Re: [TW5] Button template

2016-02-28 Thread Scott Simmons (Secret-HQ)
H. Is there a leading or trailing space in the dictionary tiddler causing problems? Does the tooltip param have quotation marks that might be causing problems? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group

[tw] Re: [TW5] How force evaluation to get a resulting string?

2016-02-28 Thread Eric Shulman
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 2:31:47 PM UTC-8, Mat wrote: > > Eric - thank you for a very informative and 'solving' reply! :-) > ... > It is depressing to realize that this basic problem is something that > requires special js code and I therefore simply *cannot* solve myself > (and this

Re: [tw] Re: [TW5] Button template

2016-02-28 Thread andrew harrison
Um, well, I thought it was almost perfect. After I tested it a bit I still have a slight problem. The tooltip comes up as "{{$:/language/format/hint##bold}}" instead of "make the selected text bold" from the dictionary tiddler. Any more suggestions? On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 4:17 AM, Scott Simmons

[tw] Re: doesn't work, how to ignore syntax?

2016-02-28 Thread Scott Simmons (Secret-HQ)
Hi, Shay — The only trick I know of is this one: <$text text="""<$macrocall name="something" />''This'' is my //apparently// __wikified__text.""" /> You could write a macro that would make it a little easier, like so: \define nowiki(text) <$text text="""$text$""" /> \end ... so that you

[tw] Re: doesn't work, how to ignore syntax?

2016-02-28 Thread Shay Shaked
Eric, doesn't work in TW5. I tried it on other, simpler line of text. No affect. I am then left wondering how to ignore syntax in TW5? On Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 1:38:30 PM UTC-5, Eric Shulman wrote: > > On Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 10:26:29 AM UTC-8, Shay Shaked wrote: >> >>

[tw] Re: Interview about TiddlyWiki with Changelog podcast #196

2016-02-28 Thread David Gifford
heh heh Jeremy the blue background of your new photo makes you look like you are in one of the squares from the Brady Bunch intro. :-) Dave On Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 1:54:02 AM UTC-6, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > I took part in a wide-ranging interview for the Changelog podcast which > has

[tw] Re: [TW5] How force evaluation to get a resulting string?

2016-02-28 Thread Scott Simmons (Secret-HQ)
Hi, Mat — Tobias's setvars plugin may be able to come to your rescue here. With it installed you could write something like this: \define c() <$count filter="[prefix[New]]"/> <$setvars _count=<> count="count"> <$button> <$action-setfield result=<> result2=<>/> x Setvars uses

[tw] Re: TiddlyWiki for recipes

2016-02-28 Thread Andy Pastuszak
Tobias, This looks very nice. Any plans to keep working on this? Andy On Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 10:28:13 AM UTC-5, Tobias Beer wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > Doesn't have all your bells and whistles (yet), > but perhaps a good starting point... > > http://tobibeer.github.io/me/cook > > Best

[tw] Custom search-macro

2016-02-28 Thread magev958
Hi, in http://contextplugin.tiddlyspot.com the context-search appear only after 4 letters are typed. How would I go about to create a custom search with this behavior? I'm trying to adapt http://spangenhelm.github.io/TW5-EnhancedSearchResults/, showing only the results from "text"-field and

Re: [tw] Interview about TiddlyWiki with Changelog podcast #196

2016-02-28 Thread Alex Hough
The mysterious FND... Moving in mysterious ways.. Alex On Saturday, 27 February 2016, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > I took part in a wide-ranging interview for the Changelog podcast which > has just been published: > > https://changelog.com/196/ > > I haven’t had a chance to

[tw] Re: [TW5] How force evaluation to get a resulting string?

2016-02-28 Thread Mat
Eric - thank you for a very informative and 'solving' reply! :-) Note for anyone copying the solution; there is a missing ">" in that last code, i.e it should be; <$set name="c" filter="[prefix[New]count[]]"> ... General thoughts on the matter: It is depressing to realize that this basic

[tw] Re: [TW5] How force evaluation to get a resulting string?

2016-02-28 Thread Eric Shulman
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 10:18:37 AM UTC-8, Mat wrote: > > It just seem so fundamental and it has popped up before... but I can't > find any solution: > Your confusion stems from the fact that, despite the ability to have parameters, macros are not "functions" in the usual sense. Macros

[tw] Re: Has anyone used Tiddlywiki as a recipe manager?

2016-02-28 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
There was a conversation about this a couple months ago. Search the forum for "recipes" and sort by date. I have about a half dozen recipes. I do it the simple way and just tag a recipe with "Recipes". I find that recipes come in too many formats to be too concerned about standardization.

[tw] [TW5] How force evaluation to get a resulting string?

2016-02-28 Thread Mat
It just seem so fundamental and it has popped up before... but I can't find any solution: The stored result (regardless if using a direct macro call or via the set variable) gives the result to be a copy of the literal macro string rather than the *evaluated *macro result. \define c() <$count

[tw] Re: TW5 copy and paste button

2016-02-28 Thread Tobias Beer
Hi Andrew, > Is there a way to create a button to copy and paste between tiddlers? > > so that if i have selected text within a tiddler clicking the button would > enter that text into a new tiddler > What's wrong with: 1. CTRL+X to cut 2. + button to create a new tiddler (this is

[tw] Has anyone used Tiddlywiki as a recipe manager?

2016-02-28 Thread Andy Pastuszak
I'm trying to find a good cross platform recipe manager, and it seems like TW would fit the bill. Andy -- 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

[tw] Re: [TW5] importing/saving emails in TW

2016-02-28 Thread BJ
This works if you use tiddlyclip (setup to paste html) after you 'print' step -bj On Friday, February 26, 2016 at 2:04:22 PM UTC, HC Haase wrote: > > Hello > The problem is I have a mail (from gmail) with images in it that I need to > save in my TW. > > To save mails I normally press print >

Re: [tw] Re: [TW5] Button template

2016-02-28 Thread Scott Simmons (Secret-HQ)
Awesome! (Did you get a chance to check out my tab source button solution in the other thread? https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/UAHlzJrZB5c/1aAswfeaHAAJ ) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this

[tw] [TW5] Navigator History and Substories

2016-02-28 Thread Scott Simmons (Secret-HQ)
Hi, all — I've started leaving history out of my <$navigator> widget calls when creating substories . It doesn't seem to deprive me of any functionality when it comes to substories and avoids the creation of a few extraneous tiddlers. Assuming I

[tw] Re: [tw5] Tiddlyclip plugin release - create clips of webpages

2016-02-28 Thread BJ
Hi Charles, I'm glad you like tiddlyclip. At the moment I only use a desktop pc where tiddlyclip (with tiddlywiki) is my main notes tool. I have not looked at how to make tiddlyclip work with android (yet) as I do not use a tablet, but needless to say there will be some work before tiddlyclip