thanks both of you for replying :) Eric, this makes sense. I'll try putting it behind a slider in the main menu instead of in the menu plainly. I assume that will fix the problem.
Dave On Dec 19, 5:11 am, Eric Shulman <elsdes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I assume because I have ss in there (seconds) that if I click the > > button again within 30 seconds it should generate a tiddler with a > >date30 seconds later, but it doesn't. It just returns "drawing. > > 2008.12.11..9.44.22 (1)" i.e. the same one it just did but with the > > (1) added. > > > Am I misunderstanding how this should work, or is this a bug? > > The parameter values are calculated when the <<newTiddler>> macro is > *rendered*, and in this particular case, the macro doesn't actually > perform an action at that time, but simply creates a 'button' (link) > and saves the parameters with that button, so that when it is > subsequently clicked, it can actually create the new tiddler using > those values. > > Note however, that once the link has been rendered, it is *not* > rendered again (unless the tiddler in which it contains is refreshed, > of course). Thus, the computed values that were used the first time > around remain in place for each additional click on the link. > > -e --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to TiddlyWiki@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
