I've installed Commander, @Mohammed, and am in awe of its power. Am approaching the bulk edit features with caution, as you rightly advise in the docs, but i can see how this is really gonna help, once i'm very clear about exactly what i'm doing! :-) On Friday, March 5, 2021 at 7:10:15 PM UTC Mohammad wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 9:33 PM ludwa6 <wlud...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks @Mohammad; great tip to avoid links to nonexistent tiddlers >> (certainly better avoided :-). Since all those page "templates" were >> replicated by copy/paste, i'll be busy for a while replacing all those list >> refs with a simple count as you suggest... But it is just this sort of pain >> that makes the lesson memorable, i guess. Onward! >> > > Walt, no worry! But you may also have a look at Commander when you find > free time! > It is very good to do some batch processes on a zillion number of tiddlers > at once! One example is search and replace in text! > > > > > > >> >> On Friday, March 5, 2021 at 5:17:10 PM UTC Mohammad wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 6:43 PM ludwa6 <wlud...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> It's for this data-based app <https://plantmed.tiddlyhost.com/> i'm >>>> building at TiddlyHost -using this amazing Google Sheets plugin >>>> <https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/discussions/5482> that's >>>> coming together nicely (kudos to @twMat and @MarkS)- that Field Search is >>>> so needed, because the product of gSheet import is a set of tiddlers named >>>> after the value in ID column of the gSheet (all tidders being tagged with >>>> name of tab in the gSheet), with 2nd (text) column of gSheet populating >>>> the >>>> tiddler's text field, and all other columns creating additional fields >>>> named after the column that creates them. >>> >>> >>> Wow, Lovely database!!! >>> >>> Just a minor note: >>> In https://plantmed.tiddlyhost.com/#Family%3ALily you can use >>> ''Total: ''<$count filter="[field:fam[LI]]"/> >>> >>> use the same for other tiddler! Now the output is not a missing link! >>> >>> Best wishes >>> Mohammad >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> So: it's just that 2nd column that populates the "body" (i.e. text >>>> field) of the tiddler, which i'd like to set up as a template that pulls >>>> in >>>> and presents content -including image(s)- from all those additional >>>> fields. Nice to see that TW5 is smart enough to identify the type of data >>>> in these columns (e.g. "Image:" or "imagedirectlink:"). Problem is, i'm >>>> not smart enough to figure out how to get data from these fields to appear >>>> in the text field of tiddler! >>>> >>>> I've searched TW docs and content of this gGroup every which way to >>>> Sunday, and am still without a clue... But this seems to me like a >>>> common-enough use case (i.e. an image-centric database-access app) that >>>> there must be some prior art i can copy. Any pointers along such lines >>>> would be most appreciated! >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 9:50:39 PM UTC PMario wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 3:01:27 PM UTC+1 ludwa6 wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks @PMario, for the detailed explainer; this gives me a lot to >>>>>> chew on, as i am now working my way up the steep part of the learning >>>>>> curve >>>>>> about search tools, custom fields and filters. Fun stuff indeed! >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yea, TW has a steep learning curve, but it's worth it. >>>>> >>>>> As I did the video for field-search, I saw that there may be some >>>>> problems, if you want to have your own fields. You are right, it needs >>>>> quite some internal knowledge to replicate a "custom" field search tab. >>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> At the moment I'm creating a new version, which will have a >>>>> configuration option, that should make it much easier to use your own >>>>> fields and create your own new tabs. >>>>> >>>>> I'll let you know, when it's published. >>>>> >>>>> Have fun! >>>>> mario >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> 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 tiddlywiki+...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/1aa3220d-e982-422b-a2b8-ac3106bd1a82n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/1aa3220d-e982-422b-a2b8-ac3106bd1a82n%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 tiddlywiki+...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/cf8551a7-43cf-40c8-a802-4f2f12a5758an%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/cf8551a7-43cf-40c8-a802-4f2f12a5758an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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