Well it looks like this isn't as simple as I had hoped. Maybe what I need is a macro, but that's a skill I've yet to learn. For the time being then I'll just have to sort my titles the easy and messy way by adding prefixes to my prefixes.
On Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 10:56:47 PM UTC+10 Max Rozeman wrote: > I have found that the 2nd example > <https://tiddlywiki.com/#sortby%20Operator%20(Examples)> of the sortby > operator works, but only if the headings of the tiddlers to be listed and > sorted are the same as and no longer than the prefixes. They are prefixes > however, i.e. at the beginning of tiddler titles; not complete headings. > Complete tiddler headings may for example look like: "SP. Tiddler heading" > or "ER. Another tiddler heading". > > On Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 6:36:56 PM UTC+10 Max Rozeman wrote: > >> Sorry -- that was a typing mistake, not a direct copy-paste. I did >> include the exclamation marks in my attempt, and the list was alphabetical. >> The documentation link is very useful more generally; -- there is more >> depth of information on that site there than I previously realised, so I'll >> read it more and hopefully learn to problem-solve better. I don't know >> where to start with this sorting problem, except reading about `sortby` and >> trying each content type for saving the `testKeys` tiddler. No success so >> far. >> >> >> On Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 12:08:16 AM UTC+10 PMario wrote: >> >>> <<list-links filter:"[priority[1]sortby{testKeys}]">> >>> >>> No exclamation marks. The have a meaning. See: more info in the docs >>> <https://tiddlywiki.com/#Transclusion:Transclusion%20%5B%5BTransclusion%20Basic%20Usage%5D%5D%20%5B%5BTransclusion%20in%20WikiText%5D%5D%20%5B%5BTransclusion%20and%20Substitution%5D%5D>. >>> >>> >>> -m >>> On Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 3:35:51 PM UTC+2 Max Rozeman wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you for your replies, Joost and Mario. >>>> >>>> For the solution suggested by Mario, I have created the testKeys >>>> tiddler with the space-separated list (without commas). >>>> >>>> In another tiddler I tested it with the following: <<list-links >>>> filter:"[priority[1]sortby{!!testKeys}]">> The output is in alphabetical >>>> order. I don't know what could be wrong or missing. >>>> >>>> On Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 10:10:37 PM UTC+10 PMario wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 11:53:38 AM UTC+2 dode...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> <$list filter="[tag[Tasks]each[status]get[status]*sortby{!!sortkey}]* >>>>>> "> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Max, >>>>> >>>>> I'd use something like: [tag[asdf]sortby{testKeys}], where testKeys is >>>>> a single tiddler that contains the sort order >>>>> >>>>> So tesKeys tiddler should contain a "space-separated" list eg: SC SP >>>>> ER MV IR SN CT AC CO ... no commas! >>>>> >>>>> With your filter, the sortkeys field needs to be part of every >>>>> tiddler. .. That's a lot of redundant work, especially if you need to >>>>> change something and you have 100+ tiddlers. >>>>> >>>>> 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/411739fa-1ef6-43fb-84ee-ac3afe6eeaa3n%40googlegroups.com.
