Hi Richard Great, glad you got things working, looks quite neat.
In fact I went ahead and fixed #583 yesterday, so you'll have a few more options for 5.0.14, Best wishes Jeremy. On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Richard Smith < richardwilliamsmit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jeremy > > Thanks again for your help and all the support that you give to the > community. > > I was able to achieve the desired effect by putting the whole text to the > sub-sub-tiddler into a macro definition which can then reference the global > variable, like this; > > \define section(sec) >> <$text text=$(currentChapter)$/> >> <<tabs "[tag[$(currentChapter)$]tag[$sec$]]" "Subtraction" >> "$:/state/videotab" "tw-vertical">> >> \end > > > I made the template available for anybody who's interested (it doesn't do > anything too exciting, but it lets me add chapters and sections by just > making tiddlers and then add content to the right place in the grid with > pairs of tags - it's very useful to me) > > Thanks again > > Regards, > Richard > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83055414/booktemplate.html > > > > On Friday, July 25, 2014 5:44:30 PM UTC+10, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > >> Hi Richard >> >> At the moment there is no way to reference a variable value within a >> filter: there is no equivalent to the construction `[tag[<$text >> text=<<currentChapter>>/>]tag[Videos]]`. There is a ticket to add this >> feature - https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/583 >> >> Until that ticket is implemented, the workaround is to take advantage of >> the fact that filters can reference the "currentTiddler" variable. So, you >> can do something like this: >> >> <$set name="currentTiddler" value=<<currentChapter>>> >> <<tabs "[all[current]tagging[]tag[Videos]]" "Subtraction" >> "$:/state/videostab" "tw-vertical">> >> </$set> >> >> The "tagging" operator returns all the tiddlers that are tagged by the >> current tiddler. >> >> The problem with assigning to currentTiddler is that you may also need to >> access the current tiddler within one of your tabs. You can use the set >> widget to copy the currentTiddler value to another variable before you >> overwrite it. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Jeremy >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Richard Smith <richardwil...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Jeremy and thanks >>> >>> I'm afraid I am still confused; >>> >>> <$text text=<<currentChapter>>/> >>> <<tabs "[tag[<$text text=<<currentChapter>>/>]tag[Videos]]" >>> "Subtraction" "$:/state/videostab" "tw-vertical">> >>> >>> This is my sub-sub-tiddler. The first $text works as expected and >>> inserts the right chapter title but the filter expression returns an error, >>> as does >>> >>> <<tabs "[tag[<<currentChapter>>]tag[Videos]]" "Subtraction" >>> "$:/state/videostab" "tw-vertical">> >>> >>> What am I not getting? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Richard >>> >>> >>> On Friday, July 25, 2014 8:03:00 AM UTC+10, Jeremy Ruston wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Richard >>>> >>>> The tabs macro places the title of the current tab in the variable >>>> "currentTab". >>>> >>>> So, in your top level tab tiddlers you can copy that variable to a new >>>> variable "currentChapter" like this: >>>> >>>> <$set name="currentChapter" value=<<currentTab>>> >>>> ...insert content of chapter tab here >>>> </$set> >>>> >>>> Then, inside you sub-sub-tiddler you can write this to get a reference >>>> to the current chapter: >>>> >>>> <$text text=<<currentChapter>>/>: My section name >>>> >>>> > I am guessing there may be a clever way to put the Chapter title >>>> into a field and then use it in the filter expression but I am still >>>> struggling to grok the wikitext syntax. >>>> >>>> You were on the right track, except that we use a variable rather than >>>> a field. Tiddler field values are global across the entire wiki, while >>>> variable values are assigned to specific portions of the widget render >>>> tree. So, any value that needs to be different in different areas of the >>>> render tree needs to be a variable. >>>> >>>> Best wishes >>>> >>>> Jeremy. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Richard Smith <richardwil...@gmail. >>>> com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Suppose I have a tiddler that generates tabs from a tag. >>>>> >>>>> <<tabs "[tag[Chapter]]" "Chapter1" "$:/state/chapter">> >>>>> >>>>> And each of those tab-tiddlers also generates tabs, containing >>>>> sub-sections >>>>> >>>>> <<tabs "[tag[Chapter1]tag[Sections]]" "VideosTab" "$:/state/section" >>>>> "tw-vertical">> >>>>> >>>>> And each of those also generates tabs, containing individual pieces of >>>>> content >>>>> >>>>> <<tabs "[tag[Chapter1]tag[Section1]]" "Subtraction" >>>>> "$:/state/section1tid" "tw-vertical">> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Is there a way to alter the text of the bottom tiddler so that instead >>>>> of "Chapter1" it contains a reference to the Chapter as selected at the >>>>> top >>>>> level. >>>>> >>>>> ie; >>>>> >>>>> <<tabs "[tag[ -reference- ]tag[Section1]]" "Subtraction" >>>>> "$:/state/section1tid" "tw-vertical">> >>>>> >>>>> This would let me re-use the code at levels two and three. I have >>>>> tried many combinations of magical punctuation but can't seem to find one >>>>> that works. >>>>> >>>>> If I drop the top level of my construct and instead have a tiddler for >>>>> each chapter then the transcluded content in the tabs remains in the >>>>> context of each chapter, meaning that if I write {{!!title}} at the bottom >>>>> level, I get the title of the correct chapter, but I can't include this in >>>>> the filter expression. >>>>> >>>>> I am guessing there may be a clever way to put the Chapter title into >>>>> a field and then use it in the filter expression but I am still struggling >>>>> to grok the wikitext syntax. >>>>> >>>>> PS: I am very keen to help the community with efforts to better >>>>> document TW - is anybody actively working on this atm? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Richard >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 post to this group, send email to tiddl...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jeremy Ruston >>>> mailto:jeremy...@gmail.com >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Jeremy Ruston >> mailto:jeremy...@gmail.com >> > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:jeremy.rus...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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