Nevermind, figured it out. I had to use a set and widget thing and I had a
syntax problem, so I got it to work.
On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 6:48 PM, David Allen <dvainwebbc...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Here's my setup:
>
> I have some tiddlers that describe an event in which a planet, in some
> way, joins an interstellar power. Said tiddlers have a user-friendly
> description, along with three fields:
> - jointype: describes the method by which a planet joined an empire.
> Examples include join, conquer, colonize.
> - planet: the tiddler of the associated planet. [[Earth]], for example.
> - year: the year it happened.
> - faction: the power that now controls the planet.
>
> I also have a tiddler called EmpireEventLookupTable, which is a dicitonary
> tiddler with the following information:
> - join: joined the
> - conquer: was conquered by the
> - colonize: was colonized by the
>
> The idea behind this tiddler is to use it to present information in a more
> user-friendly manner.
>
> Here's where I really use the stuff.
>
> I'm trying to collect information about which planets joined which empires
> and when. I can limit the information down to specific empires, but
> haven't implemented that yet.
>
> Here's what I want to do:
>
>
> - In 2161, Earth joined the United Federation of Planets
> - In 2192, Regreea was conquered by the Nausicaan Empire
> - In 1961, Revanix II was conquered by the Interstellar Condordium
> - etc.
>
>
> Here's what I do have:
>
> \define empire_lookup(jointype)
> {{EmpireEventLookupTable##$jointype$}}
> \end
>
> <$list filter="">
>
> * In {{!!year}}, {{!!planet}} <<empire_lookup {{!!jointype}}>>
> {{!!faction}}
>
> </$list>
>
>
> This is the result:
>
>
> - In 2161, Earth {{EmpireEventLookupTable##join}} United Federation of
> Planets
> - In 2192, Regreea {{EmpireEventLookupTable##conquer}} Nausicaan Empire
> - etc.
>
> In the output, the EmpireEventLookupTable in the result is a link to the
> tiddler, whereas join, conquer, etc is just appearing as plain text.
>
>
> I think I'm really close to solving this, but I'm not sure how to solve
> this hiccup. Anyone know what I should do?
>
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