Worked like a charm.
OK, I would never have gotten to figure that out. It seems these generic
\define sitting on top of macros or templates are very powerful and useful
addition to the general process of transclusion.
Thanks for your help! I'll post the results in another thread soon.
//steve.
On Friday, July 14, 2017 at 4:52:34 PM UTC-4, Mark S. wrote:
>
> Yeah, you can't use {{!!field-name}} notation to substitute for a filter
> operator suffix AFAIK. Use a macro to concatenate and form your filter
> instead, like:
>
> \define indirect() [field:$(field-name)$[$(field-value)$]]
> <$vars field-name={{!!field-name}} field-value={{!!field-value}}>
> <$list filter=<<indirect>> />
> </$vars>
>
> HTH
> Mark
>
>
> On Friday, July 14, 2017 at 1:28:18 PM UTC-7, stevesuny wrote:
>>
>> My tiddler has these fields:
>>
>> field-name: instructor
>> field-value: Chiang
>>
>> I want to search for all tiddlers for which field:instructor = Chiang.
>>
>> This works: filter="[field:instructor{!!field-value}]"
>>
>> But this doesn't:
>>
>> filter="[field:{!!field-name}{!!field-value}]"
>>
>> Sorry to be confusing,
>>
>> //steve.
>>
>> On Friday, July 14, 2017 at 4:04:47 PM UTC-4, Mark S. wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Steve,
>>>
>>> Is there a typo here? In the filter you say field-value. But in your
>>> text you say field-name. Which is it?
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> On Friday, July 14, 2017 at 12:56:07 PM UTC-7, stevesuny wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This filter works: <$list filter="[field:instructor{!!field-value}]">
>>>>
>>>> My tiddler has field-name=instructor
>>>>
>>>> How do I transclude {{!!field-name}} into the filter to replace
>>>> "instructor"?
>>>>
>>>> (I've tried every possible solution but the right one :)
>>>>
>>>> Thans, //steve.
>>>>
>>>>
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