@Tones wiki syntax for transclusions, and syntax for indirect and filtered attributes for widgets, are two entirely different things and changing them would not be backwards compatible.
Refer to this thread that explains the same difference but with regards to double brace transclusions and indirect attributes: https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki/c/YCdcBV88h_g Just as {{||template}} is not supported as a widget attribute, {{{filter||template}}} is not supported for filtered attributes. The filter is evaluated and the literal result of the filter is assigned to the attribute. Filters do not have any concept of templates. Regarding wikify, due to the performance implications, it is my personal opinion that we should NOT be facilitating its' usage and associated code patterns, and instead should be leading users towards more optimal ways of doing things. Wikify should be a tool of last resort when there are no alternative ways of doing the same thing. If you look through the TW core you will see that wikify is used exceedingly sparingly even though the entire UI is built from wikitext. Ultimately, however, it is not my call as what is supported in the core or not so its not me that you need to convince. :) That said, I do completely agree that we do need some better form of variable substitution or string templating support. Cheers, Saq On Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 11:17:24 PM UTC+1 TonyM wrote: > Saq, > > In effect are you a saying in the latter the reference to the value is the > result rather than the value?, I understand the complexities here (I think) > however I expect 99% of users > > - Do not understand this distinction > - Think the value is returned, and expects it in filter logic > > This is why I believe strongly we should provide a short method to do this > and my issue <https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/5110> > > Regards > Tones > On Thursday, 3 December 2020 at 20:32:33 UTC+11 saq.i...@gmail.com wrote: > >> An important distinction to make is that between filtered transclusions >> in wikitext, and filtered attributes for widgets. >> >> In the former, the {{{ filter || template }}} format is supported because >> the output gets wikified. >> In the latter, this is not supported as the literal value of the filter >> is assigned to the attribute, similar to attribute={{!!field}} >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywikidev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywikidev/3c162074-b253-4dec-96a7-50d52031d77an%40googlegroups.com.
