Need help using Alias or Transclusion when invoking a macro

[Jeff]

I'm using a macro named mgtdList that's normally invoked similarly to this:

<<mgtdList

 title:'TEST Next Starred Actions by Priority - Show By Weekend'

 tags:'(^-Next-Action || Next || Active || ^-Active) && !Done && Starred && !"@Discussion.weekly"'

 startTag:Action

 view:ActionProj

 mode:global

 group:Priority

 gView:bold

 where:'tiddler.hasActiveProject() && (!tiddler.fields.mgtd_date || (tiddler.ticklerIsActive() || tiddler.ticklerWillBeActiveWithin(5) ) )'

 newButtonTags:'Action Next'

However, I'd like to have an Alias or Transclusion like this:

IncludeNextActions: (!Done && (^-Next-Action || Next || Active || ^-Active))

or

alias IncludeNextActions "(!Done && (^-Next-Action || Next || Active || ^-Active))"

So that I can invoke mgtdList like: 

<<mgtdList

title:'TEST Next Starred Actions by Priority - Show By Weekend'

tags:'IncludeNextActions && Starred && !"@Discussion.weekly"'

startTag:Action

view:ActionProj

mode:global

group:Priority

gView:bold

where:'tiddler.hasActiveProject() && (!tiddler.fields.mgtd_date || (tiddler.ticklerIsActive() || tiddler.ticklerWillBeActiveWithin(5) ) )'

newButtonTags:'Action Next'

I just can't figure out any way to make it work. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 

The purpose is that I'm trying to make some options available to mGSD so that people can configure more of it through options or at least have one more level of abstraction away from the code.

 

Thanks ... Jeff

[Eric Shulman]

On Jun 2, 9:36 am, Jeff <jeff-googlegroups-pub...@gordon-net.com>
wrote:

> I'm using a macro named mgtdList that's normally invoked similarly to this:
> <<mgtdList

...

>  tags:'(^-Next-Action || Next || Active || ^-Active) && !Done && Starred &&
> !"@Discussion.weekly"'

...

> However, I'd like to have an Alias or Transclusion like this:
> IncludeNextActions: (!Done && (^-Next-Action || Next || Active || ^-Active))
> or
> alias IncludeNextActions "(!Done && (^-Next-Action || Next || Active ||
> ^-Active))"
> So that I can invoke mgtdList like:
> <<mgtdList

...

> tags:'IncludeNextActions && Starred && !"@Discussion.weekly"'

...

> The purpose is that I'm trying to make some options available to mGSD so
> that people can configure more of it through options or at least have one
> more level of abstraction away from the code.

The TWCore doesn't have a special syntax that allows you to use
aliases or transclusion to assemble the parameters within a macro.
However, it does support "evaluated parameters", which allows you to
invoke a snippet of javascript code and use the result as a macro
parameter value, and it does have a function for retrieving the stored
contents of a tiddler. You can use these to achieve your desired
goal:

Start by creating a tiddler named [[IncludeNextActions]], containing
your configurable tag expression:

(!Done && (^-Next-Action || Next || Active || ^-Active))

Then, in your macro usage, you can write:

<<mgtdList
...
tags:{{store.getTiddlerText('IncludeNextActions')+' && Starred
&& !"@Discussion.weekly"'}}
...

The content in between the {{...}} is javascript code that first
retrieves the text stored in [[IncludeNextActions]] and then appends
the rest of the tag expression to it. The resulting combined text is
then used as the value of the tags:... macro parameter.

QED.

enjoy,
-e
Eric Shulman
TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios

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[Jeff]

Thanks SO much Eric!!!! That works perfectly!!!

 

I'm very new to TW and I have to say that your help in these groups plus all the hard work work you've put into plugins have been making this a very enjoyable experience for me!!