[TW5] Getting macros to work at all

[Bob Wentworth]

I am presumably missing something really basic, because I can't seem to get the core macros to work at all.

Here is text I tried as the body of a tiddler:

Version is <<version>>.

Date is <<today "[DDD]">>.
Date is <<today "DDD">>.

Here is a list:
<<list filter "[tag[systemConfig]] [sort[-modified]] [limit[5]]">>

Here is a timeline:
<<timeline created 5>>

Here is the result for alltags:
<<allTags>>

More attempts at lists:
<<list filter "[tag[Core Macros]]">>
<<list filter "[tag[$:/tags/SideBar]]">>

This results in the following being displayed:

Version is 5.1.9.

Date is . Date is .

Here is a list:

Here is a timeline:

Here is the result for alltags:

More attempts at lists:

The only macro that displays anything is the <<version>> macro. (I'm using Firefox 41.0.2 on a Mac. I've been using basic TiddlyWiki functionality for quite some time, with no problems.)

Could someone give me a clue how to get any of the other macros to display something? What am I doing wrong / misunderstanding?

Thanks.

[Evolena]

Hello,

Le mercredi 4 novembre 2015 10:12:45 UTC+1, Bob Wentworth a écrit :

I am presumably missing something really basic, because I can't seem to get the core macros to work at all.

Here is text I tried as the body of a tiddler:

Version is <<version>>.

Date is <<today "[DDD]">>.
Date is <<today "DDD">>.

 

The macro name is not "today" but "now".

 

Here is a list:
<<list filter "[tag[systemConfig]] [sort[-modified]] [limit[5]]">>

 

"systemConfig" tag no longer exists in TW5.

In tW5 "list" is a widget, not a macro. So you could use either

<$list filter="[is[system]sort[modified]limit[5]]"/>

or

<<list-links "[is[system]sort[modified]limit[5]]">>

(if you want the reverse order for the modifier field, use "!sort[modifier]" instead)
 

Here is a timeline:
<<timeline created 5>>

 

This one still exists, but the parameters are not the same.

<<timeline 5 dateField:"created">>

 

Here is the result for alltags:
<<allTags>>

 

Here you have to use a list widget, there is no macro for it.

<$list filter="[is[tag]]" template="$:/core/ui/TagTemplate"/>

 

More attempts at lists:
<<list filter "[tag[Core Macros]]">>
<<list filter "[tag[$:/tags/SideBar]]">>

 

See before: list is not a macro but a widget, the macro is list-links
 

This results in the following being displayed:

Version is 5.1.9.

Date is . Date is .

Here is a list:

Here is a timeline:

Here is the result for alltags:

More attempts at lists:

The only macro that displays anything is the <<version>> macro. (I'm using Firefox 41.0.2 on a Mac. I've been using basic TiddlyWiki functionality for quite some time, with no problems.)

Could someone give me a clue how to get any of the other macros to display something? What am I doing wrong / misunderstanding?

 

TW5 syntax is not the same as TWClassic.

 

Thanks.

[Bob Wentworth]

Ok, as I suspected, it was something really basic... I believed I was reading TW5 documentation, but was apparently actually reading TWC documentation. In retrospect, the mistake I made was trying to Google for information on how to do things in TiddlyWiki -- it took me places (e.g., http://tiddlywiki.org/Macros) that didn't clearly identify which version they were referencing. That's the insight I needed. Thanks!

[Marc J. Cawood]

I'd like to add that searching for a "hello world" macro/plugin tutorial for TW5 is not turning up much.

The purported "Developing plugins using Node.js and GitHub" on tiddlywiki.com does not seem to exist.

[BJ]

Hi Marc,
'Developing plugins using Node.js and GitHub' lives in tiddlywiki.com/dev
it is just about a minimum way of getting setup  on github.

searching the archives here (as you are doing) and on  TiddlyWikiDev is probably the best idea.

all the best
BJ