I not sure how to achieve THIS substitution ... ??

[@TiddlyTweeter]

I simply don't understand how to get the plain string "that" (via user input) established & working so it can replace "THIS" in the following...

\define that() ??? How?

<$button>

<$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler" $param="$:/long/address/to/tiddler/THIS" tags="searcher" caption="THIS"  text={{$:/some/tiddler}}/>

Click me!

</$button>

Any clues would be appreciated.

Best wishes

Josiah

[@TiddlyTweeter]

Repeat for email ...

[Eric Shulman]

On Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 12:10:34 PM UTC-8, @TiddlyTweeter wrote:

I simply don't understand how to get the plain string "that" (via user input) established & working so it can replace "THIS" in the following...

\define that() ??? How?

<$button>

<$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler" $param="$:/long/address/to/tiddler/THIS" tags="searcher" caption="THIS"  text={{$:/some/tiddler}}/>

Click me!

</$button>

This should do what you want:

<$edit-text tag="input" tiddler="$:/temp/getname" default="" />

<$button> Click me!

   <$wikify name="target" text="$:/long/address/to/tiddler/{{$:/temp/getname}}">

      <$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler" $param=<<target>>

         tags="searcher" caption={{$:/temp/getname}} text={{$:/some/tiddler}}/>

   </$wikify>

</$button>

1) an $edit-text widget gets the user input and puts it in a temporary tiddler "$:/temp/getname"

2) the $wikify widget is used to combine static text with the value from the temporary tiddler

3) the value of the resulting "target" variable is used as the $param for the new tiddler title

4) the value from the temporary tiddler is also used as the caption text for the new tiddler

Q.E.D

enjoy,

-e

Eric Shulman

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[@TiddlyTweeter]

Thank you Eric for clear code and a very useful explanation!

I have it working in my TW.

Best wishes

Josiah

Eric Shulman wrote:

This should do what you want:

<$edit-text tag="input" tiddler="$:/temp/getname" default="" />

<$button> Click me!

   <$wikify name="target" text="$:/long/address/to/tiddler/{{$:/temp/getname}}">

      <$action-sendmessage $message="tm-new-tiddler" $param=<<target>>

         tags="searcher" caption={{$:/temp/getname}} text={{$:/some/tiddler}}/>

   </$wikify>

</$button>

1) an $edit-text widget gets the user input and puts it in a temporary tiddler "$:/temp/getname"

2) the $wikify widget is used to combine static text with the value from the temporary tiddler

3) the value of the resulting "target" variable is used as the $param for the new tiddler title

4) the value from the temporary tiddler is also used as the caption text for the new tiddler

Q.E.D. 

[TonyM]

Eric/Jeremy,

If you could help me just clarify something here.

The Wikify is in effect "evaluating" the text="$:/long/address/to/tiddler/{{$:/temp/getname}}" into our new tiddler name.

This is why most people use wikify, to evaluate the values in transcludes, text references etc.. into a value string.

If I understand correctly the result is not only evaluated, but prepared for display? Like turning [[tiddlername]] into a wiki link. As a result using what is returned, is not always valid in a subsequent use, and the use of the text widget is sometimes required or supposedly the wikify $output=text can be used. I understand this is not the case in the example shared in this thread, because you can use $param=<<target>>.

Can you possible throw a little light on this? I am in an investigative phase to understand and document some quirks here in user perception vs tiddlywiki methods.

I am researching in relation to the following github issue I raised 

Propose new Widget textify? #3730  

Regards

Tony