Help me understand JavaScript Macros

[Jake Di Toro]

I feel like I'm fairly intelligent, but JavaScript Macros are making me feel completely stupid and no reading of all the tiddlers on tiddlywiki.com seem to be helping me.

I'm good with java script itself.  I'm good is the need to make the type "application/javascript".  I understand the 3 fields of "exports" (or at least think I do).  But it doesn't seem to matter how I put this in I can't seem to get any of my tiddlers to actually call my macros.  Is there a specific tiddler name/pattern that the title has to be?  Is there a specific tag that the tiddler needs?  Am I not supposed to type it in as a tiddler, do I *need* to import it? 

I've been struggling with this for a while, doing searches that seem to no avail, but I'm not getting anywhere.  Please help.

Test macro:

created: 20160615195939654

modified: 20160615201526650

tags: $:/tags/Macro

title: $:/macros/my/aargh.js

type: application/javascript

/*\

module-type: macro

\*/

(function(){

"use strict";

exports.name ="aargh";

exports.params = [];

exports.run = function() {

  return "AARGH!!!";

};

})();

And yet when I call <<aargh>> I get nothing.

[Mark S.]

It's unclear -- did you actually make the field "module-type" ? It's required. Also, did you save and reload? You have to save and reload every time you change the code.

When I tried your code, adding field "module-type" with value "macro", it worked. Aargh!!

HTH
Mark

[Mat]

Eric wrote this mini guide some time ago.

<:-)

[Jake Di Toro]

</head desk>

Field. No matter how many times I read that I wasn't interesting it as a data field for the tiddler, I'm sure that's my problem.

I had thought of the reload, but that wasn't helping anything. Is pressing the reload in tools sufficient?

[Jake Di Toro]

s/interesting/interpreting/ ... stupid autocorrect.