Eric, Genius. For the first time you have explicitly stated why I have experienced repeated "fragility" when designing solutions in TiddlyWiki.
Please confirm or correct my interpretation below; Macros are text-substitution processors. As such, they only do two things: > > 1) replace parameters -- $paramname$ -- with the values passed to the macro > 2) replace variables -- $(variablename)$ -- with the values currently > assigned by the calling context > > After completing those replacements, the result is then inserted into the > calling context which determines how the macro result is handled. > ... With this example > \define journalTiddlerName( ) <<now DD-MMM-YYYY>> $(project)$ > 1) <$transclude tiddler=<<journalTiddlerName>> mode="block" /> > 2) <<journalTiddlerName>> > 3) <$tiddler tiddler=<<journalTiddlerName>>> > *I think an easy to make error, is that <<journalTiddlerName>> renders as expected in wikitext (2nd example above), but if it contains "anything" other than substitutions (macros or widgets) it will not work as a parameter (as used in 1 & 3).* *Can we also say?* - If it must be used as a parameter, it should first be wikified? - Wikification with the wikify widget needs to be done on a whole macro, you can't rely on the wikify widget inside a macro definition, because this will not work in a parameter because of the wikify widget itself. - This means that the wikify widget is of limited use inside macros which you may wish to use as a parameter. Please confirm or clarify this an I will publish this lesson in my own words for the larger community. Thanks in advance Tony -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/f47cc701-6657-4dff-92f2-75c2266e2e71%40googlegroups.com.
