On 12/31/2014 11:59 AM, Anon wrote:
Nor should you have to write (or read!) $(UL $(LI A) $(LI B) $(LI C)) to get a
list.
You don't have to. You can write it as:
$(LIST A, B, C)
or:
$(LIST
A,
B,
C
)
Yes, there currently isn't a LIST macro by default, but you can write one:
LISTX=$(LI $1) $(LISTX $+)
LIST=$(UL $(LISTX $1, $+))
I very often write custom macros for a particular job at hand. It's very, very
handy. For example, suppose I want to switch between a definition list and a
table? I write a higher level macro, then switch its definition. I can use the
"X Macro" technique. I can "comment out" a block. I can create "variables". For
example, when the D source moved from svn to github, the macro in each source
code file that linked to the repository just needed its definition changed. With
markdown, I'd have had to have edited every file (what, are there a thousand
files?). And so on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Macro
