I also use TiddlyWiki (a local Wiki, as opposed to server-based Wikis like JSPWiki) and one interesting plugin it supports is called 'aliasPlugin'. Clearly, JSPWiki isn't going to support the same plugin, but I wonder if the same functionality is available or even possible.
AliasPlugin is a type of marco feature that allows you to define new plugins on the fly. For example, I might define an alias called 'google' with a value of "http://www.google.com/search?q=$1";. Thus, whenever I put in the wiki markup "<<google jspwiki>>" (which is how you call a plugin in TiddlyWiki) it will insert "http://www.google.com/search?q=jspwiki";. This also works with wiki markup; I could use the aliasPlugin to insert wiki markup which is then interpreted by the wiki engine. As I work on the wiki for my work, I find myself putting the same footers on many pages, for example: ---- !!!Pages referencing me [{ReferringPagesPlugin}] It would be useful to define a macro that would resolve as this text, allowing me to redefine this footer without having to re-edit all the pages that use it. Does such a beast exist? If not, any leads on how to write it? -- Bobman
