Thanks Charlie.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 5:04 PM Charlie Veniot <cj.ven...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Atro,
>
> Those are excellent questions.  Without having pondered deeply about it,
> here is my immediate blathering of thoughts:
>
> I generally much prefer transclusion wherever I can use that instead of a
> macro.  For the way this old sponge of mine works, transclusion often makes
> more sense to me than a macro (maybe because I always think in a
> transclusion way (with *everything*, TiddlyWiki or not.)  I also get
> annoyed with macro syntax for whatever reason (in the same way somebody
> would prefer the colour green while somebody else the colour blue.)
>
> There are certain things that, to me, macro is hands down the way to go.
> What these things are, I'm not sure.  Maybe it is enough to say that what
> can't be nicely done via transclusion, go with a macro.
>
> For example, all of the macros in my "Product Reviews" TiddlyWiki:
> https://intertwingularityslicendice.neocities.org/CJ_ProductReviews.html#Macros
>
> Well, the "ListCategoryProducts" and "ShowProductThumbnail", I can see me
> replacing those with transclusion template tiddlers.
>
> I am currently only half-way into my morning's first cup o' coffee, still
> a bit in a sleepy fog.  Re-reading the above: huh, not so shabby despite
> not so bright-eyed and not so bushy-tailed ...
>
> Cheers !
>
> On Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 2:38:26 AM UTC-3, Atronoush wrote:
>>
>> This is absolutely great! What do you think if one uses a macro instead
>> of template?
>> So instead of several templates you can have one tiddler with several
>> macros?
>>
>> I am really interested to know the pros and cons of template / macro and
>> when I should use a template instead of macro?
>>
>> --Atro
>>
>>
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