> Terrific advice. I am now able to call tabs macro from another macro, > which I believe is a generic way to produce more customised tabs.
> var out = '!Display Tabs \n'; > out += "<<tabs txtMoreTab \"job no\" \"job no\" > wikiinthefield_job_job001_jobNo \"customer address\" \"customer address > \" wikiinthefield_job_job001_customerAddress \"customer phone\" > \"customer phone\" wikiinthefield_job_job001_customerPhone>>"; > wikify(out, place); There's no need to make a macro, just to encapsulate a bit of *static* wiki syntax... The general-purpose TW standard way to do this is by using the <<tiddler>> macro to *transclude* the desired content, like this: First, define a tiddler called, for example, [[CustomerTabs]], containing: <<tabs txtMoreTab "job no" "job no" wikiinthefield_job_job001_jobNo "customer address" "customer address" wikiinthefield_job_job001_customerAddress "customer phone" "customer phone" wikiinthefield_job_job001_customerPhone>> Then, without needing ANY custom macro code, you can simply embed <<tiddler CustomerTabs>> in any other tiddler content to insert the above <<tabs>> macro whereever you want. In addition, let's suppose that you want to use the same [[CustomerTabs]] tiddler to display tabs for *different* job numbers (e.g., "job002", "job003", etc.). This is also very easy to do using the <<tiddler>> macro. First, change the CustomerTabs definition, to replace all instances of "001" with "$1", like this: <<tabs txtMoreTab "job no" "job no" wikiinthefield_job_job$1_jobNo "customer address" "customer address" wikiinthefield_job_job $1_customerAddress "customer phone" "customer phone" wikiinthefield_job_job$1_customerPhone>> The "$1" sequence is a special "substitution marker". When you transclude the tiddler using the <<tiddler>> macro, add an extra parameter to specify the desired job number, like this: <<tiddler CustomerTabs with: "001">> <<tiddler CustomerTabs with: "002">> etc. When the macro is processed, the content from CustomerTabs is read in, and all instances of $1 within that content are automatically replaced by the corresponding "with:" parameter value passed from the <<tiddler>> macro. (note: you can use $1 through $9 as markers in your content to substitute up to 9 <<tiddler>> macro parameter values) enjoy, -e Eric Shulman TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
