æ, elegant explanation - as always.
thank you for this and your continued efforts. Alex On 9 February 2015 at 18:47, Astrid Elocson <[email protected]> wrote: > > the strange thing is that the first one is rendered without the "/" > > There are three kinds of tag, for both HTML and widgets: > > - opening *<tag>* > - closing *</tag>* > - self-closing *<tag/>* > > A self-closing tag is a shorthand for an opening tag followed by a closing > tag with no intervening content, i.e. > > *<tag/>* is short for *<tag></tag>* > > If a closing tag is omitted, it will be supplied automatically at the end > of the tiddler. > > So, in the example given, > > *|<$transclude tiddler="tiddlerA" mode="block">|<$transclude > tiddler="tiddlerB" mode="block">|* > > the transclusion of B is *inside* the transclusion of A. And TiddlyWiki > normally *ignores* any content that appears between *<$transclude>* and > *</$transclude>*. (The exception is when the transclusion's source can't > be found. Then, the content is used as placeholder text.) > > > maybe there could be an error message of macros? > > In this case, there is no error. The syntax is correct. It's entirely > valid for the placeholder text of one transclusion to contain a further > transclusion of its own. > > > I think this could be added to the documentation. > > I don't know how to add or where it should go. > > I agree. The syntax for tags (which is shared by both HTML and widgets) > deserves a tiddler of its own, and this information belongs there. > > At the moment, I'm working on the documentation for variables and macros, > but once I've done those, I'll be turning my attention to the wonderful > world of widgets. > > – æ > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
