Hi Joe As you've discovered macro calls don't nest. It's intentional: for the shorthand syntax we prefer conciseness over flexibility.
<<macroname param-one:"alpha" param-two:"beta">> is actually sugar for <$macrocall $name="macroname" param-one="alpha" param-two="beta"/> With the full widget syntax you can then do things like this: <$macrocall $name="macroname" param-one=<<my-other-macro "something">> param-two="beta"/> If you want to pass the wikified output of one macro to another then you'd need to use the wikify widget. Best wishes Jeremy -- Jeremy Ruston [email protected] https://jermolene.com > On 19 Jan 2019, at 19:59, Joe Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have two macros > > \define text() > A line of text > \end > > \define foo(x) > fooStart $x$ fooStop > \end > > So > > <<text>> is replaced by "A line of text" > > and > > <<foo "abc">> is replaced by "Start abc fooStop" > > But <<foo <<text>> >> > > is replaced by "fooStart <<text fooStop >>" > > And NOT "fooStart A line of text fooStop" as I had expected. > > After a lot of head scratching I realised that this means that the argument > (x) to foo is the > string "<<text" ie the first occurrence of ">>" to the left > of the start "<<" of the macro and not the second occurrence. > > ie. "<<" and ">>" do not properly nest as I had expected. > > This seems like a pretty big pothole for a beginner to fall into ... > > So what is the accepted idiom for using a macro result > as the input argument to another macro - how does one chain macro calls > together? > > Cheers > > /Joe > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/2f55a6b2-cf48-4550-94f6-4b0955bc5d5c%40googlegroups.com. > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/FC34004E-5233-4761-B821-AE9718AEB2EF%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
