> > I'd also be interested to know why widgets can use variables and >> evaluated bits and direct macro calls cannot. >> > > As I did understand Jeremy from other responses, its mainly a performance > decision. >
It's actually historical. The angle bracket syntax for macros was first implemented early on, before transcluded attributes. Then as the widget syntax evolved it was clear that it was more flexible and extensible. Internally, everything is a widget, even plain text. All the wikitext syntax beyond the widget syntax is really just a series of shortcuts for more easily typing widgets and HTML. My expectation is that more and more of the basic idioms that we discover as we explore the way that widgets fit together will end up being elevated to wiki syntax. For example, we could evolve a wikitext syntax for assigning variables that is terser than the current <$set> widget. Anyhow, the angle brackets syntax for macro invocation absolutely could support transcluded parameters, and should probably be extended to do so. Best wishes Jeremy. > > -m > -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- 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.
