The $(...)$ syntax means "substitute the variable defined before this macro was invoked".
So, "thing" was defined by <$set>. The contactTabsMacro is called within the <$set>...</$set> tags so $(thing)$ is available inside of contactTabsMacro. Mark On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 9:39:29 AM UTC-7, passingby wrote: > > Thanks pmario. What i do not understand is that if the variable is > declared in the set macro and is available only within its scope then how > come tabs macro is accessing it and whats the meaning of the syntax > ($...$). > > > -- 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/ea0f0a5d-bfc5-4909-a3bb-7420873a8067%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
