Thanks for your help!
The Macro.Tree and XWiki.DocumentTree are both in XWiki 2.1 syntax.
However, when rendered, with the suggested changes it said it was using
Markdown 1.1 to render it.
I figured the issue was down to me setting:
#-# [Since 1.8RC2]
#-# Specifies the default syntax to use when creating new documents.
#-# Default value is xwiki/2.1.
core.defaultDocumentSyntax = markdown/1.1
in xwiki.properties, but that setting should only affect new documents, not
rendering of installed macros documents in other syntaxes. Seems like a bug
to me (or at least a misleading comment on the property).
I reverted the config change to use xwiki/2.1 as default and it’s rendering
properly now.
Also of note, setting the default wiki syntax to markdown/1.1 through Admin
  XWiki.XWikiPreferences also breaks the macro. 
People manually choosing markdown/1.1 at the moment of creating a page
however do NOT break the rendering of the macro.
Seems there is no sane way to set a default syntax for documents being
created within the wiki without breaking the macro.
Hope this helps other people too, and maybe even see it fixed in the next
release.
Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero - CTO
Office: +54.11 - 5217.7850
Mobile: +54.911 - 3684.5544
Skype: jsotuyod
Argentina Head Office
Viamonte 1181, 3rd fl, CABA, C1053ABW
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 5:20 AM, Marius Dumitru Florea <
mariusdumitru.florea(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
Please check the syntax of the XWiki.DocumentTree and Macros.Tree pages.
  Both should have XWiki 2.1 syntax. 
  Open the Macros.Tree page in view mode and check if
the tree under the
 'Dynamic Tree' section/heading is loading. 
  Then edit the Macros.Tree page in object mode, expand
the
 XWiki.WikiMacroClass object and do the following changes to the 'Macro
 code' property:
 * replace {{velocity output="false"}} with {{velocity}} at the start (i.e.
 remove the output parameter)
 * replace the line before the closing {{/velocity}} (at the end) with:
 Syntax: $xwiki.currentContentSyntaxId
 Output: {{{$output}}}
 Save and access the page that contains only the {{documentTree/}} macro.
 Paste here the output. I get for instance:
 Syntax: xwiki/2.1
 Output: (% class='xtree ' data-responsive="true"
 data-url='/xwiki/bin/get/XWiki/DocumentTree?outputSyntax=plain&'
 data-dragAndDrop='false' data-contextMenu='false'
data-icons='true'
 data-edges='true' data-checkboxes='false' data-openTo=''
 data-finder='false' %)((())) 
  You can revert the changes to the Macros.Tree page
afterwards.
 Thanks,
 Marius
 On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero <
 jmsotuyo(a)monits.com> wrote:
  Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero - CTO
 Office: +54.11 - 5217.7850
 Mobile: +54.911 - 3684.5544
 Skype: jsotuyod
 Argentina Head Office
 Viamonte 1181, 3rd fl, CABA, C1053ABW
 
www.monits.com
 On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Marius Dumitru Florea <
 mariusdumitru.florea(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
 On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero <
  jmsotuyo(a)monits.com> wrote:
 > This happens consistently on all pages. I initially tried to use the
 > Document Tree macro on Dashboard, but seeing it fail I wrote it in a 
 new
   empty
page and the result is the exact same.
 
 What is the syntax of that new empty page? Check in Wiki Edit mode.
 
  Tried both XWiki 2.1 and Markdown 1.1 with same results.
  Can you do the following: open in view mode the
wiki page were you put 
 just
  {{documentTree/}}, then Right Click + View Page
Source, look for '<div
 id="xwikicontent"' and give us the content of this element.
 
     <div id="xwikicontent" class="col-xs-12">
               <p>(% class='xtree ' data-responsive="true"
 data-url='/xwiki/bin/get/XWiki/DocumentTree?outputSyntax=plain&'
 data-dragAndDrop='false' data-contextMenu='false'
data-icons='true'
 data-edges='true' data-checkboxes='false' data-openTo=''
 data-finder='false' %)((()))</p>
           </div>
 > Can you also give us the content returned by this URL
 > http://<yourServer>/xwiki/bin/get/TheSpace/ThePage/
 > ? (replace TheSpace and ThePage with the space and page name of the 
 wiki
   page that
contains only {{documentTree /}})
 
 <p>(% class='xtree ' data-responsive="true"
 data-url='/xwiki/bin/get/XWiki/DocumentTree?outputSyntax=plain&'
 data-dragAndDrop='false' data-contextMenu='false'
data-icons='true'
 data-edges='true' data-checkboxes='false' data-openTo=''
 data-finder='false' %)((()))</p>
  Thanks,
 Marius 
 Thank you!
 >
 >
 > >
 > > This is a recently upgraded wiki from 4.0.0. Other than this (which 
  is
  a
 > > completely new feature coming from 4.0) I've encountered no issues.
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > > *Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero* - CTO
 > >
 > > Office: +54.11 - 5217.7850
 > > Mobile: +54.911 - 3684.5544
 > > Skype: jsotuyod
 > >
 > > *Argentina Head Office*
 > > Viamonte 1181, 3rd fl, CABA, C1053ABW
 > > *www.monits.com <http://www.monits.com/>*
 > >
 > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 7:11 AM, Marius Dumitru Florea <
 > > mariusdumitru.florea(a)xwiki.com> wrote:
 > >
 > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 5:59 AM, Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero <
 > > > jmsotuyo(a)monits.com> wrote:
 > > >
 > > > > Hey everyone!
 > > > >
 > > > > I’m having an issue with xwiki 7.2 when rendering the document 
tree
    > macro.
 > >
 > > The issue seems to be that the macro is not generating the 
 appropriate
 > > > HTML.
 > > >
 > > > {{documentTree/}} is rendered as (% class='xtree ' ... %)((()))
 > > >
 > > > All needed JS and CSS files are being pulled but since the JS is
 > looking
 > > > for <a class="xtree" ...> it just never renders.
 > > >
 > > > if I manually add an HTML snippet along the macro through
 > > >
 > > > {{html}} <a class="xtree" data-responsive="true"
 > > > 
 
data-url='/xwiki/bin/get/XWiki/DocumentTree?outputSyntax=plain&'
 > > > > data-dragAndDrop='false' data-contextMenu='false'
  data-icons='true'
  > > > > data-edges='true'
data-checkboxes='false' data-openTo=''
 > > > > data-finder='false'>tree</a> {{/html}}
 > > > >
 > > > > this snippet does render does render properly below the badly
 > formatted
 > > > > macro.
 > > > >
 > > > > Any ideas or help are more than welcome!
 > > > >
 > > >
 > > > I just downloaded XWiki 7.2 and I put {{documentTree/}} on a new 
wiki
  > > page.
 > > > The tree loads fine as expected. Can you reproduce the issue on a 
new
   > wiki
 > > page? Your problem may be related to the context where you use the
 > Document
 > > Tree Macro. Can you give us the full content of the page where you 
 have
 > > > this issue? Or at least try to reduce the problem by removing 
 
content
    that
 > is not needed to reproduce the issue.
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Marius
 >
 >
 > >
 > >
 > > *Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero* - CTO
 > >
 > > Office: +54.11 - 5217.7850
 > > Mobile: +54.911 - 3684.5544
 > > Skype: jsotuyod
 > >
 > > *Argentina Head Office*
 > > Viamonte 1181, 3rd fl, CABA, C1053ABW
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