[xwiki-users] How to create a macro ?

[Vincent Massol]

Hi Jeremie,

I'm glad it works. If you've got a few minutes it would be great if  
you could document this on xwiki.org in the developer guide somewhere.

Thanks a lot :)
-Vincent

On May 9, 2007, at 11:45 AM, BOUSQUET Jeremie wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Sorry, Vincent Massol already answered with the new possibility of  
> referencing the macro page in administration part.
>
> I confirm : it works !
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jérémie
>
> From: BOUSQUET Jeremie [mailto:Jeremie.BOUSQUET at gemalto.com]
> Sent: jeudi 3 mai 2007 10:50
> To: xwiki-users at objectweb.org
> Subject: RE: [xwiki-users] How to create a macro ?
>
> Hello,
>
> I applied exactly the solution proposed by Brian in my Wiki (see  
> his answer below) : create macros in a specific wiki document,  
> import it with an #includeMacros macro located inside the "View"  
> field of my skin, like this:
> ###
> ### Main "view" template
> ###
> ### General wrapper for view actions
> ###
> [.......]
> </div>## main
> #template("endpage.vm")
> #includeMacros('XWiki.MyMacros')
> #end
>
> My problem is that the macro includeMacros adds {pre} / {/pre} tags  
> that get rendered, and so appear in all pages. I cannot put them  
> inside the "content" of the page, because I would have to overload  
> the "contentview.vm" file, in which is declared the "xwikicontent"  
> div.
>
> How can I get rid of those {pre} {/pre} tags ?  I would like to  
> avoid overloading the "contentview.vm" because I think it's not a  
> good thing to do (it's not in the default templates, but in the  
> skins) ...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jérémie
>
> From: THOMAS, BRIAN M (ATTSI) [mailto:bt0008 at att.com]
> Sent: mercredi 25 avril 2007 18:58
> To: xwiki-users at objectweb.org
> Subject: RE: [xwiki-users] How to create a macro ?
>
> To expand on Thomas's second option, you can actually put either  
> the macro definition or a directive including the document  
> containing it into the view template of your skin (to make it  
> global as you desired).  This can be done either by modifying / 
> templates/view.vm or the "view" field of your skin (which, if non- 
> empty, will override view.vm).
>
> And to clarify his reply slightly, the original macros.vm is  
> actually in the /templates directory.  If you wish your macro to be  
> global, regardless of the skin, I think you will want to edit that  
> one instead of the one in your skin directory.  This is apparently  
> a change from the pre-1.0 days, when the skins directories didn't  
> contain template files - I presume that they are now copied there  
> from /templates when a skin is created.
>
> Vincent (or anybody), can you confirm this?  Are these files  
> actually copied whenever a skin is created, or only when a custom  
> version of the file's content is desired?
>
> Also, as Vincent mentions in an intervening reply, you can load  
> macros from an XWiki document rather than from a file, using the  
> #includeMacros macro (which, in 0.9.8
>
>
> brain[sic]
>
>
> From: Thomas Kliethermes [mailto:kliether at us.ibm.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:02 AM
> To: xwiki-users at objectweb.org
> Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] How to create a macro ?
>
>
> From what I understand, there's two ways to do it.  One, add it to  
> macros.vm in your skin directory.  Two, put it in a .vm file you  
> include in the document you need to use it in (using #template 
> ("filename.vm")).  Anyone know if there any better ways?
>
> -Tom
>
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> roopesh at digitalglue.in
> 04/25/2007 02:19 AM
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> Hi
>
> How can I create my own macro in my xwiki (say, a macro for adding  
> two numbers). Where should I write it. So that I can use it from  
> any page ?
>
> Regards
> Roopesh
>
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