Re: [xwiki-users] How to create a macro ?

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@gemalto.com] > Sent: jeudi 3 mai 2007 10:50 > To: xwiki-users(a)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@att.com] > Sent: mercredi 25 avril 2007 18:58 > To: xwiki-users(a)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@us.ibm.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:02 AM > To: xwiki-users(a)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 > > -- > Tom Kliethermes > eSupport Initiatives > IBM Information Management > (913) 599-7240 Fax: (913) 599-8590 > http://www.ibm.com/software/data > > > > roopesh(a)digitalglue.in > 04/25/2007 02:19 AM > Please respond to > xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org > > > To > xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org > cc > Subject > [xwiki-users] How to create a macro ? > > > > > > 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 >