[TW5] External Link with embedded macro call

[Bob Flandard]

Hello,

I'm using an external link, like:

[ext[Link text|file:///C:\Users\Bob\Videos\file.mp4]]

which works.

But if I replace:
 "file:///C:\Users\Bob\Videos\file.mp4"
with a macro call


[ext[Link text|<<myMacro arg1 arg2>>]]

The result of the macro is not being substituted into the link string as I expected (as seen by hovering the mouse over the created link).

How should this be done?

Thanks, Bob


[Eric Shulman]

On Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 3:10:13 PM UTC-7, Bob Flandard wrote:

[ext[Link text|file:///C:\Users\Bob\Videos\file.mp4]]

which works.

[ext[Link text|<<myMacro arg1 arg2>>]]

The result of the macro is not being substituted into the link string as I expected (as seen by hovering the mouse over the created link).
How should this be done?

Use the macro to assemble and output the entire link syntax, like this:

\define myMacro(text,arg1,arg2)
[ext[$text$|... stuff using $arg1$ and $arg2$ ...]]
\end
<<myMacro "link text" "arg1" "arg2">>

enjoy,

-e

Eric Shulman

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[Bob Flandard]

Thanks Eric,

I guess I should have tried that, but it was past my bedtime and half of my brain cells were asleep and the other one was sipping a soothing malt based drink.

All the best, Bob