created: 20220122144742419 modified: 20220122180929683 tags: [[WikiText parser mode transitions]] title: WikiText parser mode: macro examples type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki \define boringtable() |cell one|cell two| |cell three|cell four| \end With the macro `boringtable` defined as: <$codeblock code=<<boringtable>>/> then <table><<wikitext-example-table-header>><tbody> <<wikitext-example-table-row 1 "* <<boringtable>>">> <<wikitext-example-table-row 2 """* <div> <<boringtable>> </div> """>> <<wikitext-example-table-row 3 "* <$macrocall $name=boringtable/>">> <<wikitext-example-table-row 4 "* <$macrocall $name=boringtable></$macrocall>">> <<wikitext-example-table-row 5 """* <$macrocall $name=boringtable> </$macrocall>""">> </tbody></table> The list syntax is recognised in [[block mode|Block Mode WikiText]] and the enclosed contents are parsed using [[inline mode|Inline Mode WikiText]]. When the parser encounters a [[wikitext macro call|Macro Calls]] it will use the current parse mode to parse the contents of the macro. The contents of the macro contains table syntax which is only recognised in [[block mode|Block Mode WikiText]]. Therefore, in #1 above the table syntax is not recognised. In #2 above, the blank line after the open `div` tag moves the parser back into [[block mode|Block Mode WikiText]], the macro call inherits it and the table is recognised. When calling macros using the [[widget|MacroCallWidget]], the parse mode will be inline (#3 and #4 above) unless it is written as an open tag with a following blank line (#5 above). <<.tip "See also [[WikiText parser mode: transclusion examples]] for similar examples">> --- These examples have slightly different behavior. In the previous section, the macro calls were enclosed within list items. In these examples, the macro calls are at the top level: <table><<wikitext-example-table-header>><tbody> <<wikitext-example-table-row 1 "<<boringtable>>">> <<wikitext-example-table-row 2 """<div> <<boringtable>> </div> """>> <<wikitext-example-table-row 3 "<$macrocall $name=boringtable/>">> <<wikitext-example-table-row 4 "<$macrocall $name=boringtable></$macrocall>">> <<wikitext-example-table-row 5 """<$macrocall $name=boringtable> </$macrocall>""">> </tbody></table> Of these examples, only the two <<.wlink MacroCallWidget>> tags which are not followed by a blank line are parsed using [[inline mode|Inline Mode WikiText]]. <<.tip "See also [[WikiText parser mode: transclusion examples]] for similar examples">>