created: 20231028120432257
modified: 20240206122408606
tags: [[lingo Macro]] [[Macro Examples]]
title: lingo Macro (file structure)

!! Example file structure for [[TiddlyWiki on Node.js]]

!!! Suggested file structure

When developing a plugin, you may want to organize your language files like this on the file system as [[MultiTiddlerFiles]]:

```tree
├── language
│   ├── en-GB
│   │   ├── Translations.multids
│   │   └── SomeLongText.tid
│   └── zh-Hans
│       ├── Translations.multids
│       └── SomeLongText.tid
├── other files
└── plugin.info
```

See [[$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/menubar/tree]] for an example.

!!! Define Multiple Translations in One Tiddler

And the content of `language/en-GB/Translations.multids` may looks like this:

```multids
title: $:/plugins/yourName/pluginName/language/en-GB/

OpenInteractiveCard: Open Interactive Card
OpenStaticCard: Open Static Card
```

Later you can use it like:

```tid
title: someTiddler
caption: <<lingo OpenStaticCard "$:/plugins/yourName/pluginName/language/">>

\define lingo-base() $:/plugins/yourName/pluginName/language/
\whitespace trim

<<lingo OpenInteractiveCard>>
```

!!! Define Long Text in a regular Tiddler

You can also use a regular tiddler for long text, like `SomeLongText.tid` in the example above, to store a multi-paragraph long text:

```tid
title: $:/plugins/yourName/pluginName/language/en-GB/SomeLongText

!!! SubTitle

This is a long text.
```

Later you can use it like:

```tid
title: someTiddler

\define lingo-base() $:/plugins/yourName/pluginName/language/

!! <<lingo "OpenInteractiveCard">>

<<lingo SomeLongText>>
```

Note that lingo macro will use the [[parse mode|WikiText Parser Modes]] in the current position where this procedure is invoked.