%STARTSECTION{}%
and %ENDSECTION{}%
.
Sections may be given a name to help identify them, and/or a type, which changes how they are used. type="section"
- the default, used for a generic section, such as a named section used by INCLUDE.
type="include"
- like %STARTINCLUDE%
... %STOPINCLUDE%
except that you can have as many include blocks as you want which are all merged into one when included (%STARTINCLUDE%
is restricted to only one). Sections of type include may not be given a name.
type="expandvariables"
- all macros inside an "expandvariables" type section gets expanded when a new topic based on the template topic is created. See TemplateTopics for more information.
type="templateonly"
- start position of text to be removed when a template topic is used. This is used to embed text that you do not want expanded when a new topic based on the template topic is created. See TemplateTopics for more information.
Parameter | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
"name" |
Name of the section. Must be unique inside a topic. | Generated name |
=type=" | Type of the section; type "section" , "expandvariables" , "include" or "templateonly" |
"section" |
Any other parameter will be defined as a default value for a macro within the scope of the section. The example parameters on the left will result in %PARONE% and %PARTWO% being defined if they are not defined parameters to the INCLUDE, or nested INCLUDEs surrounding it, or previsouly defined Preferences. |
_SECTION0
for the first unnamed section in the topic, _SECTION1
for the second, etc..
%STARTSECTION{"name"}% ................... %ENDSECTION{"name"}%
%STARTSECTION{"name" type="section"}% .... %ENDSECTION{"name" type="section"}%
(type="section" is the default)
%STARTSECTION{type="include"}% ........... %ENDSECTION{type="include"}%
%STARTSECTION{type="expandvariables"}% ... %ENDSECTION{type="expandvariables"}%
%STARTSECTION{type="templateonly"}% ...... %ENDSECTION{type="templateonly"}%