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bernt-matthias committed Jan 12, 2022
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Expand Up @@ -253,27 +253,35 @@ Parameterizing XML Macros (with tokens)
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In addition to using ``yield`` blocks, there is another way to parameterize
macros through the use of specifying ``token_xyz`` attributes on the macro
macros through the use of specifying

- required parameters as comma separated list of parameter names using the
``tokens`` attribute of the macro, e.g. ``tokens="foo,bar"`` and then using
@FOO@ and @BAR@ anywhere in the macro
- optional parameters as ``token_xyz`` attributes on the macro
definition, and then using ``@XYZ@`` anywhere within the XML.

.. code-block:: xml
<macros>
<xml name="color" token_varname="myvar" token_default_color="#00ff00" token_label="Pick a color">
<xml name="color" tokens="varname" token_default_color="#00ff00" token_label="Pick a color">
<param name="@VARNAME@" type="color" label="@LABEL@" value="@DEFAULT_COLOR@" />
</xml>
</macros>
When invoking this macro, you can pass those values and produce varying results.
This defines a macro with a required parameter ``varname`` and two optional
parameters ``default_color`` and ``label``. When invoking this macro, you can
pass values for those parameters and produce varying results.

.. code-block:: xml
<inputs>
<expand macro="color" default_color="#ff0000" />
<expand macro="color" default_color="#0000ff" varname="c2" label="Choose a different color" />
<expand macro="color" varname="myvar" default_color="#ff0000" />
<expand macro="color" varname="c2" default_color="#0000ff" label="Choose a different color" />
</inputs>
The attributes passed to the macro definition will be filled in (or defaults used when not provided).
Effectively this yields:

.. code-block:: xml
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