Question

I'm trying to add a web preference variables
* V = < verbatim>
* E - < /verbatim>

(yes I use 3 spaces before the *, and no space after the html open bracket) I add this to the topic Main Web > WebPreferences

I then save the topic. I expected that now I could use the %V% and %E% in other MainWeb topics, but it does not work.

Also, the <verbatim> seems to take affect on the WebPreference page.

How do I make an html tag into a variable?

The documentation is very confusing. It is not clear if I need to edit the topic in order to customize or do something else. If I edit, it does not do what I expect.

Environment

-- DanBarDov - 16 Apr 2006

Answer

If you answer a question - or someone answered one of your questions - please remember to edit the page and set the status to answered. The status selector is below the edit box.

The <pre> and <verbatim> tags are handled specially in TWiki, e.g. you cannot put them in preferences variables. Any other HTML tag should be OK. Silly example:

• Set STARTBOLD =
• Set ENDBOLD =

This is bold text.

-- PeterThoeny - 16 Apr 2006

So any idea of some other HTML tag that would give me what verbatim gives? (my bad luck that my first preference is a special case huh?)

-- DanBarDov - 17 Apr 2006

<style>
div.fragment{
        background: #FFFFCC;
        border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
        margin-left: 2em;
        margin-right: 2em;
        padding: 4px;
}
</style>
<!--
   * Set CODE = <div class="fragment">
   * Set ENDCODE = </div>
-->

a span tag might be more appropriate, depending on your use case.

-- WillNorris - 17 Apr 2006