Macros

SevenMark macros use square-bracket syntax and render inline dynamic content or utility markers.

Time and Date

Current Time

Display the current timestamp:

Current time: [now]

Current Date

Display the current date:

Today: [date]

Current Date and Time

Display the current date and time:

Updated at: [datetime]

Age Calculation

Calculate age from a given date:

Age calculation: [age(1990-01-15)]
Born in 1995: [age(1995-06-20)]

D-day Counter

Count the number of days to or from an ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD):

Days until launch: [dday(2026-12-31)]
Days since opening day: [dday(2020-01-01)]

Page Count

Render the total page count, optionally scoped to a namespace:

All pages: [pagecount]
Document pages: [pagecount(Document)]
File pages: [pagecount(File)]

Anchors and Layout

Named Anchor

Create a named anchor that other links can target:

[anchor(api-overview)]
## API Overview

[[#document="Guide" #anchor="api-overview" Jump to this section]]

Table of Contents

Render the document table of contents at the current position:

[toc]

[toc] uses the document heading tree and links to the rendered section ids. Headings that contain images or embeds do not render those widgets inside the TOC; only textual and inline heading content is reused.

Line Break

Insert a hard line break:

Line 1[br]Line 2

Clear Float

Clear preceding floated content and continue from the next block line:

[[#file="sample.png" #style="float:right; width:180px" Example]]
[clear]
This text starts below the floated image.

Null Macro

The null macro produces no output:

This text[null]continues without interruption.

Footnote List Placement

Footnote Flush

[fn] renders the currently collected footnotes at that position and clears the pending list:

Paragraph A{{{#fn First note. }}}.
Paragraph B{{{#fn Second note. }}}.

[fn]

If [fn] is omitted, any remaining footnotes are rendered automatically at the end of the document.

Macro Usage in Complex Elements

Macros can be used inside tables, lists, folds, and styled blocks:

{{{#list #1
[[Release date: [date]]]
[[Countdown: [dday(2026-12-31)]]]
[[Document pages: [pagecount(Document)]]]
[[Jump target: [anchor(changelog)]]]
}}}

In Tables

{{{#table #caption="Dashboard"
[[#head [[Metric]] [[Value]]]]
[[[[Today]] [[[date]]]]]
[[[[Pages]] [[[pagecount(Document)]]]]]
}}}

In Styled Content

{{{ #style="color:blue" Last updated: [datetime] }}}

Variables

Define Variables

Create template variables using {{{#define}}}:

{{{#define #projectName="SevenMark"}}}
{{{#define #version="2.29.0"}}}
{{{#define #author="SevenWiki Team"}}}

Variable Substitution

Reference defined variables using the [var()] macro:

Welcome to [var(projectName)] version [var(version)]!
Created by [var(author)].

Document-order Resolution

Variables are resolved in document order using a single pass:

{{{#define #baseUrl="https://example.com"}}}
{{{#define #apiUrl="[var(baseUrl)]/api/v1"}}}

API endpoint: [var(apiUrl)]

Conditional Define Pattern

Combine variables and conditionals to build dynamic templates:

{{{#define #env="production"}}}

{{{#if [var(env)] == "production"
{{{#define #apiHost="https://api.example.com"}}}
}}}

{{{#if [var(env)] == "development"
{{{#define #apiHost="http://localhost:3000"}}}
}}}

Connecting to: [var(apiHost)]

Notes

• Macro dates for [age(...)] and [dday(...)] use ISO YYYY-MM-DD format.
• [pagecount(namespace)] passes the namespace string through to the renderer; parser-level namespace validation is not applied.
• [anchor(name)] is most useful when paired with media links that use #anchor.
• Undefined variables render as an error element in the output.