From 0b56cb7c402e9828fdd2efaddd1fd3267afb6b62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Thoeny <web-hurd@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 06:41:55 +0000
Subject: none

---
 TWiki/TWikiVariables.mdwn | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/TWiki/TWikiVariables.mdwn b/TWiki/TWikiVariables.mdwn
index c60b3023..962e2173 100644
--- a/TWiki/TWikiVariables.mdwn
+++ b/TWiki/TWikiVariables.mdwn
@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ TWiki expands the following variables enclosed in % percent signs:
         </tr>
       </table> Example: <code><b>%<nop>SEARCH{"wiki" web="Main" scope="topic"}%</nop></b></code></td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><code>%<nop>VAR{"NAME" web="Web"}%</nop></code></td>
+    <td> Get a preference value from another web then the current one. Example: To get <code>%<nop>WEBBGCOLOR%</nop></code> of the Main web write <code>%<nop>VAR{"WEBBGCOLOR" web="Main"}%</nop></code>, is <code><b>%VAR{"WEBBGCOLOR" web="Main"}%</b></code></td>
+    <td>
+      <p>
+      </p>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
 [1] **_Note_**: A web can be excluded from a `web="all"` search if you define a `NOSEARCHALL=on` variable in its [[WebPreferences]].
@@ -246,4 +254,11 @@ Additional variables are defined in the preferences ( site-level ( **_SL_** ) in
   </tr>
 </table>
 
--- [[Main/PeterThoeny]] - 18 Sep 2000 <br />
+**_Notes:_**
+
+* Preferences variables ( on site-level, web-level and user level ) are defined by bullet lines with this syntax:
+  * <code>Set VARIABLENAME = value</code>
+* Additional preferences variables can be defined on all three level as needed. Example:
+  * <code>Set MYLOGO = %PUBURLPATH%/%MAINWEB%/LogoTopic/logo.gif</code>
+
+-- [[Main/PeterThoeny]] - 01 Nov 2000 <br />
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