Add new "\import" pragma

core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/import.js

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*\
+title: $:/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/import.js
+type: application/javascript
+module-type: wikirule
+
+Wiki pragma rule for importing variable definitions
+
+```
+\import [[$:/core/ui/PageMacros]] [all[shadows+tiddlers]tag[$:/tags/Macro]!has[draft.of]]
+```
+
+\*/
+(function(){
+
+/*jslint node: true, browser: true */
+/*global $tw: false */
+"use strict";
+
+exports.name = "import";
+exports.types = {pragma: true};
+
+/*
+Instantiate parse rule
+*/
+exports.init = function(parser) {
+	this.parser = parser;
+	// Regexp to match
+	this.matchRegExp = /^\\import[^\S\n]/mg;
+};
+
+/*
+Parse the most recent match
+*/
+exports.parse = function() {
+	var self = this;
+	// Move past the pragma invocation
+	this.parser.pos = this.matchRegExp.lastIndex;
+	// Parse the filter terminated by a line break
+	var reMatch = /(.*)(\r?\n)|$/mg;
+	reMatch.lastIndex = this.parser.pos;
+	var match = reMatch.exec(this.parser.source);
+	this.parser.pos = reMatch.lastIndex;
+	// Parse tree nodes to return
+	return [{
+		type: "importvariables",
+		attributes: {
+			filter: {type: "string", value: match[1]}
+		},
+		children: []
+	}];
+};
+
+})();

editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/concepts/Pragma.tid

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 created: 20150219175930000
-modified: 20170712154519026
+modified: 20180928145730028
 tags: Concepts
 title: Pragma
 type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ The following pragmas are available:
 : for adjusting the set of rules used to parse the text
 ;`\whitespace trim` or `\whitespace notrim`
 : <<.from-version "5.1.15">> Control whether whitespace is trimmed from the start and end of text runs (the default is ''notrim''). This setting can be useful when the whitespace generated by linebreaks disturbs formatting
+;`\import <filter-expression>`
+: <<.from-version "5.1.18">> for importing macro definitions from tiddlers identified by a filter expression

editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/widgets/ImportVariablesWidget.tid

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+caption: importvariables
 created: 20140612142500000
-modified: 20140612175900970
+modified: 20180928150043777
 tags: Widgets
 title: ImportVariablesWidget
 type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
-caption: importvariables
 
 ! Introduction
 
@@ -31,3 +31,11 @@ So-called global macros are implemented within the main page template ([[$:/core
 ...
 </$importvariables>
 ```
+
+! `\import` Pragma
+
+<<.from-version "5.1.18">> The `\import` [[pragma|Pragma]] is an alternative syntax for using the ImportVariablesWidget. For example, the previous example could be expressed as:
+
+```
+\import [[$:/core/ui/PageMacros]] [all[shadows+tiddlers]tag[$:/tags/Macro]!has[draft.of]
+```