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^setRoot( [newRoot] )^

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^setRoot( [newRoot] )^

The ^root^ code (see) normally exports the relative path from a note to the top level of the Tinderbox document. This is valuable for defining relative paths, especially in macros. But in some cases you may want a relative path in one page (an HTML page, say) and an absolute link in another (an RSS feed, where relative links may be forbidden).

Thus, the export element

^setRoot(newRoot)^

tells Tinderbox to use its first argument (newRoot) as the value of ^root^ until either

To restore relative URLs, use ^setRoot()^ with no arguments.

For example:

^setRoot(https://example.com/)^ 

Using ^setRoot()^ to set the logical host or root path for a page affects not only ^root^ but also ^url^, ^childLinks^, and ^basicLinks^.