Most basic scripting question: can't get a Velocity script to run

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  1. I have admin privileges, which explicitly include programming and scripting:
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  2. I have created a new page with Xwiki syntax. Inside the editor, in source mode:
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  3. Click “save”, see this:
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  4. Edit, go back into source mode:
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Please help I am losing my mind here.

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Hi @neilw!
Are you sure you’re writing the code in the source mode? It looks rather the opposite. The {{ are escaped when you switch to source mode and not from source mode. You can also edit the page in Wiki mode for coding.

Hope it helps,
Alex

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Second image shows that I am in source mode (source button highlighted).

If I edit in Wiki mode:
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Then save:
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I should also mention that the person who created the wiki instance is able to run scripts with no problem.

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Ok, it is because you keep some blank spaces between brackets and velocity, meaning that the velocity macro call is invalid. See in the following 2 examples how the syntax highlight helps you to detect wrong syntax.
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Thank you, that did it. Whew. :slight_smile: