The merge function is awesome!

[hh]

> Geoff wrote:
> using value():
> the name of tID && "[" & the id of tID & "]"
> using merge():
> [[the name of tID]] - ([[the id of tID]])
> (is there a way to escape the "["?)

You could use with merge not only variables but also functions
that are available for the script that calls merge:

[[br(the id of tID)]]

function br x
  return "[" & x & "]"
end br