Re: Using YAML variables in docx

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

The simplest idea would be to run the template resolver
on word/document.xml from the reference.docx, to produce
the new word/document.xml from the document body and
metadata values.

This could work, I think.  However, except in simple cases
you'd have to edit word/document.xml with a text editor,
rather than using Word, in order to get the template control
commands in the right place.  If you edit with Word, you'll
get things like

<w:p>
  <w:r>
    <w:t>$for(author)$</w:t>
  </w:r>
</w:p>
<w:p>
  <w:r>
    <w:t>$author.name$ ($author.institute$)</w:t>
  </w:r>
</w:p>
<w:p>
  <w:r>
    <w:t>$endfor$</w:t>
  </w:r>
</w:p>

which (for two authors) would resolve to:

<w:p>
  <w:r>
    <w:t>

</w:t>
  </w:r>
</w:p>
<w:p>
  <w:r>
    <w:t>Author 1 (Institute 1)</w:t>
  </w:r>
</w:p>
<w:p>
  <w:r>
    <w:t>
</w:t>
  </w:r>
</w:p>
<w:p>
  <w:r>
    <w:t>Author 2 (Institute 2)</w:t>
  </w:r>
</w:p>
<w:p>
  <w:r>
    <w:t>
</w:t>
  </w:r>
</w:p>

This is valid (though I don't know if we can guarantee that
in all cases), but contains a number of empty paragraphs.


+++ Ophir Lifshitz [Nov 01 17 22:17 ]:
>   It might be useful to replace the limited "reference-doc" system with a
>   full-fledged template system. Users could then naturally create a
>   template as a .docx file¹ that could include $for$ loops, $variable$
>   substitution, and so on as usual.
>   ___
>   ¹ or .dotx too, I suppose? My knowledge of Word templates is at least
>   15 years old.

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