Re: Possible bug with defaults and raw latex in header

[Lyndon Drake <lyndon-S8RYeTzMgQ3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

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For clarity, this is what ends up in the LaTeX file:

\textbackslash usepackage\{imakeidx\}

Is there a way to include raw LaTeX in the defaults file, and avoid having 
it escaped (the \textbackslash etc. in there)?

What's the best way to include raw LaTeX using a defaults file?

Best,
Lyndon

On Tuesday, 21 April 2020 04:31:19 UTC+12, John MacFarlane wrote:
>
>
> Yes, this is intended. In a markdown file YAML fields are parsed 
> as Markdown.  So if you want raw LaTeX you need to indicate this 
> as you do.  In a defaults file metadata section, it works just 
> like with --metadata-file or --metadata on the command line: 
> the contents are interpreted as plain strings. 
>
> Lyndon Drake <lyn...-S8RYeTzMgQ3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org <javascript:>> writes: 
>
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > When I put the following in a YAML block in my Markdown file: 
> > 
> >   header-includes: 
> >   - | 
> >     ```{=latex} 
> >     \usepackage{imakeidx} 
> >     ``` 
> > 
> > it works fine. The same text in a defaults file, in the metadata: 
> section, 
> > ends up in the LaTeX file after being backslash-escaped. 
> > 
> > Is that intended behaviour? If not I'll put a bug report in the issue 
> > tracker. 
> > 
> > Best, 
> > Lyndon 
> > 
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