LaTeX Writer: How to properly pass options to geometry package via --metadata-file

LaTeX Writer: How to properly pass options to geometry package via --metadata-file

[Tomáš Kruliš]

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I would like to ask how to properly pass options and theyre values to LaTeX 
`geometry` package via command-line option `--metadata-file`?

Consider following example:

`MetadataSettings.yaml`:

```
---
documentclass: scrbook

geometry:
- left: 2.5cm
- right: 2cm
- bottom: 3cm
- headheight: 15.3pt
---
```

with `test.txt` containing text "test" or whatever and with default latex 
template and command:

```
pandoc --metadata-file=MetadataSettings.yaml -f markdown -s -t latex -o 
test.tex test.txt
```

produces `test.tex` file, in which key-value options written in metadata 
file are simply flattened to "true", which wont compile to pdf.

If possible, I would very much prefer setting `geometry` package options 
(and other packages similarly) via metadata-settings file, which makes them 
nicely organized. So, how can that be done properly?

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Re: LaTeX Writer: How to properly pass options to geometry package via --metadata-file

[BPJ]

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The list items have to be strings in LaTeX option format, not a list of
YAML mappings:

``````yaml
geometry:

- 'left=2.5cm'

- 'right=2cm'

- 'bottom=3cm'

- 'headheight=15.3pt'
``````

Remember to use two single quotes to include a single quote in a YAML
single quoted string: `'it''s OK'`.


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Den lör 8 aug. 2020 21:45Tomáš Kruliš <krulis.tomas.tk@gmail.com> skrev:

> I would like to ask how to properly pass options and theyre values to
> LaTeX `geometry` package via command-line option `--metadata-file`?
>
> Consider following example:
>
> `MetadataSettings.yaml`:
>
> ```
> ---
> documentclass: scrbook
>
> geometry:
> - left: 2.5cm
> - right: 2cm
> - bottom: 3cm
> - headheight: 15.3pt
> ---
> ```
>
> with `test.txt` containing text "test" or whatever and with default latex
> template and command:
>
> ```
> pandoc --metadata-file=MetadataSettings.yaml -f markdown -s -t latex -o
> test.tex test.txt
> ```
>
> produces `test.tex` file, in which key-value options written in metadata
> file are simply flattened to "true", which wont compile to pdf.
>
> If possible, I would very much prefer setting `geometry` package options
> (and other packages similarly) via metadata-settings file, which makes them
> nicely organized. So, how can that be done properly?
>
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Re: LaTeX Writer: How to properly pass options to geometry package via --metadata-file

[Tomáš Kruliš]

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Thank you very much for clarification, this works perfectly. Out of options 
that I have tryed this did not occured to me.

I have looked around the documentation and did not find any example 
mentioning this situation. Is this generally known (and I am just too 
numbed by local summer heat) or would it be worth to mention in some simple 
example? (Maybe even in the one presented here)?

If you think it could be helpfull, I can contribute in that way (well, 
thats the least I can do).

Thank you for any opinions on this, regards Tomas

Dne neděle 9. srpna 2020 10:31:37 UTC+2 BPJ napsal(a):
>
> The list items have to be strings in LaTeX option format, not a list of 
> YAML mappings:
>
> ``````yaml
> geometry:
>
> - 'left=2.5cm'
>
> - 'right=2cm'
>
> - 'bottom=3cm'
>
> - 'headheight=15.3pt'
> ``````
>
> Remember to use two single quotes to include a single quote in a YAML 
> single quoted string: `'it''s OK'`.
>
>
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>
> Den lör 8 aug. 2020 21:45Tomáš Kruliš <krulis...@gmail.com <javascript:>> 
> skrev:
>
>> I would like to ask how to properly pass options and theyre values to 
>> LaTeX `geometry` package via command-line option `--metadata-file`?
>>
>> Consider following example:
>>
>> `MetadataSettings.yaml`:
>>
>> ```
>> ---
>> documentclass: scrbook
>>
>> geometry:
>> - left: 2.5cm
>> - right: 2cm
>> - bottom: 3cm
>> - headheight: 15.3pt
>> ---
>> ```
>>
>> with `test.txt` containing text "test" or whatever and with default latex 
>> template and command:
>>
>> ```
>> pandoc --metadata-file=MetadataSettings.yaml -f markdown -s -t latex -o 
>> test.tex test.txt
>> ```
>>
>> produces `test.tex` file, in which key-value options written in metadata 
>> file are simply flattened to "true", which wont compile to pdf.
>>
>> If possible, I would very much prefer setting `geometry` package options 
>> (and other packages similarly) via metadata-settings file, which makes them 
>> nicely organized. So, how can that be done properly?
>>
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>> .
>>
>

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