That's really not the answer I'd have hoped to hear...

Do you know if a PR fixing this might be getting accepted?
It's really limiting when perfectly valid yaml can't be used as template 
input.

Thanks a lot though.

Am Montag, 2. September 2019 19:28:41 UTC+2 schrieb John MacFarlane:
>
>
> In pandoc's templating system: 
>
> Variable names must begin with a letter and can contain letters, 
> numbers, _, -, and .. 
>
> No spaces. 
>
> One approach would be to use a lua filter to dynamically rename 
> the metadata fields, converting spaces to _. 
> You could then use _ in the template. 
>
>
> Frederik Hartmann <hec...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org <javascript:>> writes: 
>
> > Yes, I tried this as well. 
> > 
> > $if(dependencies.external.hardware."Dependency On")$\textbf{Dependency:} 
> & 
> > $dependencies.external.hardware.dependency$ \\ $endif$ 
> > 
> > Causes the following error: 
> > 
> > unexpected "\"" 
> > expecting letter 
> > 
> > In comparison, an unquoted regular blank causes this error: 
> > 
> > unexpected " " 
> > expecting "." or ")$" 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Am Montag, 2. September 2019 11:37:45 UTC+2 schrieb James: 
> >> 
> >> Hi 
> >> 
> >> Have you tried enclosing the content containing spaces within quotation 
> >> marks? 
> >> 
> >> Sent from my iPhone 
> >> 
> >> On 2 Sep 2019, at 10:10, Frederik Hartmann <hec...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org 
> <javascript:>> 
> >> wrote: 
> >> 
> >> Hi! 
> >> 
> >> We are using rather complicated templates to display certain 
> information 
> >> about dependencies. 
> >> These information can be exported in yaml files and looks like the 
> >> following: 
> >> 
> >> --- 
> >> dependencies: 
> >>   external: 
> >>     hardware: 
> >>     - Description: Text here.... 
> >>       Dependency On: Text here.... 
> >>       Date Required: Text here.... 
> >>       Dependency Owner: Text here.... 
> >>       Color: Text here.... 
> >>       Status: Text here.... 
> >>       Last Updated: Text here.... 
> >>       State: Text here.... 
> >> ... 
> >> 
> >> This is a perfectly valid and well-formed yaml document. 
> >> 
> >> Now, the best thing would be if I could simply loop over these 
> attributes 
> >> without having to specify them directly. 
> >> The next best thing would be if I could access them via the usual 
> method: 
> >> 
> >> $for(dependencies.external.hardware)$ 
> >> $if(dependencies.external.hardware.Description)$\textbf{Description:} & 
> >> $dependencies.external.hardware.Description$ \\ $endif$ 
> >> $endfor$ 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> The issue are with the keys that contain spaces. I can't find a way to 
> >> access them at all. 
> >> 
> >> I tried it the following ways: 
> >> $if(dependencies.external.hardware.Dependency On)$ 
> >> $if(dependencies.external.hardware.Dependency\ On)$ 
> >> 
> >> Any suggestion? 
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