Re: How to overwrite values from default file in the document

[oliver <news-WPTjrydoUPgeaOpM6FAJmQkbCANdLtlA@public.gmane.org>]

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On 22 May 2023, at 0:19, Albert Krewinkel wrote:

> Oliver Baumann <news-WPTjrydoUPgeaOpM6FAJmQkbCANdLtlA@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> Hi there, I am using Defaults files to give my documents a standard
>> look. This works absolutely fantastic.
>> However sometimes I want to overwrite settings from the Defaults file
>> in the document YAML block, but this doesn't always work.
>
> The defaults files should be thought of defining default values for
> *command line arguments*.

Good point. Thanks!

> Instead, you may want to use `--metadata-file`, which can be thought 
> of
> a defaults file for metadata, as those values _can_ be overridden by 
> the
> YAML in the document itself.

Tried this - and it *sort of* works. Problem is, list fields like 
`geometry` or `header-includes` are overwritten, not added to. But I 
guess that’s just what it is...

Thanks in any case!

Olli

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