On 22 May 2023, at 0:19, Albert Krewinkel wrote: > Oliver Baumann 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pandoc-discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pandoc-discuss+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pandoc-discuss/B45E906F-AE1C-4BF7-BDE7-DCE54E83EEEC%40halloleo.hailmail.net.