If you use `-t latex -s`, or if you use `—verbose` while producing a PDF, you’ll see the LaTeX intermediate file.
Check to see that it includes these lines in the preamble:
% Make \paragraph and \subparagraph free-standing
\ifx\paragraph\undefined\else
\let\oldparagraph\paragraph
\renewcommand{\paragraph}[1]{\oldparagraph{#1}\mbox{}}
\fi
\ifx\subparagraph\undefined\else
\let\oldsubparagraph\subparagraph
\renewcommand{\subparagraph}[1]{\oldsubparagraph{#1}\mbox{}}
\fi
If it does, then block-headings did what it was supposed to.
> On Oct 17, 2022, at 3:26 PM, Claudio Di Vita <claudio.divita-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> I use pandoc 2.19.2
>
> Il Mar 18 Ott 2022, 00:25 John MacFarlane <fiddlosopher-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> ha scritto:
> What pandoc version?
>
> > On Oct 17, 2022, at 3:19 PM, Claudio Di Vita <claudio.divita-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, it's a typo in the message: in metadata I wrote block-headings: true....I copied it from the manual.
> >
> > Il Mar 18 Ott 2022, 00:06 John MacFarlane <fiddlosopher-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> ha scritto:
> > It’s block-headings (with an s).
> >
> > > On Oct 17, 2022, at 12:59 PM, Claudio Di Vita <claudio.divita-Re5JQEeQqe8@public.gmane.orgm> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > I set the block-heading variable to true through the metadata block, however no changes is applied to my document.
> > >
> > > Please note that:
> > > • Variables like urlcolor and linkcolor works fine
> > > • If I add the LaTeX statements I found in the template to my preamble, 4th and 5th level headers are free-standing
> > > Is there any constraint/prerequisite to be met for using block-headings ?
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot, cheers
> > >
> > > Claudio
> > >
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