Thanks as always John, see https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/9128

Best, Ian

On Wednesday, 11 October 2023 at 01:06:42 UTC+8 John MacFarlane wrote:
Hm, this is maybe something that could be improved, if you want to put up a bug report.

> On Oct 10, 2023, at 8:58 AM, iandol <ian...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> OK, I realised the YAML needs a trailing newline after the string scalar, this works fine:
>
> header-includes: |
> ```{=typst}
> #set heading(numbering: "I.")
> #set text(font: "Alegreya Sans", size: 14pt, discretionary-ligatures: true, number-type: "old-style")
> ```
>
>
> ...note the trailing blank line...
>
> On Tuesday, 10 October 2023 at 23:50:47 UTC+8 iandol wrote:
> So reading the docs on --metadata-file I assumed I could use this instead, so I make a new yaml file saved to the data dir metadata folder and call it from the defaults file. In the metadata.yaml file I put:
>
> header-includes: |
> `#set heading(numbering: "(I)")`{=typst}
>
> and this gives me #set heading(numbering: "(I)") -- good, pandoc parsed the markdown and didn't escape the # .However I then tried a block:
>
> header-includes: |
> ```{=typst}
> #set heading(numbering: "(I)")
> ```
>
>
> And the output is `{=typst} #set heading(numbering: "(I)")` — hm not so clear why the block generates this unesscaped but transformed markdown?
>
> Ian
> On Tuesday, 10 October 2023 at 20:44:41 UTC+8 iandol wrote:
> Thanks John, so there is no way to stop the escaping as even if I remove the raw attribute, the # of the typst set command also gets escaped stopping it from working...?
>
> Best, Ian
>
> On Tuesday, 10 October 2023 at 12:03:44 UTC+8 John MacFarlane wrote:
> metadata in a defaults file is parsed as plain text not markdown (remember, default files are basically equivalent to specifying something on the command line, and this is how --metadata behaves). So the raw attribute won't be recognized.
>
>
> > On Oct 9, 2023, at 6:06 PM, iandol <ian...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> > I want to use header-includes: in a defaults file, so assuming it is metadata (i.e. converted to variables for the template) do this in my typst.yaml defaults file:
> >
> > metadata:
> > header-includes: |
> > ```{=typst}
> > #set heading(numbering: "(I)")
> > ```
> > mainfont: "Alegreya Sans"
> >
> > But the output is escaped. The same header-includes text works when added to the document metadata header directly. I'm probably doing something stupid but didn't yet grok what that is... Any help appreciated!
> >
> > Best, Ian
> >
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