Typst Default Template: Parameter Level for "section-numbering"

[7enderhead]

The current Typst default template reads the Typst-specific section numbering scheme from a top-level parameter section-numbering:

YAML:

author: Joe Doe
section-numbering: "1.a"

Template starting from line 84:

$if(section-numbering)$
  sectionnumbering: "$section-numbering$",
$endif$

What is the logic behind that? I think of this parameter as having a Typst-specific format, e.g. "1.a" to have numbers on first-level headings and letters on second-level headings.

Wouldn't a Typst-specific parameter make more sense?

---
author: Joe Doe
output:
  typst:
    section-numbering: "1.a"

Template:

$if(output.typst.section-numbering)$
  sectionnumbering: "$output.typst.section-numbering$",
$endif$

[jgm]

It's just a template variable. Not every template variable is used in every template. You're putting it metadata, but personally I like to separate metadata from things like this (especially when they are output-specific); if you want to separate it you can specify it on the command line -Vsection-numbering='i.a or in a defaults file.