How can I stop dollar ($) signs from starting a math equation?

[stueja]

Description

For training documentation, I am passing a --metadata-file with, amongst other data, passwords with dollar signs in it to quarto. The parts in between dollar signs are rendered as an equation. (However differently, depending on whether it is passed as --metadata-file or --metadata; here: quarto 1.4.549 on Windows)

Escaping the dollar signs using $$ or \$ renders the equation differently or throws an error.

How can I disable the rendering of math equations between dollar signs while using --metadata-file?

MWE using --metadata with single quotes

---
#mwe.qmd:
---
{{< meta password >}}

`{{< meta password >}}`

```{{< meta password >}}```

quarto render mwe.qmd --to revealjs -M password:'Pass$Pass$4$Word'

Output

Pass$Pass$4$Word

Pass$Pass$4$Word

Pass$Pass$4$Word

MWE using --metadata-file

---
#mwe.qmd:
---
{{< meta password >}}

`{{< meta password >}}`

```{{< meta password >}}```

#metadata.yml
password:Pass$Pass$4$Word

quarto render mwe.qmd --to revealjs --metadata-file metadata.yml

Output

Pass$Pass4
Word

Pass$Pass4Word

Pass$Pass4Word

[stueja]

After tinkering along, I found it is the combination of single quotes and escaping which works in a metadata file:

#metadata.yml

password: 'Pass\$Pass\$4\$Word'