Are using auto subdirectories/wildcards and compiling to a single pdf mutually exclusive?

[thadryanjs]

Description

Hello!

I made a template for some manuscripts I'll be working on which will have a varying number of sections and subsections, which I planned to compile to a single pdf.

I've structured them like this:

├── index.qmd
├── _quarto.yml
├── section0
│   ├── index.qmd
│   ├── subsection00.qmd
│   └── subsection01.qmd
└── section1
    ├── index.qmd
    ├── subsection00.qmd
    └── subsection01.qmd

I was initially planning on using the book template. Because there will likely be a lot of them being added and removed, I was planning on using wildcards, ie:

chapters:
    - section0/*
    - section1/*

...but found out that wasn't possible.

I tried the workaround mentioned in the post, using the website template, but at the time of this writing, this template can't produce a single pdf . The OP is asking about a book and this is presented as a workaround but I can't get to work with books, only websites proper.

It seems you can either 1) use auto with a website, or 2) get a single pdf from a book, but not both (or 3, I am completely missing something). The default project uses wildcards but, unless I'm mistaken, also will produce a pdf for every source file.

Is there a way to use sub-directories to make a single pdf in an automated way or should I try a new approach/script something?

Cheers!

PS:
Thanks for working on this project - I've found the tool quite handy.

[mcanouil]

Could you share a small self-contained "working" (reproducible) example to work with, i.e., a complete Quarto document or a Git repository? Thanks.

You can share a Quarto document using the following syntax, i.e., using more backticks than you have in your document (usually four ````).

````qmd
---
title: "Reproducible Quarto Document"
format: html
---

This is a reproducible Quarto document using `format: html`.
It is written in Markdown and contains embedded R code.
When you run the code, it will produce a plot.

```{r}
plot(cars)
```

The end.
````

[thadryanjs]

Thanks for the reply and certainly. I made a repo here. Each folder is a complete quarto project. There are comments in the yml files.

If I'm understanding what I've read and tried correctly:

• default can use wildcards to get the subdirs automatically, but can't make a single pdf
• website can use auto to include the subdirs automatically but can't produce a single pdf
• book can produce a single pdf, but can't use wildcards or auto to get the subdirs

Thanks!

[cderv]

@thadryanjs I believe books and auto feature is tracked here:

• ability to include wildcards when defining book chapter targets #1917

It is still to be implemented

[thadryanjs]

OK thank you!

I read this thread but didn't notice it was being used for tracking. I will subscribe and stay tuned :)